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Reflexology, also known as zone therapy, is an alternative medical practice involving the application of pressure to specific points on the feet, ears, and hands. This is done using thumb, finger, and hand massage techniques without the use of oil or lotion.
Bowers with William H. Fitzgerald had invented "Zone therapy", a form of reflexology. In 1917, they collaborated on a book titled Zone Therapy. [1] It has been widely criticized as there is no evidence it is beneficial for any medical condition and has been dismissed as quackery.
[2] Although some medical studies have suggested that acupressure may be effective at helping manage nausea and vomiting, insomnia, low back pain, migraines, and constipation, among other things, such studies have been found to have a high likelihood of bias. [3] There is no reliable evidence for the effectiveness of acupressure.
Traditional Tibetan medicine refers to a centuries-old traditional medical system that employs a complex approach to diagnosis, incorporating techniques such as Venesection, Moxibustion, Compression Therapy, Medicinal Bathing, massage and pharmacology that relies on a complex formulary of multi-ingredient drugs that use herbs, minerals, metals, and animal products.
Auriculotherapy (also auricular therapy, ear acupuncture, and auriculoacupuncture) is a form of alternative medicine based on the idea that the ear is a micro system and an external organ, which reflects the entire body, represented on the auricle, the outer portion of the ear.
The Zhen Jiu Jia Yi Jing, [g] which was published in the mid-3rd century, became the oldest acupuncture book that is still in existence in the modern era. [28] Other books like the Yu Gui Zhen Jing , [ h ] written by the Director of Medical Services for China, were also influential during this period, but were not preserved. [ 28 ]
[1] [2]: 221 The American National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health classifies it as a "psychological and physical" complementary approach to health when used "together with" mainstream conventional medicine. [3] Alexander began developing his technique's principles in the 1890s [4] to address his own voice loss during public ...
Alternative medicine is defined loosely as a set of products, practices, and theories that are believed or perceived by their users to have the healing effects of medicine, [n 3] [n 4] but whose effectiveness has not been established using scientific methods, [n 3] [n 5] [13] [14] [15] [9] or whose theory and practice is not part of biomedicine ...