In most Asia regions,  you can easily find the practice of reflexology everywhere. In attempt to heal my body from the second-time kidney stone (nephrolithiasis), I visited a medical doctor in Jakarta, who incorporates alternative therapy in his practice, in which he massaged me with reflexology method. He knows which area on my feet and hand should be pressed (massaged) that would  improve  the kidney and urinary tract condition.  Then, he didn’t give me  conventional medical prescription for kidney stone, but herbal prescription formulated to destroy the kidney stone in natural way. In a couple of  days he  massaged me again with reflexology. Each session of massage lasted for about 30 minutes. The goal of the reflexology massage is to improve the immune system and targeted illed body’s organ. I feel that this natural method of healing worked for my case.

What is Reflexology

Reflexology, also called zone therapy, is based on the notion that each body part is represented on the hands and feet and that pressing on specific areas on the hands or feet can have therapeutic effects in other parts of the body. Most proponents claim:

• The body is divided into 10 longitudinal zones—five on each side of the body.
• Each organ or part of the body is represented on the hands and feet;
• The practitioner can diagnose abnormalities by feeling the hands or feet
• Massaging or pressing each area can stimulate the flow of energy, blood, nutrients, and nerve impulses to the corresponding body zone and thereby relieve ailments in that zone.

The pathways postulated by reflexologists have not been anatomically demonstrated; and it is safe to assume that they do not exist. Similar rationales are used employed by iridologists (who imagine that eye markings represent disease throughout the body) and auricular acupuncturists who “map” body organs on the ear (a homunculus in the fetal position). The methodology is similar in both of these; and some commentators consider pressing on “acupuncture points” on the ear or elsewhere to be forms of reflexology, but most people refer to that as acupressure (“acupuncture without needles). The Reflexology Research Web site displays charts for foot and hand reflexology.

The fees I have seen advertised have ranged from $35 to $100 per session.

Most reflexologists claim that their procedures can relieve stress, which is probably correct with respect to everyday stress. However, many reflexologists describe stress in terms that do not correspond to scientific knowledge. Kevin and Barbara Kunz, for example, state:

The individual’s foot reflex areas reflect the individual’s overall state of tension that has resulted from a lifetime of adaption to stress. Stress cues in the feet are a road map to the reflexologist. Wherever it is found on a foot, it is a sign that stress and its effect have begun to accumulate in the corresponding parts of the body [1]

Many proponents claim that foot reflexology can cleanse the body of toxins, increase circulation, assist in weight loss, and improve the health of organs throughout the body. Others have reported success in treating earaches, anemia, bedwetting, bronchitis, convulsions in an infant, hemorrhoids, hiccups, deafness, hair loss, emphysema, prostate trouble, heart disease, overactive thyroid gland, kidney stones, liver trouble, rectal prolapse, undescended testicles, intestinal paralysis, cataracts, and hydrocephalus (a condition in which an excess of fluid surrounding the brain can cause pressure that damages the brain). Some claim to “balance energy and enhance healing elsewhere in the body.” [2] One practitioner has even claimed to have lengthened a leg that was an inch shorter than the other. There is no scientific support for these assertions.

Some reflexologists who deny that they diagnose or treat disease claim that the majority of health problems are stress-related and that they can help people by relieving the “stress” associated with various diseases or body organs [1]. This type of double-talk is similar to chiropractic claims that “subluxations” lower resistance to disease and that “adjusting” the spine to correct subluxations will improve health. All ten of the books I have inspected mention scores of health problems that reflexology has supposedly helped.

Pauline Wills, author of the Reflexology and Colour Therapy Workbook, teaches that colors can be applied to “areas where an abnormality has been diagnosed but which has produced no noticeable symptoms in the physical body.” She states that the application can be done by imagining colors transmitted through the practitioner’s hand or by Firstly, if the practitioner is sensitive to color, they can visualize it being projected or by using “reflexology crystal torch.” [8].

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References:

1. Kunz K, Kunz B. The Complete Guide to Foot Reflexology (Revised). Albuquerque, NM: Reflexology Research, 1993.
2. Sachs J, New York: Dell Publishing, 1997.Berger J. Reflexology: The A-Z Guide to Healing with Pressure Points.
3. Benjamin. Eunice D. Ingham and the development of foot reflexology in the U.S. Massage Therapy Journal, Winter, 1989.
4. Carter M. Helping Yourself With Foot Reflexology. Parker Publishing Company, 1969.
5. Carter M. Hand Reflexology: Key to Perfect Health. West Nyack, N.Y. : Parker Publishing Company, 1975.
6. Carter M. Body Reflexology: Healing At Your Fingertips. Parker Publishing Company, 1983.
7. Spencer R. Mildred Carter announces a new health breakthrough! Blessed relief from 34 common ailments with new body reflexology. Parker Publishing Co., West Nyack, N.Y. Undated flyer received in 1993.
8. Wills P. Integrating colour with reflexology. Positive Health Magazine, Jan/Feb 1997.

Why? Because it comes from the true life experience, a success story of a man who succeeded healing from severe kidney stones attack two times, in the span of 13 years. Unlike other expert’s websites, this weblog doesn’t contain neither theoretical concepts nor academic arguments nor something boring like that. The articles shared in this weblog come from the true practical experience that tell the already proven results. Yes, I am ex-sufferer of kidney stone who turned to become the independence observer on natural health . Some parts in this weblog refer to sources belonging to certain competence experts and other reliable sources.

Formally, I am neither a medical doctor nor a nutritionist nor an alternative physician. I am just ex-sufferer of two times severe kidney stone. The first one attacked me in 1994 (when I was 28), and six month later the kidney stone came out from my body after undertaking certain medical procedure. Since then, I dedicated myself to observe health matter, because I didn’t want to get the kidney stone anymore. At that time, I still don’t know how the stone could exist in my kidney and some physicians also failed to describe satisfactory what is exactly make someone become suffer kidney stone. It’s still mystery for me (and for them too, I guess) for years. And I carried on my personal observation about health matter. I always follow the newest research result from health journals, books, newspapers, magazines, TV, and internet not only about the kidney disorder but also the other health matter. A trend of natural healing method also have became an interesting subject of my observation.

Unfortunately, the second severe kidney stone attacked me in 2007 in which I decided to apply only natural measure to overcome it. Of course, at first my wife brought me to the ICU of a hospital to make sure what happened to me. Then, I tried to recall to find out the cause of the disease. What I did later on was drink as much water.

So, I visited my friend, an open minded physician who gave me reflexology massage and urged me to apply the science of blood type diet. He didn’t give me any medicine but only a herbal prescription and an advice to eat right for my blood type. Thus, I started to study the blood type diet, a new science established by Dr. James and Peter D’adamo, and at the same time I also applied the blood type diet into my every day menu. I and my family have been carrying out blood type diet since the middle of 2007 in our daily menus and we feel free to choose the variation of foods that fit our blood type. Now, we are fit and healthy more than ever.

Healthy Lifestyle

I suggest you to follow these natural healthy lifestyle below, the same guide I’ve done that works for me and so I believe would work for you, too.

1. Live in harmony with the nature.
2. Eat right for your blood type and take the balanced diet. It is best to eat natural (organic) food such as organic meat, poultry, fish, vegetable, and fruit.
3. Drink a large amount of fresh water.
4. Get sufficient sunshine and fresh air.
5. Carry out measured regular exercise. It is best to exercise according to your blood type
6. Control your behavior and emotion in order to avoid stress.
7. Take sufficient rest and night sleep about 6.5 hours.
8. Avoid alcohol, cigarette, and drug abuse.

I truly love to share the above true experience of mine with you all, so that it is to benefit your life.

Your life is so precious, so enjoy it by staying healthy naturally.