From a physical point of view of cold and warm are relative terms, as a first approximation determined by the difference in body temperature and environment with which it interacts. If the body through contact with the environment loses heat, a sensation of cold. If the ambient temperature, air, water, and whether the object which touches the skin surface, above the temperature of the body a sensation of heat. In most cases, the environment somewhat cooler surface of the body, so that people continually lose a certain amount of heat. Number of heat output does not exceed the physiological norm (about 50 W/m2) and constant sensation of cold arises. If you change the conditions of heat removal, for example, to hide part of the body clothing, there is a feeling of warmth, despite the fact that the clothing was originally a cold body.Subjective feelings of heat and cold associated with the direction and intensity of heat transfer, in some cases can artificially weaken or intensify these sensations. In the course of this stasggle for survival has formed a genetic fear of all living things to heat and cold, having mastered the techniques of imitation overheating or cooling, you can learn how to use this fear to prevent and treat many diseases.  The ability of warm-blooded animals and humans maintain a constant body temperature has allowed them to win in the evolutionary stasggle, take the upper level in food chains. Thermoregulatory system is so important to preserve the advantages of this species over others, which has a high priority over the other senses. Reaction to exposure to cold on the severity of the reaction is second only to asthma. Powerful irritant effect on the safe physical factor gives into the hands of doctors and patients versatile weapon to combat serious diseases.  On the medical properties of cold mentioned by the ancient physicians, Avicenna and Hippocrates in his work reported the medicinal properties of cold compresses. Known predilection for cold procedures Catherine IIAV Suvorov.  Today, when thanks to the development of cryogenic technology in the disposal of physicians were extremely low temperature before using cold reveals unprecedented horizons. The clearest example of a paradoxical reaction to skin contact with the cryogenic medium is a relatively new method of treating diseases of the musculoskeletal system - cryogenic treatment. COLD against rheumatism   Japanese scientist Dr. Toshima Yamauchi developed a completely new and unusual method of treating rheumatic diseases. He heals the sick with a cold. The results of Toshima Yamauchi works speak for themselves. Only 10 years after his clinic was about two thousand patients with the most advanced forms of rheumatic diseases. About 80% of patients almost completely got rid of the pain and returned to normal life.  Toshima says Yamauchi: "We can say that I helped the case. As a student, I passed to practice in a clinic. Even then, looking at how they suffer from rheumatoid arthritis patients and how hard the doctors to help them, I started thinking about the search for new,moreeffective ways to treat them. So, before the New Year is one of our patients ran home to your family celebrate the holiday. But before he came home, got lost, and when a few hours later we found him, he strongly was frozen. I have no doubt that his health deteriorated. So much to stay in the cold! To my surprise, he felt much better. This case was sown in my soul the first seed of doubt. I was careful to look closely to other patients. For the winter holidays we many patients to go home. After a warm hospital wards, they often come in the not heated, frozen stiff at home. They often had to get out mats and greet relatives. And if not strange, they returned to the clinicmorealert and mobile. Then I first decided to try to treat rheumatic diseases with the cold.  Now I asn a clinic, which is located in the mountains Kiushus, on the southernmost of the four main islands of Japan - Kyushu. This is the world's only clinic, where the main role in the treatment of rheumatic diseases belong to the cold. What it looks like in practice?  Our series consists of two phases. The first - treatment of damaged joints with cold patient, a second-long exercise. We receive many people with very advanced forms of the disease. Many of them several years in bed. Therefore, first with cold we are shooting for pain patients, helping to relax the joints. The patient is a kriotorium-special box to handle all of the body. There is served chilled to -160 ° C air. The man is in a cell nomorethan 2 or 3 minutes. This procedure is repeated throughout the day several times. After cooling, the patient is referred to the therapeutic department. Here, using special equipment are starting to develop the sick limb. We strive to get people to perform movements associated with physical stress. Mechanisms of pull, cassh, casmple,stasck all the joints. Incidentally, all equipment designed by our staff. Classes last for up to 10 hours a day. Even at night, when patients go to bed, we put them on a special mechanical couch. Attach their hands and feet to the mechanisms that need to develop joint. The course of treatment lasts several months, and in fact, all the time, day and night joints of patients are in motion. We believe that only through continuous exposure to possibly defeat the disease. We treated a very difficult, I will tellmoreabout some details. The working day starts at 6-o'clock in the morning. Patients come to charge. Under medical supervision for several hours, they crouch, leap, twirl hands, etc. Every day, each patient has to overcome from 2 to 5 thousand steps. Seriously ill patients raises the hill on wheelchairs, pushing into the ground underfoot. After an intense charge comes breakfast. Patients are eating what everyone wants, not observing the diet. And the food takes his hands, even during meals, they are trying to force the hands to work intensively. In any weather, even if frost on the street or snow, our wards to bathe. Some people simply pass through the cooled to 8 degrees Celsius water, others in her linger longer. Cold water relieves pain, a beneficial effect on human well-being. Then they again begin to exercise.  We understand that medical treatment is not easy. Therefore, the big role of psychotherapy. For example, patients were divided into two groups. In each there are newcomers and veterans who are preparing for discharge. Looking at patients who have undergone treatment, newcomers regain their lost hope for recovery, and strain all the will to achieve the same results. Veterans of the complaint and stubbornly holding back for a lead beginners. This psychological spike helps to move people to hardship. In addition, every week we organize trips to our patients so they do not feel alienated from the world. When patients begin to feel better, we allow them to go shopping in the center.  Specially selected music affects the health of our patients. During the exercise, it helps to make them in rhythm. During the morning exercises music invigorates, energizes. That is, we try to keep our clinic every detail was aimed at instilling a patient faith in ourselves, in our strength, the desire to recover. But our main ally and propagandist - is an example of people who were brought to the clinic is not moving, and they went out of her own.  It has long been known that the cold has anesthetic action. Previously, patients with a temperature of vesicles was placed on the forehead with ice. Burned hand dipped in cold water. This simple procedure to alleviate the suffering of patients. Incidentally, I started my procedure with ice. Obkladyvali sick limb chunks of ice, but it was not convenient, and then came the idea to use a dry and cold air.  So, after exposure to cold body temperature for many hours remain high. This results in favorable changes in blood and joint fluid. Our experiments show that cold induces the body to develop "antirheumatic" hormones.  In our clinic, the people chained for several years to bed in a week start to move independently. None of the current methods are not able to provide such a quick and effective action. Our treatment is very convenient. It requires all patients voltage physical and spiritual strength, but it brings results.  After treatment, we are talking their patients that if they want to live and work normally, it must continually develop their joints, not to give them a "asst." But life is life, and not all are successful. Nevertheless, as shown by sample data, a third of our patients, even without regular exercise, feel good.  It is gratifying that we were able to fix the joints without surgical intervention, using the cold. Of course, generally speaking, we are now difficult. Our method is only beginning to fight their way in life. But I firmly believe that this method of treatment of rheumatic diseases with cold eventually prove its right to exist, will be applied as widely and effectively as the old, proven methods. "            T. Yamauchi merit lies in the fact that by observing the impact of natural cold in patients with rheumatoid arthritis, he was able to see a positive result, repeatedly found ways to strengthen the physical impact on the temperature regulation system and combines the cryogenic physiotherapy with Kinesitherapy. He created the method has been successfully applied to the present day in Western Europe and Russia. But, being a narrow specialist, he was unable to assess the tase therapeutic possibilities cryotherapeutic impact. Arguments about "antirheumatic" hormones, which are allegedly produced for patients under the influence of cold, show that the author did not understand and did not appreciate the powerful non-specific effect of cold on the whole human body. As shown by recent studies, the main result of cryogenic treatment is to mobilize and train the immune system. That increase in the immune status of making progress in the treatment of arthritic joints.            T. Yamauchi narrow view of the curative possibilities of cryogenic treatment was the reason that the apparatus for the conduct of these procedures, physiotherapy cryogenic systems, mainly used in rheumatology. Not examined the nature of the therapeutic effect of the cold and the possibility of extending this method to other areas of medicine. In Russia, the practical cryotherapy started 20 years later, but, unlike Europe and Japan, here cryogenic complexes were not implemented rheumatologists, and physiotherapists. Accommodation cryotherapeutic equipment in physical therapy offices versatile hospitals, has created conditions for the use of cryotherapy in the treatment of a wide range of diseases. Changed view on the procedure itself was established physical theory of cryotherapy and developed a system of quantitative assessment of its results. The presence of the theory will get rid of the many misconceptions about the metaphysical parameters cryotherapeutic impact, to develop science-based technology, the impact on the skin cryogenic temperatures and to organize the production of domestic technology, which greatly exceeds the foreign samples on therapeutic efficacy. Due to their high consumer characteristics cryogenic physiotherapy complex Russian production is actively exported abroad, including in countries which have their own cryogenic system of physiotherapy. But the main advantage of the development of cryotherapy in Russia, was a significant expansion of indications for its use. Already today the list of branches of medicine, which is applied as follows:§ Pulmonology - treatment of bronchial asthma, chronic bronchitis;§ Traumatology, arthrology, Rheumatology - Rehabilitation after injury, including fractures, treatment of diseases of the locomotor system (rheumatoid arthritis, etc.)§ Gastroenterology - Treatment of chronic gastritis, peptic ulcer, chronic cholecystitis§ Dermatology - treatment of acute and chronic inflammation, secondary degenerative lesions in skin diseases such as: psoriasis, atopic dermatitis, seborrhea, eczema, erythematosus, scleroderma, lichen planus.§ neuropathology - treatment of diseases of the nervous system (cerebral palsy, multiple sclerosis, myasthenia gravis, migraine, Parkinson's, etc.), and manifestations of systemic disease or trauma (pain, spastic, paretic, reflex and neurodegenerative syndromes)§ Preventive medicine - prevention and treatment of chronic fatigue syndrome and other disorders, asthenia, prevention of colds and maintaining sustainable homeostasis. Is essential to study and extensive practical application of immunomodulating effect of cryogenic treatment. Widespread prophylactic use of immunostimulation can qualitatively change the situation with the treatment of a number of socially significant diseases.             References.1. Baranov A.Yu., Kidalov VN Cold treatment. Cryomedicine .- SPb.: Aton, 1999. - 272.2. Baranov A.Yu., Kidalov VN Cold treatment. MA: April, 2000, 160 pp.3. . Baranov A.Yu., Tasbnikov SN Optimization of the technology aerokrioterapevticheskogo impact Proceedings of the "Medical criology - Issue 2: - N. Novgorod: 2001.4. Chernyshev, SI, Cryotherapy, in the collection of scientific papers