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suggestions for lengths of time have been recommended by different experts, yet the caution is not to overdo the icing—no longer than twenty minutes at a time. Elevate the injured area, as well, to help restrict the swelling and prevent further tissue damage. You may also apply a pressure bandage or splint over the affected area.

      Once the swelling has subsided (after approximately forty-eight to seventy-two hours), you may begin the heat application, which stimulates blood flow and loosens stiff muscles. Usually two to three days after an injury and following a cold application, the blood flow has begun to return to normal, decreasing the risk of swelling and internal bleeding. The warmth increases the blood flow, opens the blood vessels, and helps the area to return to a full range of motion. The hot pack, then, is much more effective at this time than a cold treatment.

      A large portion of Cayce’s references on cold packs actually relates to alternating hot and cold applications, sometimes referred to as “contrast treatments.” These treatments will be discussed in the information following “Hot Packs.”

      With the appropriate applications of heat and cold, your healing process will be enhanced and your recovery time will be reduced.

       COLD PACKS

      INDICATIONS

      Cooling neck and forehead during warm sitz, steam, or hot bath; fever; fresh injury (within 24 to 48 hours after incident); hemorrhaging; inflammation; intestinal problems; muscle spasms; old injury that has been reactivated and reinjured; painful areas

      CONTRAINDICATIONS

      Already chilled or debilitated, cardiac disorders, diabetes, hypersensitivity to or fear of cold, hypertension, impaired circulation, impaired sensation, Raynaud’s disease, use carefully with persons who cannot communicate (such as babies, elderly, or unconscious people)

      MATERIALS NEEDED

      Towel or cloth—to dip into cold water

      Dry towel or piece of plastic—to cover wet towel

      Source of cold water: container or bucket of ice cubes to which water has been added

      Towel or plastic (optional)—to place under the treated area to protect the sheets

      FREQUENCY OF APPLICATION

      Apply for 15 minutes every four hours for 2 to 3 days, reapply every half hour for the first 4 to 6 hours (following initial injury), re-dip when cold sensation has diminished, replace frequently (different frequencies given by various sources)

      LENGTH OF TIME OF APPLICATION

      Less than 1 minute, 1 to 5 minutes, 5 to 8 minutes, 15 to 20 minutes; no more than 20 minutes at a time

      LOCATION OF APPLICATION

      On back of neck and forehead (while in steam cabinet, hot tub, or hot bath), over abdomen, directly on injured or painful area

      SIZE OF PACK

      Large enough to cover injured or painful area

      Washcloth for back of neck and forehead

      EXPECTED EFFECTS/PURPOSES

      Decreases metabolism, respiratory rate, pulse rate, and blood flow to area

      Numbs pain receptors

      Lowers core temperature

      Slows circulation and digestion

      Decreases fever and inflammation

      Reduces muscle spasms and swelling

      Arrests hemorrhaging

      Enhances urine production, muscle tone, thyroid activity, elimination, immune system, and red and white corpuscle production

      DIRECTIONS

      Place a dry towel or plastic sheet under the area to be iced to protect the underlying sheets or bedding. Determine your source of cold, icy water, such as a bucket or container of ice cubes with enough water added to soak thoroughly a towel or washcloth. Dip the cloth into the container, wring it out, then roll it in a backward and forward motion over the skin to acclimate the body area, gradually slowing down the movements and eventually resting the cold cloth completely onto the skin. Wrap the wet cloth securely and snugly around the injured area, covering the area needing attention. An extra dry towel or a sheet of plastic is placed on top of the wet cloth and tucked in. This helps contain the cold temperature and allows the body heat to warm the cloth more intensely, since one’s body—after its initial chilly reaction to the cold—will attempt to warm the area and stabilize the cold temperature.

      After a few minutes, when the skin loses the cold sensation, the outermost dry towel and the wet, cold towel are removed. The wet towel is re-dipped in the cold water and placed back onto the skin. Re-cover the area with the dry towel. This procedure may be repeated, with each application lasting no more than twenty minutes at a time. (See Frequency of Application and Length of Time of Application.)

      DIRECTIONS FROM THE READINGS

      For a forty-eight-year-old man suffering from gastritis and headaches (reading given on July 5, 1936):

      . . . the applications . . . to the head and to the feet—of something cool; not cold or ice cold but cool to the head.

      261-23

      For an adult male with fever, impaired locomotion, and a tendency toward spinal meningitis (reading given on October 30, 1931):

      . . . keep those of ice packs or cold packs at the top of head rather than at the base of the spine . . .

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      For an approximately fifty-three-year-old woman with pain in her right knee, as well as varicose veins, hypertension, and tendencies toward neuritis and rheumatism (reading given on August 18, 1931):

      . . . Of mornings we would rub the body along the spine thoroughly with cold rubs. The colder the better, from the base of the head to the end of the spine. If the cloths or towels used as rubs are wrung out of ice water, all the better . . .

      327-2

      [Later, in answer to her question about the cause of her itching ears, the reading stated: “ . . . Increasing the circulation by these cold rubs, we will have this eliminated . . . ” (327-2)]

      For a fifty-one-year-old woman suffering from acidity, asthma tendencies, and hypertension (reading given on July 16, 1942):

      Following the colonic, there should be a very mild sweat in the dry cabinet—just sufficient to raise the temperature to a sweat . . . (and do keep cold packs on the head, even when the fume bath is given—and watch the pulse with this) . . .

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      For an adult male who had been an epileptic for over twenty-five years (reading given on December 9, 1910):

      [He was advised to do short, periodic cold applications to his spine, usually on the upper cervicals.]

      . . . The action of the cold along the spine is . . . stimulating and has medicinal properties, combined with electrical force {Violet Ray}.

      34-4

      [Slight alterations were made from one reading to the next regarding temperature and length of application, all dependent upon his progress.]

      TESTIMONIALS/RESULTS

      Mr. [261]’s wife wrote at the end of the year, on December 30,

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