Table 2a.

List of Naturopathy therapies administered during the patient's inpatient stay.

Day	Morning Therapy (duration ~ 45 min)	Afternoon Therapy (duration ~ 20 min)
1	Rest	Gastro Hepatic Pack
2	Red rice paste with turmeric to whole body	Cold Hip Bath
3	Mud application to whole body	Gastro Hepatic Pack
4	Red rice paste with turmeric to whole body	Cold Hip Bath
5	Neem oil application to whole body	Whole body dry sauna
6	Mud application to whole body	Gastro Hepatic Pack
7	Red rice paste with turmeric to whole body	Cold Hip Bath
8	Mud application to whole body	Gastro Hepatic Pack
9	Red rice paste with turmeric to whole body	Whole body dry sauna
10	Neem oil application to whole body	Gastro Hepatic Pack
Name of the therapy		Details of application
Red Rice Paste with Turmeric to whole body		Paste of red rice (approx. 500 gm) was mixed with freshly ground turmeric paste (about 250 gm) and applied over skin throughout the body. After the plastered paste dried, it was washed off using plain water
Mud application to whole body		Non-contaminated, sun dried black soil, soaked in water overnight was applied over skin throughout the body and left to dry under sunlight. After the plastered mud is dried, it was washed off using plain water
Neem Oil application to whole body		Oil extracted from Azadirachta indica fruits and seeds was applied over the body with gentle massage. Patient was advised not to use any chemical soaps for bath following therapies
Gastro Hepatic Pack		The hot water bag (45 °C) was applied over the abdomen, covering the epigastric, left and right hypogastric, left and right lumbar and umbilical region. The ice bag covered the region of lumbar vertebrae L2, L3, L4 and L5.
Cold Hip Bath		Patient was asked to sit in a specially designed tub immersing from mid-thigh to umbilical region in water (18–24 °C).
Whole Body Dry Sauna		Patient was seated in a specially designed sauna cabin at a temperature of 50–55 °C.