Heat treatment to relax the muscles and improve circulation.
- trauma
- acute inflammation
- muscular tension
There are two types of treatments: heat therapy and cryotherapy. Traumas and acute inflammations require cold; chronic inflammation and mucous-membrane inflammation require warmth. Warm and cold treatments can both affect the inner organs.
Warmth causes
- drowsiness
- reduction of the muscle tone (= relaxation) of the smooth and skeletal musculature
- improvement of blood circulation
