Reflexotherapy

The reflexotherapy is a complex of medical and diagnostic methods of impact on active points of a body surface of the person. Active points of a body surface are called acupuncture points. The main points of acupuncture on a body of the person more than 800. Physical methods of influence of reflexotherapy consist in cauterization, use of special needles, low-voltage currents, lasers, bloodsuckers, wormwood cigarettes, stones, seeds, metal plates or balls. Very often the reflexotherapy is used as an additional method to medicamentous therapy.

Reflexotherapy history

China is considered the birthplace of this method of treatment. The first technique of pointed influence (Zheng-Jiu) was described in the fifth century B.C. In the European countries this direction began to be applied only in the seventeenth century B.C.

In 1913 the American scientist William Fittszherald created base of modern reflexotherapy. The scientist found out that to improve work of various bodies, an inflammation it is possible to kill pain and by pressing on certain sites of a body surface. It designated the scheme of interrelation of various areas of an organism, having allocated ten main lines passing through a body of the person.

Reflexotherapy methods

Various ways of reflexotherapeutic influence allow to slow down or accelerate the movement of energy in the power channel connected with the struck body. At the choice of this or that method of influence consider a condition of the struck body.

The method of acupuncture consists in introduction through skin to active points of a body of the person of steel, silver or gold needles. Acupuncture – the most effective method of reflexotherapy. The medical effect of acupuncture directly depends on a way of introduction of a needle. The acupuncture can render the stimulating (tonic) or sedative (calming) action on system of bodies. When using microacupuncture of a needle of the small size leave in active points for several days.

Aurikuloterapiya – influence by acupressure or microneedles on active points of an auricle. On auricles more than 200 active points are located. Normal points are painless, but at a disease in an acute form when pressing on them the patient feels pain. In case of a chronic disease on site of their arrangement tuberosity, a peeling, pallor appears.

Acupressure – mechanical impact on active points by means of fingers or special tools (without damage of integrity of integuments). This method allows selectively and is dosed to regulate work of various bodies and systems of an organism, and also to exert impact on recovery and exchange functions in fabrics.

Termopunktura (warming up, cauterization) – impact on active points heat. Usually warming up is carried out by means of wormwood cigars.

Elektropunkturny or microcurrent reflexotherapy – treatment by electric microimpulses. The method of microcurrent reflexotherapy is applied to removal of pain or as an independent method of impact on active points. The microcurrent reflexotherapy is applied in complex treatment of children with a cerebral palsy.

Method of vacuum reflexotherapy (can therapy) – local irritation of skin a rarefied air around reflexogenic zones.

Magnitopunktura – impact on active points variation or constant magnetic field. It is considered that the South Pole of a magnet kills pain, and the North Pole activates blood circulation and forces body to work stronger.

Laser reflexotherapy – influence by laser pulse radiation. This method is effective at chronic and acute inflammatory, traumatic, degenerative and dystrophic diseases.

The method of santimetrovolnovy reflexotherapy is applied at spastic states, pain radicular syndromes. It has the desensibilizing, antiinflammatory and soothing effect.

The method of ultrasonic reflexotherapy is based on micromassage of cells and fabrics, reorganization of fabric microstructures and change of microcirculation.

Front reflexotherapy – impact on biologically active points of the person. Action of front reflexotherapy consists in normalization of a tone of mimic face muscles and in improvement of microcirculation in its soft tissues. The front reflexotherapy is especially effective at a nephropathy of a facial nerve.

Apirefleksoterapiya – impact on acupuncture points stings of bees.

Indications to carrying out reflexotherapy

In many reviews of reflexotherapy it is said that this method of treatment is applied at diseases of a nervous system and sense bodys – neuritis, neuralgia, radiculitis, neurosises, a neurasthenia, a syndrome of chronic fatigue, epilepsy, enuresis. Reflexotherapy methods with success are applied at diseases of cardiovascular system, diseases of eyes, ear diseases, diseases of lungs, skin. In some medical reviews of reflexotherapy it is said that this method of treatment finds application at musculoskeletal system diseases, diseases of endocrine system, at gynecologic diseases, at digestive tract diseases, and also at pain syndromes of various origin and localization.

Contraindications to carrying out reflexotherapy

As contraindications to use of methods of reflexotherapy serve malignant and benign tumors, acute infectious diseases, sharp astenisation and the general exhaustion of an organism, feverish states, infantile age, pregnancy, alcohol intoxication, an acute hyperphrenia, tuberculosis in an active form.

Acupuncture it is not recommended to conduct in day of reception of the MRT procedures researches, roentgenotherapies, ultra-violet radiation, ultrasound.