Whenever our forefathers had an itch, or burned, hurt or sweated anywhere, they would automatically apply a compress. Chemically these compresses were alkaline. Think for instance of the quark compresses or herbal compresses that used to be applied.
To prepare these, they would take a handful of fresh or dried herbs, steam them briefly in a linen cloth in the same way as when making steamed noodles, allow them to cool to a comfortable temperature and then place them in a linen bag and apply to the part of the body to be treated.
A linen bag like this is easy and quick to prepare, for instance using a small handful of 7x7 KräuterTee (7x7 AlkaHerb). This is either steamed as described, or can have a little hot water poured over it until a warm herbal porridge is formed, which can then be applied in a little bag.
It is even simpler to make a basic infusion which can be applied to organs, joints or other parts of the body for all kinds of compresses. You should always take one to two liters of water and stir in a heaped teaspoon of MeineBase (AlkaBath). In this solution immerse an inner cloth of linen or wide-meshed cotton, or a fine thin cotton cloth or special fleeces from a specialist retailer, a child’s nappy, a headband, our AlkalineStockings or Sleeves or even a vest, cotton rollneck or underpants. Thick and dense cotton towels are too thick to be used as inner cloths.
After being immersed, these items are wrung out and applied or put on together with the residual moisture.
A dry cotton cloth, such as a hand towel, can be used as an intermediate cloth. Finally tuck up well using a woolen blanket. Care should be taken to wrap the dry outer cloth closely around the wet compress without leaving any air pockets. If the cloth is not consistently wrapped round, this can lead to undesired heating or undesired cooling down.
Most compresses can be worn overnight without any problems. But please bear in mind that for liver and kidney compresses, there should always also be a hot water bottle next to the warm covering, or for overnight application tuck in a heat cushion.
The effectiveness of alkaline compresses of this kind is due to their alkalinity, in other words their alkaline value which is roughly between pH 8 and pH 8.5. Due to the difference in concentration, these draw acids, toxins and harmful substances out of the affected “acid” regions of the body. So why not simply benefit from the simple active principles Mother Nature gave us!
| The alkaline body or liver compress | |
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Make up an alkaline solution using 2-3 litres of warm water and 1-2 tablespoons of MeineBase (AlkaBath)
A warm compress is at 41°C.
A cold compress is at 22°
Don’t forget your hot water bottle or heat cushion!
The body must be well warmed in advance. When the compress is applied properly and with the right reaction, the compress should no longer feel cold after 10 minutes.
However, if it does still feel cold, apply warmth (heat cushion, warm drinks, tea). If this does not help, remove the compress.
Particularly with large compresses, care should be taken not to create any air pockets (uneven heating or cooling), and you should ensure that the compress fits closely.
The alkaline neck wrap should be used once or twice a week for head and bronchial problems, and can also be used to regenerate lost hair growth. If you are looking for improvement in one of these areas, you should wear these alkaline wraps as far as possible every night, for at least six months. Head problems for which alkaline neck wraps have proved to be useful are Parkinson’s, Alzheimer’s, tinnitus, migraine, headaches, eye and ear problems, dizziness, forgetfulness and also bronchial problems and bronchial asthma.
Research carried out by Professor Friedrich Sander and Josef Lohkämper has shown that every night two acid flows pass through the cells, tissues and structures of our body, one of normal intensity and one which is stronger. The normal flow flushes through our body in the period between 23.00 and 01.00 at night, and the other one, the strongest of the total of four acid flows every day, is in the morning from around 05.00 to around 07.00. This is the reason why our urine has its highest level of acidity of the entire day at around 07.00 in the morning.
But before the acids leave the body via the kidneys and the bladder, they may have caused damage to our organism. They corrode, they burn and they destroy structures, resulting in functional failures and structural losses which can be observed in the long term.
To avoid problems in the head area, neck and the bronchial tubes, we recommend using the alkaline neck wrap every night. We use an inner stocking made of cotton from our AlkalineStockings. However, we only soak half of it in the solution. This half is then well wrung out and wrapped loosely around the neck, with the dry half around it, then further dry soft towels around this so that you do not get cold during the night.
This alkaline neck compress is of great benefit both for the neck, head and throat, and also for hair loss and for the organs which are situated in the head. The use of the compress provides effective relief and deacidification, and these areas are not then flushed by the two acid flows night after night.
One of the most welcome effects of the alkaline neck wrap is on our sleep. When the neck wrap is used in combination with the AlkalineStockings, the acid flows scarcely reach the head. They are drawn out of the organism either at the feet or at the neck.
This is the well-known active principle of balancing out concentrations, between the high acid concentrations in the structures of the body or in the blood at night, and the low acid concentrations in the AlkalineStockings or the alkaline neck compress.
The alkaline neck compress not only makes an excellent contribution to solving head, neck and bronchial problems. It also significantly improves the appearance of the skin in the neck, nape and décolleté areas!
