“Drinking water helps you lose weight by detoxifying the body of impurities that have been stored in our fat cells,” says Heimowitz. “During Induction, you temporarily lose some water, so you need to rehydrate your body. Some people confuse thirst with hunger, but if they are well-hydrated, this risk is diminished.”
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How do you get eight glasses of water down when every time your drink
you end up going to the bathroom? Or worse yet, you drink so much water
but when you laugh too hard you start dribbling. How embarrassing!

Let’s get this essential water into your body without all the stress. There is
a surefire way of using water that is even more beneficial for your body 
than drinking it. These water therapies can reduce headaches, keep you calmer,
and having you sleep more soundly.

Menopause certainly causes many stresses in our lives. The side-effects include
all these unwanted side-effects such as insomnia, headaches, weight gain, and more.
Hans Selye, a Canadian endrinicologist, was the father of defining stress. He said,
“Stress is the spice of life. It is associated with every type of activity. All of the systems
of the body operate in a framework of exercise and movement, laws of life. Activity
produces stress-which is basically essential to health. The western world is racked by 
the insatiable demand for less work and more pay, yet the fatal enemy of all utopias is boredom” 

While its true that our body is constantly under stress, most of us wouldn’t mind
experiencing some ‘boredom’ once inawhile!

The amount of stress that creeps on us during our menopause years is directly in 
proportion to how much we can handle. If the stress is too much, our body begins
 to slow down or break down. This is when we feel like we’re getting old.

For centuries, water therapy was used to heal people of many illnesses. While
menopause is not an illness, it can feel like it at times –headaches, nausea, dizziness
can become debilitating. Water therapy, when used properly, will stimulate and 
circulate your blood faster than exercising, herbs, or even drinking it.

Cold water stimulates and brings blood down deep toward your bones. Many times
when there’s an issue of cold hands and feet, its because not enough blood is
circulating to the extremeties. Using cold water along with hot water will quickly
stimulate more blood throughout the body.

Hot water relaxes and drives blood up to the surface of the skin which makes the
skin turn red. By using hot or warm water as a therapeutic foot bath, this can relax the
nervous system enough to take away a headache or to sleep better.

3 Effective Water Therapies
Ancient Bath #1 – The Neutral Tub Bath
When irritability is at its max, its time for a bath!. A tub bath has a very sedative effect,
because it equalizes the circulation and reduces blood flow to the brain. Relaxation occurs, 
and the nervous tension is released.
Procedure:
Fill tup two thirds with 94 to 99 degrees temperature. Place a towel for your head, and 
slip in up to your shoulders. Keep a cool compress on your head. Stay in the bath
for at least 15 minutes, with lights dimmed (candle light is real nice).

Get out of the bath slowly, dry off and go lay down for at least 30 minutes.

Ancient Bath Therapy #2 – The Hot/Cold Shower Therapy
This therapy will bring circulation to certain parts of your body very quickly. It
brings fresh blood supply filled with rich oxygen and nutritive elements that is
so necessary during menopause. Many times, blood just stagnates in areas of our
body that causes uncomfortable symptoms. The cold increases the number of white 
blood cells in the circulation and this helps your body’s ability to fight infections.

 Procedure:
When taking a shower, turn the water as hot as you can take it and let it
run directly on your body part that needs more circulation. If a headache is an
issue, simple run the hot water on top of you head. 

Run the hot water for 3-4 minutes. Then switch the faucet all the way to cold.
Scream, jump up and down, turn around, but stay under the cold for a full minute!
Then, switch back to the hot water again for 3-4 minutes. Repeat the cold.

Alternate the hot and cold at least 7 times. Then lay down for 30 minutes.

Ancient Bath Therapy #3 - Hot Foot Bath Therapy
The hot foot bath is valuable because of its effect on the entire circulation.
Cold feet, headaches, anxiety can all be relieved with a hot foot bath.
By dilating the blood vessels in the feet and legs, it can relieve congestion
in other parts of the body, even your head. The blood simply is shifted from 
one part of the body to another.

During these cold weather days, its easy to get chilled. A hot foot bath can
thoroughly warm you and is easier to do than a full hot bath.
Or on days when you are fatigued from your nerves going haywire, a hot
foot bath can do the trick. By bringing blood to the feet, it will relieve congestion
in your head, and balance circulation.

Procedure:
Boil a teapot full of water and use this to reheat the water.
In the meantime, fill a bucket  two thirds with hot water. 
Sit on a chair and wrap yourself in a 
warm blanket. Stick your feet in the hot bath, making sure the water covers
your ankles. As the water cools, add the hot water from the teapot periodically.
Slip on some cozy warm socks and relax for 30 minutes.
 

Water as you know, is absolutely essential for your body. As you can see, 
there are many uses for water other than drinking it. Use one of these therapies
consistently for 30 days and you will definitely see the benefits.

Judy Marie, ND
“Empowering and Educating Women to Heal Themselves”
www.menopause-tips.com
Author, teacher, speaker
(888) 682-3686

References:
Dail, Clarence, MD, Hydrotherapy – Simple treatments for Common Ailments
Biser, Sam, Save Your Life Videos