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Reflexology versus reflexology and colour therapy combined for treating chronic sinusitis

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dc.contributor.author Gunter, A.
dc.contributor.author Van Eeden, I.
dc.contributor.author De Jager, L.
dc.contributor.other Central University of Technology Free State Bloemfontein
dc.date.accessioned 2015-09-07T09:54:13Z
dc.date.available 2015-09-07T09:54:13Z
dc.date.issued 2007
dc.date.issued 2007
dc.identifier.issn 1684498X
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/11462/397
dc.description Published Article en_US
dc.description.abstract According to Wills reflexology entails the division of the body into ten zones, concentrating on the pressure points on the feet, with each foot representing five zones (2006: Online). Colour therapy uses the vibrational frequencies of colour to restore the client's health. Colour zone therapy on the other hand, is a combination of reflexology and colour therapy. Zone refers to the working of key points on the feet, where colour refers to the assessment of the condition and treating it with the correct colour's frequency (Gimbel, 1993: 2-3). Reflexology uses a physical stimulus and colour therapy, emotional stimulus, thus colour zone therapy addresses both. In this study the researcher's objective was to investigate treatments with reflexology compared with treatments of colour zone therapy, by treating chronic sinusitis to explore the influence of colour on the outcome of reflexology treatments. Ten chronic sinusitis-suffering clients were treated with reflexology in a white cubicle. Another ten clients were treated with colour zone therapy (thus colour therapy as well as reflexology). They had indigo coloured paper in their hands. Results were obtained as case studies, with clients reporting how they felt before and after each treatment. Each client received five treatments. The results indicated that the reflexology clients did experience an improvement after the fourth treatment. By the fifth treatment three of the ten clients had discharged some mucus. However, clients treated with colour zone therapy showed results after the second treatment. At the fourth treatment, already seven of the ten colour zone therapy clients had discharged a large amount of mucus. This concludes that treating a condition with colour, in combination with another treatment provides better and quicker results. en_US
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dc.language.iso en_US en_US
dc.publisher Interim : Interdisciplinary Journal, Vol 6, Issue 1: Central University of Technology Free State Bloemfontein
dc.relation.ispartofseries Interim : Interdisciplinary Journal;Vol 6, Issue 1
dc.subject Reflexology en_US
dc.subject Chronic sinusitus en_US
dc.subject Colour therapy en_US
dc.title Reflexology versus reflexology and colour therapy combined for treating chronic sinusitis en_US
dc.type Article en_US
dc.rights.holder Central University of Technology Free State Bloemfontein


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