Reflexology
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Reflexology is the belief that massaging specific areas of the feet can cure diseases or relieve pain in other parts of the body. Allegedly, different areas of the feet correspond to different parts of the body. To relieve pain or heal a disease, reflexologists massage the area of the foot that supposedly corresponds to the part of the body in question.
You can buy reflexology charts and cards in health food stores that purport to show which parts of the feet correspond to which parts of the body. Funny thing is, none of these charts agree with each other, leading one to conclude they were all made up.
No scientific evidence or studies have ever found reflexology to be effective at treating anything except sore feet.
Reflexology is based on the belief that human body contains an energy field called "Qi". Practitioners claim to manipulate the fundamental "life energy" "Qi" through reflexology techniques. This claim has no scientific basis.
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