{"id":40871,"date":"2022-09-05T20:31:54","date_gmt":"2022-09-05T10:31:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/?p=40871"},"modified":"2022-09-05T20:31:54","modified_gmt":"2022-09-05T10:31:54","slug":"fomentation-lost-treatment-for-pneumonia-bronchitis-spider-bites","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/?p=40871","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Fomentation\u2019: Lost Treatment for Pneumonia, Bronchitis, Spider Bites"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-40872\" src=\"http:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Fomentation-300x157.jpg\" alt=\"Fomentation\" width=\"573\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Fomentation-300x157.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Fomentation.jpg 716w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 573px) 100vw, 573px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">In the early 1970s, I learned about the effectiveness of a simple procedure called a fomentation.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s one example of a tried-and-true home remedy without drugs that has largely been lost through time. Loss of this knowledge has taken healing instincts out of our hands and increasingly profited\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/deeprootsathome.com\/biblical-guidance-drugs-herbs-medicine\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">a corrupt medical system<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>With so many people struggling and wanting home treatment (trying to avoid the hospital), this home remedy that has\u00a0<strong>proven time and time again to work for pneumonia, asthma, spider bites<\/strong>, etc.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font_9\">In the December 13, 1918, issue of the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.immunityenhanced.com\/_files\/ugd\/d9574e_713633c19da0465d90916ec315dfa481.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span class=\"color_14\">Hutchinson Leader<\/span><\/a>, the editor reported on the Norwegian-Danish Seminary in Hutchinson, Minnesota. 120 students and faculty all lived under one roof \u2013 90 came down with the Spanish flu.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font_9\">Statistically,\u00a0<span class=\"color_14\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.historic-uk.com\/HistoryUK\/HistoryofBritain\/The-Spanish-Flu-pandemic-of-1918\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">between 9 to 18<\/a>\u00a0of them<\/span>\u00a0should have died. The newspaper account reported on the fact that not one person died.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font_9\">This was very unusual. Why did no one die?<\/p>\n<p class=\"font_9\"><strong>Not one of the 90 Spanish Flu patients died<\/strong>\u00a0<strong>because<\/strong>\u00a0<strong>they were each given fomentation treatments<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font_9\"><strong>These treatments stimulate the immune system, activating spontaneous blastogenesis of the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/books\/NBK556082\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">plasma cells\u2014the B cells of the lymphatic system<\/a>\u00a0which are designed to make antibodies.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"font_9\"><strong>It is targeted natural chemotherapy that the body does all on its own<\/strong>.\u00a0Each patient was treated with the protocol that is outlined in\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.immunityenhanced.com\/fomentation-instructions\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">this document.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Here Kimberly Stelzer from\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.azurestandard.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Azure Standard<\/a>\u00a0shares this wonderful, effective home remedy their family has affectionately dubbed \u201cHot &amp; Cold.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>It is effective for adults and children.<\/p>\n<p>What you will need:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>1 covered pot of hot water on simmer<\/li>\n<li>bowl or dishpan<\/li>\n<li>a bag of ice or\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3sXlkK8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">prefrozen flexible ice packs<\/a><\/li>\n<li>1 piece of wool (or wool sweater) to wrap your hot towel fomentation in<\/li>\n<li>1 hand towels (1 for hot and 1 for cold)<\/li>\n<li>2 bath towels<\/li>\n<li>1 pair of rubber gloves to wring out hot towels<\/li>\n<li>a timer<\/li>\n<li>1 blanket<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>This treatment calls for 7 rounds of:<\/strong>\u00a03 minutes of hot and 1 minute of cold alternating. It takes around a 1\/2 hour and should have not delay between the hot and cold for the most effective treatment. She uses a stop watch.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ucheepines.org\/fomentations\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Agatha M. Thrash, M.D.<\/a>\u00a0wrote,\u00a0<strong>\u201cUse the fomentations for pneumonia, bronchitis, coughs, arthritis, colitis, peptic ulcer, systemic diseases such as lupus, infectious mononucleosis, or influenza.\u00a0<\/strong><strong>It should not be used in tuberculosis or heart attacks.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Dr. Thrash\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ucheepines.org\/fomentations\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">lists<\/a>\u00a04 ways to heat your towels: There are the\u00a0<strong>boiling water, steam,<\/strong>\u00a0<strong>microwave and oven method<\/strong>. (Her favorite method is the\u00a0STEAM METHOD).<\/p>\n<p>These effective old remedies that have been obscured or tossed aside can be taught to your older children!<\/p>\n<p>I hope this equips you further so you can avoid going to the ER or the hospital!<\/p>\n<p>\u201cVarious methods may be used for the application of heat to the body surface, but of all methods\u00a0<strong>there is perhaps no more effective or simpler method than the use of cloths wrung out of boiling water and alternated with cold cloth.<\/strong>\u00a0This is known as a fomentation.\u201d ~1945 edition\u00a0<i><a href=\"https:\/\/openlibrary.org\/works\/OL7725229W\/Physical_therapy_in_nursing_care\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Physical Therapy in Nursing Care<\/a>,<\/i>\u00a0 p. 74.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/deeprootsathome.com\/fomentation-lost-treatment-pneumonia-bronchitis-spider-bites\/\">https:\/\/deeprootsathome.com\/fomentation-lost-treatment-pneumonia-bronchitis-spider-bites\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In the early 1970s, I learned about the effectiveness of a simple procedure called a fomentation. It\u2019s one example of a tried-and-true home remedy without drugs that has largely been lost through time. Loss of this knowledge has taken healing instincts out of our hands and increasingly profited\u00a0a corrupt medical system. With so many people &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/?p=40871\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;\u2018Fomentation\u2019: Lost Treatment for Pneumonia, Bronchitis, Spider Bites&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-40871","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general-interest","category-health-tips"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40871","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=40871"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40871\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":40873,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40871\/revisions\/40873"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=40871"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=40871"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=40871"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}