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Use the “Warming Sock Treatment” to Improve Colds and Circulation
Saturday, October 20, 2012 16:53
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By Kyla Miller;
The Warming Sock Treatment is a simple, overnight, hydrotherapy technique that is especially effective in clearing congestion of the upper respiratory tract and reducing inflammation. Additionally, it has a sedative effect which often encourages a restful night’s sleep. The treatment can also be used as a preventive measure to boost the immune system if you are feeling under the weather, run down, or if everyone around you is getting sick. This treatment is also effective for pain relief and increases the healing response during acute infections.
What You Need
2 pair of socks – 1 cotton and 1 wool (2 pairs of cotton will also work)
Access to cold and hot water
A warm bed
Directions
Step 1. Soak the foot part of a pair of cotton socks in cold water and wring them out thoroughly. Place the socks close to the basin or bathtub used in the next step. (Yarrow flower tea could be added to the water for additional circulatory benefit, if desired.)
Step 2. Put your feet into a basin or bathtub of hot water to warm up your feet. Soak them for a few minutes until they are hot and pink. (Note: if this treatment is being used on a small child or infant, it is recommended that you be in the water with them in order to avoid too hot of a temperature. In fact, unless the child’s feet are very cold to begin with, It might be better to skip this step all together.)
Step 3. Remove your feet from the hot water and quickly dry them off. Immediately put on the cold wet cotton socks, and then over them, put on a pair of dry wool socks.
Step 4. Go directly to bed and keep the feet covered through the night. It is important that no part of the wet sock is exposed to the air.
Step 5. The socks will be dry in the morning. They can be removed and the process repeated again at night.
