A system of alternative medicine (such as reflexology) in which different parts of the feet or hands are associated with different parts of the body.
区域疗法(一种非传统疗法 如反射疗法,该疗法认为手足的不同部位与身体的不同部位相关)
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With zone therapy, the body is divided by vertical lines into five zones on the left side and five zones on the right side.
This means that, if any area of the body is not functioning properly, reflex zone therapy can help relieve the problem.
During the 1930s, therapist Eunice Ingham further refined the zone therapy into what we now refer to as foot reflexology.
The concept of massage pressure on the soles of the feet is not totally new, since there are many professional semi-professional and lay persons that practice reflex zone therapy in some degree.
Zone therapy is a therapeutic massage and pressure on certain areas of reflex zones under the foot (foot zone therapy) or in the hand (hand zone therapy).