Hi there,
I wonder if anyone can help me?
I am stuck with 2 questions and not quite sure if I have got them right.
the first one is 'why are there ten zones in reflexology and not twelve, since there are twelve main merdiains in acupuncture'
Here is what I have got, but somehow I do not think thats what the answer is supposed to be, very unsure here as think it may be simpler than this....
Both Reflexology and Acupressue fall into the category of touch therapies called reflex therapies. However, they each work under very different energetic principles and extremely different reflex point locations.
Acupressure deals with over 14 long thin energy lines called meridians that run most of the length of the body. There are more than 800 pressure points along these lines, of which, fewer than 30 are found on the feet and the hands with only one acupressure point on the bottom of the feet, and only one meridian even coming close to the ear, in the crease behind the outer ear.
Reflexology, in contrast, has an entire reflex map of the body on the feet, a second complete reflex map of the body on the hands and a third complete reflex map of the body on the outer ear.
The second one is 'does reflexology play any part in infections and what part of the foot would you treat?'
I am unsure how to answer this as I am aware that different areas of the foot are treated depending on the type of infection and so dont know how to tackle this one? It does not say what specific infection if you know what I mean.........
Hope someone can help me
Thanks in advance for those that can 🙂 it is greatly appreciated............
RE: a bit lost with questions
This isn't going to be as long as it was, my first post didn't take and I lost the longer explanation. *scream*
1) William Fitzgerald, an ENT specialist earlier in the 19th century discovered zone therapy. He used principles already in place for performing treatments to the foot. He discovered that by applying pressure to one aread of the body an amaestietic response would be found in another part. He then mapped zones running longitudinally down the body (through the centre) from the top of the head down to the toes and fingers respectively. Each zone ends either at a fingertip or toe and it is for this reason that five zones were chosen to represent these areas of the body.
2) The presenting problem will determine what you work.
For pretty much all complaints stimulating the systems which aid elimination will help eradicate toxins. For certain complaints, where horminal imbalances are caused, you may was to work on the endocrine system to balance the body.
When looking at say a kidney infection, you want to treat not just the kidneys but also the ureter and bladder so aid elimination.
For throat infections, the trachea and chest and lungs may benefit.
For stomach infections, not only the stomach but also the instestines and the rest of the digestive system..
Hope this helps a bit
RE: a bit lost with questions
Hi vmaxchick
I am studying reflex at the moment. I think the infection answer would be to work the lymphatic system so it helps to fight infections and produce antibodies, also maybe the spleen reflex.
Hope that helps
Love and Light
Loopy Lass
RE: a bit lost with questions
Hi there,
I thank you both very much indeed, maybe I can now sleep tonight as these questions have been burning a hole in my head night after night, not the best time to study I know but hey at least it worked most of the time..............
Thanks again, I owe you 🙂
RE: a bit lost with questions
Hi there,
Just wanted to run something past you 🙂
I know that the brain reflexes are on the top of the toes on both feet, but my paper says to explain and I dont know what there is to explain on that one, the books I have here are really limited with info..........And am I right in saying the spleen reflex is found on the outer side of the left foot only, just under the ball of the foot, below the fourth toe and just below the diaphragm in a direct line with the stomach reflex.
If reflexology depends upon a dynamic reflex what would you expect to happen if there is an injury to the foot?
Is it right to say >>> expect the injured foot ( when the dynamic reflex is stimulated via reflexology) to begin the healing process as the reflex action triggers into the body's innate ability to repair & heal itself