Do You Know The History Of Footherapy?

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Footherapy is a traditional Chinese medicine which is increasingly respected by people. This method is to stimulate the foot reflex zones or acupuncture points, which can continuously adjust the physiological functions and improve the immune system with the purposes of preventing disease and keeping health. There are three main forms of Footherapy, The first is Foot Massage, which uses the traditional technique of Chinese massage to stimulate foot reflex zones or acupuncture points. The second is the Foot Plaster, which means put the processed Chinese herbal medicine on the foot reflex zones or acupuncture points. The last is to wash the feet with water and Chinese herb medicine. Among the three forms which all play a role of health-care, Foot Massage is most important and effective.

Foot lesions may reflect a variety of systemic diseases, the visceral dysfunction can be corrected through foot massage, plastering and other treatment on the reflex zones or acupuncture points. At the same time, human body would be restored, disease would be reduced. Footherapy plays a huge role on curing disease and keeping health, however, ...
... it has not been popular at upper class like acupuncture, herbal medicine and other therapies. On the contrary, Footherapy is widely accepted in folklore.

Foot massage is an important part of Chinese medicine. Gradually, the Chinese medicine was introduced to Japan and Korean, later it was spread to Europe. So foot massage was brought to the world. Early in the 20th century, an American doctor called William Fitzgerald discovered the results of foot reflex zone therapy with modern medical method, his book named regional therapy was published in 1917. In 1980s', a missionary from Switzerland cured his rheumatoid arthritis troubled him many years with the foot massage. From then on, he vowed to return this Chinese heritage to every Chinese people. In 1985, modern British Medical Association called foot massage as foot reflex zone therapy and held a meeting called foot reflex therapy in California in 1989. Foot reflex zone therapy began its international honor path after the International Symposium held in Tokyo in 1990.

In the early 1990s', Foot massage therapy was widely accepted by more and more people. At the same time, various academic groups related to foot massage have been established.

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