Many, very many, remedies have been tried in vain. Extremes of temperature, above or below normal, softens or hardens tissue, induces necrosis or sclerosis. A living organism, or any of its organs, possess a certain degree of action and function, a condition when normal known as health. When functions are raised or lowered from the general average, a condition of disease exists. Nerve irritation increases temperature.
Cell metabolism is a heat production.
Energy is stored in the cells of organs as a latent agent ready to be used as a functional force directed by impulses. Extremes of heat and cold induce the various phases of inflammation by contracting nerve tissue longitudinally. All functions in any degree are controlled by and dependent upon nerve impulses. With the cessation or the disappearance of the emotional state, the blood vessels return to their former degree of contraction. The flushed condition shown by redness and excessive heat is the result of an accumulation of blood in the capillaries.