Detox foot pad are stuck on the bottom of your feet and left there overnight purportedly to draw out toxins such as heavy metals.
Chinese detox foot bath.
When you peel off the detox foot pad in the morning its darkened or discolored appearance supposedly reflects the toxins that have been removed from your body.
An ionic foot detox is said to work by pulling the toxins out of your body through your feet.
This so called chinese system of reflexology is based on the theory that the foot contains natural energy zones which correspond to a particular internal body organ.
They work by providing an electric current to an electrode array immersed in a salt water solution.
A standard foot soak is a simple form of a detox bath.
Ionic foot baths aren t the only way to do a foot detox.
Detoxification foot baths also known as foot detox ionic cleansing ionic foot bath and aqua water detox are pseudoscientific devices marketed as being able to remove toxins from the human body.
So they believed that you can flush out toxins from your body through your feet.
According to chinese medicine detoxification of the body through the feet has many health benefits.
Take for example the popular foot detox bath ioncleanse.
You may not recognize the name but you probably have seen the infomercials about foot patches or foot baths that pull all the toxins out of your body through your feet leaving you with a patch or bath full of brown liquid aka the toxins.
Aside from terminating toxins baking soda is a known remedy for treating sore feet and killing foot odor.
Advertised as a safe and relaxing way to.
Castor oils are rich in minerals vitamin e and unsaturated fatty acids.
A recent fad has been sweeping the country.
Unlike detox foot spa machines electronic foot bath with minerals herbs or electrodes added will help in relieving fatigue and stress and energize the body system leading you to good health.
Oz in a television segment devoted to foot care discusses the benefits of baking soda sodium bicarbonate extensively.
It involves immersing the feet in warm water.
Some people add epsom salts or a few.