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Nature has many remedies given by God for our health and healing. Water, fresh air, sunlight, and the healing herbs are remedies from Heaven. Today you will learn about water treatments— one of God’s natural remedies.

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What is water good for? All of us know that water is good for drinking and washing.

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To drink a lot of water is very good for our health. It helps to clean the blood and can prevent many diseases like high blood pressure and painful kidney stones.

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Water helps to clean the outside of our bodies too. This is also very important for our health.

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Wastes are constantly leaving the body through the skin. Washing our bodies every day helps to keep the little skin pores clean so that they don’t become blocked with dirt and wastes.

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Our clothes absorb (or soak in) the body waste that comes out of the skin. If the clothes are not changed and washed often, germs can grow on the clothes and may cause disease. That’s why we must wash our clothes often.

But water is not just for drinking and washing. It is one of the best treatments for many common diseases.

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Water treatments help to heal infections, injuries and many other diseases. Water treatments are also safe and easy to use.

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One of the best water treatments is called the hot and cold bath. This treatment may be used for one part of the body, like an arm or a leg, or the whole body, which is put into hot and then, cold water.

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Why hot and cold? Here is what happens to the body when hot and cold water is applied to the skin.

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Hot water pulls the blood to the skin, as the pipes carrying blood (blood vessels) get larger with heat.

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Then cold water takes the blood away, as the blood pipes get narrower from the cold. When we do this treatment a few times it makes more blood go to that part of the body.

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You can try this for yourself! Just put your hand first in some hot water and then cold water a few times. Notice that the colour of your skin will change. It will become pink or red. That is because there is more blood going to your hand.

When there is more blood moving in a sick part of the body, healing can happen quicker. There will be more oxygen and nutrients, and waste products will be quickly removed.

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The hot and cold bath can help treat many problems, including:

! Infections on the hands and feet (and other areas of the

body.)

! Injuries to the muscles or joints

! Joint pains (Arthritis)

! Broken bones (often heal quicker) (and)

! Swelling of the feet and ankles

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Here are the materials you will need to do a hot and cold bath.

You probably have all of them in your home.

• Two containers (or buckets—large enough to dip the body part in it.)
• A pot with hot water
• A pot with cold water (or ice) (and)
• A towel (to dry the area after finishing the treatment.)

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Before each treatment, put all the equipment near you and have the room warm. There should not be any cold air coming into the room from open windows or doors.

It is good to start the treatment with a prayer for God’s blessing.

Begin with the hot water bath. First test the water temperature with your elbow; to be sure it is not too hot. Then dip the body part completely in the hot water for 3 to 4 minutes.

After 3 to 4 minutes in the hot water bath, quickly put the body part in the cold water for about 1 minute. After 1 minute, put it back into hot water for 3 minutes.

You may need to add some hot water to the hot bath or cold water to the cold bath, to keep the temperature right.

For a full treatment, you must change from hot to cold 3 to 5 times, always finishing with cold.

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After each treatment, it is good to rest for half an hour. This helps the body to recover and healing is quicker.

The hot and cold bath treatment may be given a few times a day, as it is needed.

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When you do a hot and cold bath, you must be careful with the following:

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Poor circulation If a person has poor circulation or loss of feeling in their hands or feet, you must use warm water instead of hot. Test the temperature of the water with your elbow. If you can leave your elbow comfortably in the water, you may give the treatment.

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Don’t spread infection Be careful not to spread infection. Clean the buckets very well after treating an open sore or infected wound. You may need to use strong soap or even bleach to clean the buckets.

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There is another water treatment that is very easy to do and is very good to prevent getting colds and the flu. This is called a cold rub.

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The best time to do this treatment is early in the morning, soon after you get out of bed. Before you begin, make sure your body is warm.

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Then put a cloth into cold water, wringing out the excess water.

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Start at the feet, quickly rubbing the cold cloth over the skin.

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Rub up both sides of the leg as you see it in this picture.

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Finish each part with a good rub using a dry towel to prevent getting cold.

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Next quickly dip your cloth again and …

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rub up the arms from hand to shoulder, drying each part as you go.

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Finally, quickly rub the chest and back.

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Instead of the cold rub you can quickly pour some cold water over your body.

To prevent colds this treatment is better than any medication that money can buy!

As you can see, simple water can be a very good medicine.

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God made all nature to work with order. Our bodies are also made to work well and in order. If we care for our bodies, we will be much healthier, and when we need natural treatments (like water treatments), they will work much better.

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What makes our bodies work well and stay healthy? We need to…

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Eat good food (especially fruits, vegetables, nuts and beans)

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Drink plenty of (pure) water.

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Work or exercise outdoors (in the sunshine and fresh air.)

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Use water on the outside of our bodies (to stay clean and for treatments when sick.)

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Don’t drink alcohol, tea or coffee.

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Don’t use tobacco or other drugs.

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Get proper rest. (and)

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Trust in God. (He has the answers for all of life’s problems!)

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In the Bible, we can find beautiful stories about how God healed people from their diseases. Sometimes God asked the people to show their faith in Him by using water. Here is one of those stories: (2 Kings 5)

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A long time ago there was a man named Naaman. In his home worked a little girl who served Naaman’s wife faithfully. This little girl loved and trusted God. When Naaman became sick with a very dangerous skin disease called leprosy;

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…the little girl told her mistress that far away there was a man of God who could heal him. Naaman quickly travelled to see the man of God. When Naaman came to Elisha’s door, he received the message:

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“Go and wash in the Jordan River seven times and you will be clean.” At first Naaman was angry because he was hoping that the man would pray to God and heal him immediately. But he decided to obey, and go to the river and wash.

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When he washed seven times, he was healed from his leprosy!

When we are sick, we like Naaman often want quick miraculous healing. But many times, God chooses to work in another way – through simple natural remedies.

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By taking care of our bodies, and making a wise use of Heaven’s remedies, we too may experience the blessings of very good health.

McNeilus, Mary Ann, M.D., God’s Healing Way, Remnant Publications, Coldwater, MI, 2001.