What is the principal function of the capillaries?
The capillaries perform several essential functions:
– supplying every cell of the body with oxygen and nutrients;
– removing and carrying away the products of cellular metabolism;
– regulating the local blood flow by contraction or dilation according to the needs of the tissues.
For which conditions are Zalmanov baths indicated? – Generalized or localized arteritis, including angina pectoris and arteritis of the lower extremities.
– Sciatica, neuritis, and polyneuritis.
– Deforming rheumatism and arthrosis.
– Arterial hypertension.
– Sequelae of poliomyelitis and hemiplegia; certain spondylotic conditions; and the after-effects of cerebral hemorrhage or myocardial infarction.
– The consequences of various injuries, including accidents and war wounds.
– Postoperative scars and adhesions.
How does the Zalmanov method work?
The treatment proceeds in three stages:
1. During the bath, the tonic dissolved in the water penetrates through the skin into the capillaries and gradually dissolves deposits on the walls of the blood vessels.
2. During the bath itself and the subsequent period of rest in a warm bed, accompanied by perspiration, toxins and dissolved deposits are eliminated from the body through the skin with sweat.
3. Finally, a shower is taken to remove the toxins that have been excreted through the skin.
Can pure gum turpentine be used for bathing?
No. Gum turpentine is insoluble in water and forms a thin surface film capable of irritating the skin. To overcome this difficulty Dr. Zalmanov developed the special preparations known as the Yellow Emulsion and the White Solution, which distribute evenly throughout the bath water.
Can mineral turpentine purchased from a supermarket be used for therapeutic baths?
What is the cause of age-related diseases?
Life is a continuous movement of fluids between the cells and within the cells themselves. The complete cessation of this movement results in death. A partial obstruction of the flow of fluids in any organ leads to functional disturbance, while a more profound stagnation of extracellular and intracellular fluids gives rise to disease.
With advancing age, poor nutrition, and environmental pollution, an increasing number of capillaries become partially or completely obstructed. Disturbance of the microcirculation causes groups of cells and organs to lose their normal function, which ultimately leads to the development of disease.
For which conditions are Zalmanov baths indicated?
– Arterial hypertension.
– Generalized or localized arteritis, including angina pectoris and arteritis of the lower extremities.
– Sciatica, neuritis, and polyneuritis.
– Deforming rheumatism and arthrosis.
– Sequelae of poliomyelitis and hemiplegia; certain spondylotic conditions; and the after-effects of cerebral hemorrhage or myocardial infarction.
– The consequences of various injuries, including accidents and war wounds.
– Postoperative scars and adhesions.
For a more complete and lasting result, a course of 20 or more baths is recommended.
The baths are generally taken every two to three days, and the course may be repeated after six months.
What is the fundamental difference between nineteenth-century medicine and modern medicine?
Until August 1914, therapeutic methods were largely guided by the principles of preventive medicine. Physicians sought to avoid accelerating the natural course of disease and relied instead on stimulating the organism’s own protective and restorative reactions.
Modern medicine, which often strives for rapid and demonstrative recovery without sufficient consideration for the long-term physiological future of the patient, largely emerged during the wartime and post-war periods between 1914 and 1945.
During those years it was necessary to act immediately: wounded soldiers had to be restored to working condition as quickly as possible in order to replace losses and return them to duty. Their long-term health was rarely the primary concern.
Under these unavoidable circumstances, medicine in all countries fulfilled its duty as best it could.
What is the difference between traditional and modern medicine?
Traditional medicine and naturopathy were largely displaced in the early twentieth century following major reforms in medical education in the United States (see the Flexner Report).
* Allopathy (from the Greek állos — “other” and páthos — “suffering”) is a term introduced by the German physician Samuel Hahnemann to describe a system of medicine in which treatments are used that produce effects opposite to the symptoms of the disease.