Amanzi anezindawo zokwelapha eziyingqayizivele. Iletha ukuthula emiqondweni yabantu, yelapha imizimba futhi iqede ukoma. Abantu abaningi bathola amandla ngokulalela umsindo wamagagasi olwandle noma ngokucabanga ngezigigaba zokuhlehla nokugeleza. Ukubona impophoma ebabazekayo kungase kubangele umuzwa wokwesaba. Umqondo okhathele uyakhululeka lapho ukugqolozela komnikazi wawo ebona isifutho somthombo noma ukugeleza okuzolile komfudlana. Ishawa efudumele noma ukucwiliswa ku-Jacuzzi kuyaphumuza, kuyilapho ishawa ebandayo ivuselela. Imizuzu eyishumi echithwa echibini ingakugcwalisa umuzwa wenhlalakahle futhi ikhulule ukukhathazeka. Amanzi aluketshezi, kanye nezinye izinhlobo zawo (iqhwa nesimusi), asetshenziselwa ukudambisa izinhlungu, ukukhulula ukukhathazeka, ukwelapha iziyaluyalu, njll. Ukusetshenziswa kwamanzi ngendlela yokwelapha kunomlando omude. Amabhati ayaziwa eGibhithe lasendulo, eGrisi naseRoma. U-Hippocrates wanquma ukugeza emanzini asentwasahlobo njengomuthi. Odokotela bamaRoma uCelsus noGalen baphatha iziguli zabo ngezihlambi ezihlukile. Ibhavu yamaSulumane (i-hamman) yayisetshenziselwa ukuhlanzwa, ukuphumula nokuzijabulisa. Indela yaseBavaria uBaba uSebastian Kneipp (1821-1897) yadlala indima enkulu ekwandiseni ukusetshenziswa kwamanzi ekwelapheni ekhulwini leshumi nesishiyagalolunye. E-Austria, ekuqaleni kwekhulu leshumi nesishiyagalolunye, uVincent Priesnitz (1790-1851) waba ngusaziwayo wamazwe ngamazwe ngohlelo lwakhe lwe-hydrotherapy. Ukwelapha ngamanzi kwakudume futhi e-Battle Creek ngesikhathi sika-John Harvey Kellogg (1852-1943). IHydrotherapy igcina ukuthandwa kwayo namuhla. Imithombo yamaminerali isetshenziselwa ukwelapha i-migraines, ukulimala kwemisipha, nomkhuhlane. Amanzi ashisayo ayaphumuza, kuyilapho amanzi abandayo evuselela. Uma kukhulu ukuhluka kwezinga lokushisa, umphumela uba namandla kakhulu. Ukushintshanisa amanzi abandayo nashisayo kungashukumisa isimiso sokujikeleza kwegazi futhi kuthuthukise ukusebenza kokuzivikela komzimba. Ukufeza umphumela, imizuzu emithathu yokugeza okushisayo noma i-douche yanele, ilandelwa imizuzwana engu-20-30 yokugeza okubandayo. Ukwelashwa ngamanzi kuhlanganisa ukuhlikihla, ukuminyanisa, ukugoqa okumanzi, okugeza ezinyaweni, i-pool kanye neshawa. I-hydrotherapy ephumelelayo ithatha isikhathi nolwazi.
Ngokuvamile, amanzi abandayo asetshenziselwa ukunciphisa ukuvuvukala. I-Hydrotherapy yeziguli ezinomdlavuza ifaka isandla ekutheni inani lama-leukocyte emzimbeni wabo liyanda. Ukwelashwa kwamanzi abandayo kweziguli ezinezifo ezingapheli ze-obstructive pulmonary kunciphisa imvamisa yezifo, kwandisa inani lamangqamuzana amhlophe egazi futhi kuthuthukisa inhlalakahle. Ukwelapha ngamanzi kusetshenziswa ekwelapheni i-arthritis ye-rheumatoid, i-osteoarthritis, i-ankylosing spondylitis, i-fibromyalgia syndrome kanye ne-frostbite. Ukufakwa kwe-saline emakhaleni kunganciphisa izimpawu ze-sinusitis eyingozi. Ezigulini ezinokwehluleka kwenhliziyo okungapheli, ukugeza okufudumele noma i-sauna enezinga lokushisa elilinganiselwe kusiza ukuthuthukisa ukusebenza kwenhliziyo. I-Hydrotherapy inenzuzo ezinganeni ezihlushwa i-asthmatic bronchitis. Amanzi afudumele akhulula ama-colon spasms. Amaphakethe eqhwa angasetshenziswa ekwelapheni izinhlungu zasemhlane, ama-sprains, ukulimala kwamadolo, nama-hemorrhoids. I-steam ivame ukusetshenziswa kanye namafutha aguquguqukayo aphefumulayo ekwelapheni izifo zokuphefumula. I-Hydrotherapy ikuvumela ukuthi ululame ngokushesha ngemuva kokuzivocavoca. Ukugeza nokubhukuda echibini imizuzu engamashumi amathathu kunganciphisa umfutho wegazi, ukushaya kwenhliziyo nokukhathala ngokuphumelelayo ngaphezu kwesigamu sehora sokulala. Ukugeza okuxutshwe ngamakhambi kungaba yinzuzo ikakhulukazi kubantu abacindezelekile nabakhathele.
Kunezindlela eziningana zokulungisa amabhati e-herbal. 1. Bilisa uhhafu wenkomishi yamakhambi kwilitha elilodwa (1,14 L) lamanzi epanini elimboziwe imizuzu eyishumi nanhlanu. Ngenkathi amakhambi ebila, geza ishawa emfushane ukuze uhlanze umzimba, bese ugcwalisa ubhavu ngamanzi ashisayo noma afudumele. Umuntu kufanele athulule uketshezi ekugezeni, bese egoqa amakhambi ngendwangu ye-terry bese ecwilisa emanzini okungenani imizuzu engamashumi amabili, bese ehlikihla umzimba ngalesi sikhwama. 2. Faka esikhundleni senkomishi yesigamu samakhambi ngaphansi kwamanzi agelezayo, okungcono kakhulu ashisayo. Ungakwazi ukuvala i-drain ngendwangu encane enezikhala ukuze amakhambi angavali amapayipi. Gcoba ebhavini imizuzu engamashumi amabili kuya kwamashumi amathathu. 3. Gcwalisa isikhwama sendwangu encane ngesigamu senkomishi yamakhambi, usibeke emanzini okugeza, noma usibophe kumpompi ukuze amanzi ashisayo ageleze esitshalweni ukuze agcwalise ubhavu. Futhi, cwilisa imizuzu engamashumi amabili kuya kwamashumi amathathu. Amakhambi athile asebenza ngokukhethekileyo. Isibonelo, ungathatha idlanzana lamakhambi afana ne-valerian, i-lavender, i-linden, i-chamomile, i-hops, ne-burdock impande bese uyifaka ekugezeni kwakho ngokulandela enye yamaphethini angenhla. Gcoba imizuzu engamashumi amathathu. Enye inhlanganisela yamakhambi ingase ihlanganise hops, lime, valerian, chamomile, yarrow, futhi passion flower. Ungasebenzisa enye yezindlela zokupheka ezingenhla, noma ubilise amakhambi ku-quart (1,14 amalitha) amanzi, bese uphuza uhhafu wenkomishi yoketshezi (ungafaka ulamula noju, uma uthanda) bese uthela okunye ukugeza. Enkambweni yokucwilisa amakhambi okugeza, ungafunda, uzindle, ulalele umculo opholile noma uvele uhlale uthule, ugxile ekuziphumuleni. Ngokuvamile, ukuze i-hydrotherapy iphumelele, iseluleko esilandelayo esilandelayo kufanele silandelwe. Ukuze unciphise ukucindezeleka, ungasebenzisa ukugeza okungathathi hlangothi (emazingeni okushisa angama-33-34 degrees Celsius), izinga lokushisa eliseduze nelesikhumba. Amanzi anezinga lokushisa lama-38-41 degrees afanele ukuphumula kwemisipha eqinile nokunciphisa ubuhlungu emgogodleni. (Amazinga okushisa angaphezu kuka-41 degrees awanconywa ngoba angakhuphula izinga lokushisa lomzimba ngokushesha okukhulu, enze ukushisa okwenziwayo.) Ungathatha ishawa ebandayo ngokushesha ngemva kokugeza. Kuzodala ukugeleza kwegazi okwandisiwe kanye nokwanda kwamandla. (Umphumela ofanayo ukhiqizwa ngokushintshanisa izihlambi ezibandayo nezishisayo - imizuzu emithathu yeshawa ebandayo imizuzwana engamashumi amathathu yamanzi ashisayo, njll.) Ungahlali eshaweni imizuzu engaphezu kwe-15-20, ikakhulukazi uma unomfutho wegazi ophezulu noma izifo zesimiso senhliziyo. Kusihlwa yisikhathi esihle kakhulu sezinqubo zamanzi. Abantu abagezayo noma abashawa ebusuku balala kangcono futhi bajabulele ukulala okujulile.