In the medical field, health care providers are called upon daily to treat a wide variety of ailments requiring direct heat or cold. Until now, the Physician standard in heat treatment has been the hydrocollator which dates back to the 1960’s and involves flat heavy pads soaked in tanks of boiling water. These pads are costly, bulky, uncomfortable, and only retain heat for approximately 15 minutes. The large tanks occupy valuable space in the Physicians’ office and the long heating process limits the Physicians’ schedule. This method provides the patient with minimal comfort, minimal pain relief and for a minimal timeframe. For cold therapy, a second hydrocollator is required, although ice packs are often substituted. Ice packs are uncomfortable, inflexible and too cold, often causing first and second degree burns. "Thermal Aid" products, on the other hand, are affordable, efficient, effective, safe and conducive with time and convenience factors. But most importantly, they’re patient friendly!

The science…

All natural grain products to enter the market have proven to be problematic for medical use. These other products contain raw rice, wheat, oats, herbs, corn and other raw, naturally dried, unprocessed grains, and in general, when heated and cooled, suffered major problems with mold and fungi growth. These products have been picked from the field, naturally dried and stuffed into a pouch. This leads to uneven and inconsistent temperature retainment, and the gateway to mold/fungi formation.

"Thermal Aid" processing starts with the corn being soaked in water and segmented. Then the germ, or embryo is removed from the corn, with the remaining segments sorted and kiln oven dried. This process toughens the remaining part of the corn, making it very dense and hard. This process causes an even and consistent temperature in each segment when heated or cooled, and provides extended temperature retainment (hot and cold). This process also leaves the segmented corn product with very low moisture levels, eliminating problems with mold/fungi. This new discovery regarding segmented and degermed grains will revolutionize the medical and veterinary world.