| 单词 | zone therapy |
| 释义 | > as lemmaszone therapy zone therapy n. a technique in which different parts of the feet (or palms) are massaged to relieve conditions in different parts of the body with which they are held to be associated. 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 1917 W. H. FitzGerald Zone Therapy xvi. 157 Dr. Roemer..examined him in a characteristic zone therapy way. He searched the patient's fingers with a metal comb to find out what was the matter with his teeth. 1971 N. Saunders Alternative London xv. 123 Zone Therapy is based on the premise that one zone of the body acts as a microcosm of the whole. 1979 D. E. Bayly in A. Hill Visual Encycl. of Unconventional Med. 61 The origin of the reflex method is obscure. It is said that it came from China to the West... It is known to have been used by the natives of Kenya, and also by some American Indian tribes. At the beginning of this century it was called zone therapy by one Dr Fitzgerald [sic] in America who used it as a form of anaesthesia to render the patient insensible to pain when performing small operations, and to ease childbirth. < as lemmas |
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