Therapeutic Benefits of Naturopathy Douches in Hydrotherapy

Abstract

Naturopathy is an “alternative medicine” which doesn’t belong to any medicine. Nature itself comprises five major elements which are space, air, fire, water, and earth. Hydrotherapy or water therapy is one of the universal solvents having an immense impact on the human body and most ancient of all remedial agents for acute, sub-acute, and chronic disease conditions. Water treatments has the ability to reduce all disease condition such as traditional douches treatments are very simple, cost-effective, and efficient treatment with water temperature, and vapor used in various diseases. A douche consists of a single or multiple columns of water directed towards some portion of the body especially in reflex areas to produce sedative effects. These types of treatment therapeutic actions are based upon three factors i.e., temperature, pressure, and mass. A douche has various types, effects, and therapeutic benefits which are highly useful in the treatment of various diseased conditions. This paper highlights and overviews the therapeutic uses of douches as therapy and their important role in modern ailments.