<prompt> Hot water bottle relieves pain of abdominal spasm byStimulation of touch receptorsStimulation of cholinergic fibersInhibition of cold receptorsInhibitionof heat receptors  <response>: The gate control theory of pain asses that non-painful input closes the nerve gates to painful input, which prevents pain sensation from traveling to the central nervous system. Gate Control Theory of Pain describes how non-painful sensations can override and reduce painful sensations Ref: guyton and hall textbook of medical physiology 12 edition page number:559,560,561 