Four-chamber bath with naphthalan in Naftalan

Four-chamber baths (local baths) can be of different temperature and duration, which determines the strength of their impact. During the procedure, the patient sits on a special chair, the height of which is adjusted with a screw, his arms and legs immersed in baths filled to the same levels with warm water (mineral water, possibly with gas, naphthalan). The patient experiences a tingling or very weak uniform burning sensation. Procedures are carried out every other day. Such baths have a beneficial effect on heart activity and cerebral circulation and can be carried out in cases of contraindication of general baths. They also have a general effect on the body, increase the activity of metabolic processes in arms and legs tissues, reduce pain and signs of inflammation. The procedure is effective in the treatment of arthritis (rheumatoid, reactive); vibration disease; diabetes mellitus (diabetic polyneuropathy); diseases of the peripheral nervous system (neuritis, neuralgia); hypertension; vascular atherosclerosis of the extremities (initial stage); the bone fracture consequences; trophic disorders (without ulcers). The procedure is contraindicated in neoplasms; systemic blood diseases; violations of the integrity of the skin; decompensation of cardiac activity; pronounced atherosclerosis.