If you trace your finger along the medial (inside) edge of your foot, you will come to a puffy spot on the heel-side of your arch. Its just where the arch ends and the sole begins. This is your Bladder Reflex. If you trace a straight line, at a 45° angle for about three cm, you will locate your Kidney Reflex. These two reflexes are very important.

If you find that you suffer from high blood pressure, stimulate the kidney reflex a couple of times each day. The best times are when you wake up and just before bed. This reflex hurts in most women and that comes as no shock to me. We are bloated and puffy, many of us, and don't handle our fluids well. Heck, most of us don't get enough to drink.

Stimulate the Bladder Reflex as well. Remember, they work in tandem. If you suffer from Interstitial Cystitis or chronic cystitis, you can benefit from manipulating this point on your foot.

Above all, be good to your urinary tract. Remember that a lot of waste gets processed through this organ system every day. All that coffee, all those cigarettes, dead cells, proteins, infections, toxins -- they all get peed out eventually. Drink lots of water. Plain, unadulterated H2O -- not flavoured water, not juice or soda, not coffee and tea, but plain, pure water. Get a water filter and keep a pitcher full in the fridge.

When you start stimulating points on your feet or you start using essential oils, it is not unusual to have what is called a "healing crisis". Your body welcomes your attempts to return it to a normal vibration and responds by functioning properly and "cleaning the pipes". When this happens, when your body is clearing away the crap that has occupied your cells for years, you feel sick. You shake, you run a fever, your nose runs. Some women experience increased vaginal discharge, almost as if their vaginas "have a cold". Some women have even woken up the next day to find pimples you-know-where. It happens!! You may have more frequent bowel movements. You get terrible headaches for no apparent reason.

Drink your water. Be good to your body and relax, knowing that this is a sign that crap is leaving your system. In a few days it will all start to feel better. You may have more energy and feel generally better about yourself.

 

©2004 - Nicole Cormier is a freelance writer.  By day Nicole is a  Reiki Master/Teacher, Aromatherapist, Reflexologist, Esthetician, Indian Head Massage Therapist, Acupressurist, and specializes in clients with Multiple Chemical Sensitivity.     She is also a Tarot Card designer and you can find her original design for sale here: Fractal Universe Tarot. You may contact Nicole for a Tarot reading  via email at: maritimemystic@eastlink.ca
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