单词 | reflexology |
释义 | reflexologyn. 1. Alternative Medicine. Originally: a form of medical treatment based on percussion of the spine and stimulation of spinal nerves (now historical). In later use: a form of complementary therapy in which the practitioner applies pressure to specific points on the feet (or, less commonly, the face or hands) in order to promote physical and mental health.Reflexology as a complementary therapy is based on a belief that there are reflex points on the feet, hands, and head connected to every part of the body, and that palpation of these points can diagnose and treat disorders of the connected parts. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > healing > medical treatment > physiotherapy > [noun] > massage > techniques involving lomi-lomi1850 fulling1868 anma1891 Swedish massage1911 reflexology1913 reflex therapy1916 zone therapy1917 structural integration1963 postural integration1968 Rolfing1970 tui na1979 Hellerwork1981 1913 Med. World 31 388/2 Dr. Louis von Cotzhausen, of Philadelphia,..gives a summary of Abrams' spinal therapy. He suggests the names ‘reflexology’ or ‘reflexotherapy’, in place of Abrams' spinal therapy. 1917 N. Amer. Jrnl. Homœopathy Sept. 498 Reflexology, largely the essence of Osteopathy, Chiropractic, Spondylotherapy, etc., is one these [new methods]. 1940 Port Arthur (Texas) News 11 June 8/8 Reflexology. The latest development in the Chiropractic work. 1955 Reno (Nevada) Evening Gaz. 16 Sept. Reflexology. Incredible relief though the reflexes in your feet. 1976 M. Segal Reflexology 1 Like acupuncture, reflexology has been used by the Chinese for 5,000 years. 1987 Good Housek. (U.K. ed.) Nov. 139/2 Colette, their masseuse, used reflexology to suss out what bits of me were in..decay. 2007 Daily Mail (Nexis) 9 Jan. 29 A reflexology session can be wonderfully gentle and a soothing treat. It can be used on anyone of any age—from the tiniest baby to the most elderly grandparent. 2. Psychology. The study of reflexes, esp. in relation to behaviour; spec. the theory that all behaviour consists of innate or conditioned reflex responses. Now historical. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > psychology > experimental psychology > study of reflex actions > [noun] reflexology1914 1914 Jrnl. Philos., Psychol. & Sci. Methods 11 357 Under the name ‘reflexology’ objective psychology is said to be a branch of biology. 1928 Lancet 1 Sept. 451/2 The application of the researches of Magnus and de Kleijn to human pathological cases here receives full discussion and illustration. Altogether a very useful contribution to ‘reflexology’. 1957 T. Kilmartin tr. R. C. F. Aron Opium of Intellectuals vi. 198 ‘Reflexology’ does not solve the riddle of existence any more than materialistic sociology. 1975 C. L. Burt ESP & Psychol. iv. 54 The physiological psychologists (materialistic monists) who adopted Huxley's reflexology. 2000 Amer. Educ. Res. Jrnl. 37 667 Vygotsky's intent at the time was to reform Pavlovian behaviorism (i.e., ‘reflexology’), not supplant it. Derivatives reflexoˈlogical adj. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > psychology > experimental psychology > study of reflex actions > [adjective] reflexological1926 1926 Science 5 Feb. 161/1 The Council of People's Commissaries has granted 25,000 roubles for the equipment of the Reflexological Brain Institute founded by Bekhterev. 1976 Contemp. Sociol. 5 560/1 In Giddings' work, and in the work of some other sociologists who were his contemporaries, studies of natural science and its applications to sociology began to drift toward reflexological conceptions of inherited instincts. 2003 Complementary Therapies in Med. 11 205/1 Among AT [= alternative therapies], reflexological treatment was the most popular treatment. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1913 |
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