Counseling Sheet

Agatha M. Thrash, M.D.
Preventive Medicine

‍Heat

long, general

• increased metabolism
• increased sweating
• causes lethargy
• decreased muscle tone
• draws blood to surface

local

• pooling of blood to area applied
• decreased pooling of blood to internal organs and head
• decreased pain

Cold

long, general

• decreased metabolism
• decreased heart rate and respiration
• decreased body temperature
• increased pooling of blood in internal organs
• increased muscle tone to rigidity

short, general

• tonic
• increased respiration rate then decreased
• increased depth of respiration
• increased heart rate then decreased
• strengthens heart muscle
• increased muscle tone
• food more completely oxidized
• increased oxygen absorption (47%)
• increased C02 excretion (65%)
• increased vitality
• increased hemoglobin
• increased WBC effectiveness
• increased blood pressure
• increased peripheral heart action

local

• vasoconstriction
• decreased swelling
• decreased pain (anesthetic)
• decreased heart rate

Alternate hot and cold

• reflex actions of both hot and cold without pooling effect
• increased circulation
• vascular exercise