Foot reflex zone therapy is a precious heritage of traditional Chinese medicine, and there are records of "one toe observation method" and "foot heart method" in ancient books in China. As the saying goes, "the roots of trees die first, and the old feet die first." It can be seen that the ancient and modern health-keeping and fitness methods in China attached importance to pedicure. The health care mechanism of foot massage is to regulate the physiological functions of tissues and organs by stimulating the reflex zone, thus generating self-healing power in the body. Therefore, for most reflex zones, the stronger the stimulus, the heavier the pain and the better the effect, and there is no effect without pain. For the treatment of diseases of skeletal system, it is necessary to use strong stimulation to achieve obvious results, while the cardiac reflex area of patients with severe heart disease, the hepatic reflex area of patients with liver disease and the lymphatic and sciatic nerve reflex areas should be weakened, as long as there is slight pain in the massage area.

There are two methods of massage: strengthening and cleaning. According to the principle of "purging excess and tonifying deficiency", patients with good constitution can increase their intensity appropriately and adopt strong stimulation method. For heart disease and deficiency syndromes such as the elderly, children, women and the infirm, weak stimulation is used to extend the course of treatment, so that the patient's internal function can be gradually restored. In addition, the intensity of the reflection area with strong sensitivity should not be too large, while the intensity of those with weak sensitivity should be appropriately increased. In short, we should treat them differently.