Herbal Detox Foot Patches – Are they a fad or do they really work?
I have tried them on a short test basis and must say I felt there was something to this mysterious little packet of herbs and dried vinegar people are sticking to their feet every night across America.
At first I was skeptical when I saw the infomercial… Just like most other people must be, but I asked my resource for holistic medicine knowledge (My Girlfriend) about this herbal phenomenon. She not only knew what I was talking about… She had already ordered the little bags of herbs and had tried them!
Without any words to influence my reaction she simply gave me a two night supply of the Chi ionizing herbal patches for my feet. She explained how to paste them on my feet and she left it at that.
To be honest, I had forgotten about my little care package in the plastic bag… Until just late last week.
I tried the foot patches and was amazed at the amount of absolutely nasty stuff which was revealed when I pulled the patches off my feet in the morning.
My feet felt warm, and the patches had the odor of barbecue sauce. The patches themselves had a greenish black color and they were nothing short of soaked with some sort of excretion from my feet.
This result has me intrigued.
I started to look into these patches a little more closely. On the Internet I have found two types of sites related to these homeopathic herbal foot patches. The blogs seem to all be focused upon busting the myth and exposing the hype of the second group of Internet sites. The second set are the marketing based sites selling these herbal remedies meant to detoxify your body.
One could look at the debunking sites and dismiss these patches, until you read the sites more closely and see that most of the people writing these blogs have never actually tried the patches. Some even purport to be doctors yet these doctors do not admit to ever having tested the remedy in any way.
The marketing sites really simply say that the patches are meant to remove toxins from your body. Details of how this is done vary but usually involve the special vinegar and herbs used.
The reason for placing these patches on our feet involves a statement like this:
“According to Chinese medical knowledge, our human body has over 360 acupuncture points, with more than 60 acupuncture points found on the sole of the foot alone. Our feet, also known as the “second heart”, are the reflective zones of our internal organs, a potential home for toxins and a potent avenue to accelerate body detoxification through, avoiding the healing crisis effect of other rapid detoxification methods.
As the blood circulates to the soles of our feet the powerful ingredients of the detoxification foot patches unleash and accelerate the release of toxins through those acupuncture points. After only one night of body detoxification, there may be significant changes (depending on your state of wellness or homeostasis) to the smell and color of the foot patches”.
So what do you think?
Does anyone have any scientific theory which explains why these patches go on clean and come off with a yucky ooze of toxins or some other substance in the patch?
Do you feel these patches have improved your life or health?
Do you have any story, for or against the use of this somewhat new to the USA, Oriental homeopathic cure to share?