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Reflexology is used by applying circular types of pressure on the specified reflexes found on the feet and hands.
By that type of pressure (which has to be studied and exercised) you get your vital energy stimulated within your body allowing it to flow smoother and unblock any congestions along the energy pathways.
This will result in a more relaxed state of the body and , hence, realizing a balanced level of vital energy will lessen the pains, make some diseases completely disappear and healed by time and will give you an energy boost to reach a state of overall "well being".
Reflexology is known to treat any disease resulting from an imbalanced state of vital energy within the body and hence can be integrated with any other form of CAM which is also based on balancing the vital energy of the human body.
However, the main diseases/benefits are
- Stress related conditions
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- Insomnia.
- Gastro intestinal system problems (constipation, IBS, colon pains..etc)
- Neck and Back Pains.
- Sciatica pains.
- Sinusitis.
- Minor depressions.
- Hormonal imbalances.
- Headaches & migraines.
- Inducing natural labor in the lastmonth of the pregnancy.
- Inducing fertility.
- Lessening the pains of pregnancy, morning sickness (sessions start only in the second trimester of pregnancy).
- Detoxifying the body and helps it to cleanse itself.
- Improves circulation.
Reflexology is a safe, easy and a beneficial method of treatment,with no known side effects, it will never harm you but you will surely benefit. Reflexology creates overall balance within the body through its pressure on the different reflex points.
Availability
Patient has to come to the sessions regularly in order to allow the treatment to be effective.
A practitioner can rarely define or determine the number of treatments/sessions required to treat a person, it depends on many factors such as:
- Whether the complaint is acute or chronic
- How long the patient has been suffering from it.
- What is he doing for his complaints (is he on medications, following a certain diet ..etc).
- For how long has the patient been on medications as medications are known to reduce and minimize the vital energy and therefore, more sessions may be necessary to stimulate the vital energy & restore the balance again.
- Last but not least, what is the level of the vital energy, the lower it is the more sessions are required to feel the improvements and vice versa.
Reactions to reflexology treatments:
There are different ways of how people might react after receiving a session.
It is important that people become aware of some of the different reactions the body might experience after a session.
Generally, patients feel relaxed, energized and calm.
Some of the healing reactions might not be very comfortable for the patient. The severity of the reaction usually depends on the degree of the imbalance in the body.
Most common reactions are due to the fact that the body is cleaning itself and getting rid of toxins and wastes, on the top of the list come:
- Increased urination
- Increased mucous membrane discharges
- Frequent bowel movement, diarrhea.
- Increased perspiration
- Deep sleep
- Headaches
- Tiredness
- Feeling energized
It is always good that you drink lots of water after the sessions as it helps with the cleansing process of the body and toxins elimination.
Warm water in addition to a spoon of cider vinegar will also assist that process.
Reflexologists DON’T:
- Practice medicine
- Diagnose a disease
- Treat a specific disease although it helps to eliminate the problems caused by the disease by brining the body into a balanced state after opening up the congested areas
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