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Dousing is the practice of using cold water to promote a body fever. |
Dousing is the practice of using cold water to promote a body fever. |
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The body undergoes a sort of "shock" where it will immediately fever. There are those who believe that this fever is helpful in killing harmful bacteria and leaving the heartier beneficial bacteria in the body. |
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== Canadian == |
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The [[Canadian]] "Polar Bear Club" is an old tradition, which has participants jumping in a lake during winter, even to the point of cutting a hole in a frozen lake. |
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* [http://www.pc.gc.ca/lhn-nhs/mb/prince/ne/index_e.asp July 1, 2003 - Hudson Bay] |
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== Russian == |
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Some practitioners douse with a bucket of water. The bucket is filled with water and left out overnight. They then walk outside with it outside and spill it over themselves. Preferences include being barefoot outside on the earth, and performing dousing at certain times and more frequently when ill. |
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* The [[Canadian]] "Polar Bear Club" would cut a hole in a lake a leap in. |
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* [[Porfiry Ivanov]]'s method of Dousing is called "Detka". |
* [[Porfiry Ivanov]]'s method of Dousing is called "Detka". |
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* Practiced by some [[martialist]]s of [[Systema]]. |
* Practiced by some [[martialist]]s of [[Systema]]. |
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Revision as of 03:22, 2 January 2005
Dousing is the practice of using cold water to promote a body fever.
The body undergoes a sort of "shock" where it will immediately fever. There are those who believe that this fever is helpful in killing harmful bacteria and leaving the heartier beneficial bacteria in the body.
Canadian
The Canadian "Polar Bear Club" is an old tradition, which has participants jumping in a lake during winter, even to the point of cutting a hole in a frozen lake.
Russian
Jumping in freezing lakes is also an old Russian tradition.
Some practitioners douse with a bucket of water. The bucket is filled with water and left out overnight. They then walk outside with it outside and spill it over themselves. Preferences include being barefoot outside on the earth, and performing dousing at certain times and more frequently when ill.
- Porfiry Ivanov's method of Dousing is called "Detka".
- Practiced by some martialists of Systema.