The Oil-Dispersion Bath in Anthroposophic Medicine
Büssing A, Cysarz D, Edelhäuser F, et al. The oil-dispersion bath in anthroposophic medicine–an integrative review. BMC Complement Altern Med. 2008 Dec 4;8:61. Review. PMID: 19055811
An introduction to anthroposophic medicine - a whole medical system introduced by the Austrian polymath Rudolf Steiner - from the vantage of the oil-dispersion bath, a specific AM practice developed by the massage therapist Werner Junge. In an oil-dispersion bath, patients soak in warm water containing a very fine oil dispersal.
From the discussion:
"We found a small number of clinical and field studies which mainly focused on the exploration of physiological effects of ODB [oil-dispersion bath]. The studies can roughly be subdivided into two groups: (1) mechanisms of transdermal resorption of the oil, and (2) regulatory effects of ODB. While there are good clinical studies which confirm that conventional balneotherapy is an effective treatment modality in elderly patients with osteoarthritis of the knee or with chronic low back pain, or can alleviate low back pain, there is an obvious lack of clinical studies on ODB which address the unique contribution of the oil dispersal in water."
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