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Clinical Therapeutics
Department of Hydrotherapy & Mud Therapy
Harnessing the Dynamic Healing Power of Water and Mineral Earth
Departmental Overview
Water is the universal healing solvent in Naturopathy. This department oversees the extensive hydrotherapy and mud therapy hospital wings, administering precise temperature-controlled water applications, packs, douches, baths, and therapeutic mineral clays to stimulate circulation, fever management, and metabolic elimination.
Clinical Applications
- Neutral and cold hip baths for pelvic congestion, constipation, and gynecological issues
- Spinal spray and spinal baths for hypertension, insomnia, and nervous exhaustion
- Full wet sheet packs for acute fever reduction, toxaemia, and skin elimination
- Therapeutic mud packs for arthritis, eczema, psoriasis, and ocular cooling
Practical & Hands-On Training
- Administering full-body and localized hydrotherapeutic applications to hospital patients
- Preparation, sterilization, and application of mineral mud and clay packs
- Monitoring patient hemodynamic response and core body temperature during treatments
- Operating whirlpool baths, underwater massage systems, and sauna chambers
Department Laboratories & Facilities
Comprehensive Hospital Hydrotherapy Wing with dedicated male and female treatment sections
Specialized Hip Bath, Spinal Spray, Arm & Foot Bath units
Steam & Sauna Chambers with adjoining cold immersion pools
Mud Processing & Storage Facility with natural unpolluted clay reserves
Subjects & Syllabus Modules
- Hydrotherapy: Physiological Effects of Water, Baths, Packs, Douches, Immersion, Enema
- Mud Therapy: Mineral Earth Properties, Full Body Packs, Local Packs, Mud Baths
Clinical Therapies
Therapeutic Procedures
- Hip Baths, Spinal Sprays, Arm & Foot Baths
- Full Wet Sheet Pack & Gastrohepatic Packs
- Herbal Steam Bath & Infrared Sauna
- Therapeutic Mud Packs & Full Body Mud Bath
Admissions 2026–27
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Join the 5½-year BNYS medical program under Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences, Bengaluru.
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