Charcot Shower

A Charcot shower is a jet shower in which a stream of water is directed at the body of a naked patient located at a distance of 3-4 m from the shower chair, first with a fan, and then with a compact jet. They act from head to toe first on the front, and then on the side and back surfaces of the body. At the same time, they avoid getting a compact jet on the head, genitals, mammary glands, and spinal column. Then the jet is sequentially directed to the limbs and a fan to the stomach.

Indications for use

The procedure is effective in the treatment of neurasthenia (hyposthenic form); depressive states; vegetative-vascular dysfunctions; consequences of diseases and injuries of the musculoskeletal system and peripheral nervous system (plexitis, neuralgia, myositis); hypertension stage I - II; hypotension; postinfarction cardiosclerosis; chronic gastritis; peptic ulcer in remission; chronic colitis and functional disorders of the intestine; menstrual disorders; menopause; sexual neurosis; chronic prostatitis; sexual dysfunction; impotence; chronic adnexitis; hemorrhoids; vascular diseases; obesity I art.

Contraindications

Charcot shower is contraindicated in ischemic heart disease; angina pectoris III FC; diseases of the respiratory system; urolithiasis; calculous cholecystitis; the second half of pregnancy; hysteria; atherosclerosis of cerebral vessels; skin diseases.