The Yellow Emperor's Classic Of Ancient Chinese Medicine

Alternative or Complimentary medicine comes from China. This medicine was developed several thousand years ago. Shen Nong, the Fire Emperor, said to have lived from 2698 to 2598 BC is considered the founder of herbal medicine Chinese medicine is based on the text written by Huang Di, The Yellow Emperor's Classic of Internal Medicine. This book was written before the birth of Hippocrates, the father of modern medicine. Ancient Chinese medicine was based on the idea of balance. Life energy means (Chi-Qi_Ki) in Chinese, constantly flows through the body. When a person is healthy, the energy remains balanced; however, if it becomes unbalanced then an illness will occur. The job of ancient Chinese physicians was to keep the body in balance and to restore balance when it was lost. The Chinese believed that health was much more than just absence of disease but
By finding the reflexology points in the foot that relates to different body parts the reflexologist can correct the imbalance of energy which is causing stress or illness. Reflexology opens the energy pathways and energies the physical, emotional and mental state of the patient. The act of applying pressure to the feet creates channels for the healing energy to circulate throughout the body. It helps to return the body to the state of balance. When the reflexes of the feet are stimulated an involuntary response is elicited in the organs and glands connected by the meridians to these specific reflexes. This sets about the chain reaction to cause physiological changes to occur throughout the systems of the body.
One of the best ways to use reflexology is for pain control. It encourages the body to produce endorphins and interrupts the pain cycle through the application of pressure. It terminal illness like cancer the reflexology helps to make the pain more