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Definition: One of many pseudo-scientific alternative medical practices, reflexology involves examining a person's foot in an attempt to diagnose a person's illnesses. According to reflexologists, every part of a person's body has some corresponding location in the foot, such that problems with the organ will produce corresponding effects in the foot. Moreover, massaging the foot, much like how the back is treated in chriopractic medicine, can cure a person's illnesses.
Reflexology closely paralles iridology in form and premises. And, like iridology, there is absolutely no scientific basis for the belief that it has any medicinal value whatsoever. At best, supporters point to anecdotes because no controlled, scientific experiments prove their claims.
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