Reflexology is an ancient technique of applying pressure to reflex
points of the feet and hands. This ancient healing art has been traced
back to ancient China. Archeologists have found stone-carved stone
reflexology charts of Buddha’s feet dating to around 40 B.C. For more
background on the history of reflexology see Sokushin Do History.
Foot reflexology later traveled to Japan during the Tang dynasty and
spread in other parts of Asia such as present day Korea and Thailand.
Egyptian hieroglyphics discovered in the tomb of Ankhmahor, a ka-priest
from 2400 BC, depict a foot and hand reflexology treatment in
progress.
Foot Reflexology became part of mainstream medical therapy in India,
and flourished in European countries such as Germany where the course
of study is comparable to that of a medical physician. Reflexology
eventually found its way to America and was popularized when Eunice
Ingham published her best-selling book, "Stories The Feet Can Tell".
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