Ionic Foot Bath:

Many clients that I see in My Therapy Room enjoy  Reflexology followed by an Ionic Foot Bath. The Ionic Foot Bath energizes the water with negative ions, using Direct Current (DC) to create an energy field, which research has shown, is compatible with the human body. Studies have shown that an overall balancing effect occurs along with a significant increase in the number of negative ions.  Your body absorbs the energy it needs from the ionized water you have your feet in during a Ionic Foot Bath.  One result of using the system is stimulation of the Lymph System.  The Ionic Foot Bath System I use works by breaking the Ionic Bond of toxins that clog the Lymph System and allows them to be pulled from he body through the pores in the feet.  Once the Lymph System begins to clear the toxins, it starts to drain the toxins into the GI Tract just as nature intended.  It also increases the T Cell production which gives the Immune System more cells to fight illness.  The most important benefit is something that few Ionic Foot Bath Systems on the market offer, however, is the differences you can actually see!  The system I use was created by a physicist.  The array he created is stainless steel and is patent pending due to its uniqueness.

Blood Cells BEFORE Ionic Foot Bath

Blood Cells AFTER Ionic Foot Bath

The Ionic Foot Bath is 30-45 minutes
in length at a reasonable cost of only $30.00.

Arrays used for the Ionic Foot Bath are Stainless Steel & patent pending from the physicist who designed them.

Please see some of the following information provided by the physicist that brought about the system I use:
Your Ionic Foot Bath combines water, sea salt, oxygen & hydrogen. This combination of these basic elements has a positive cleansing effect on your entire body. The oxygen & hydrogen elements create an Ionic field that enters & traces its way through the 2000 plus pores on your feet.  The Ionic energy enters your lymphatic system to release toxic elements stored in the lymphatic system of your body.  Your immune system requires T-Cells for health. The more toxins in your Lymph System, the less T-Cell production can take place. The lower the T-Cell production, the weaker your immune system becomes & the easier you could become ill.  If your lymph system becomes clogged & can't drain these toxins, your immune system could become weakened to the point where you  become more susceptible to constant illness because T-cell production has been impaired or even compromised it.
 
Concept
With feet in a tub of hot saline water, Direct Current (DC – like a flashlight), is introduced creating Negative Ions, which use the body’s Energy Meridians as pathways for ANALOG Energy (because Humans are Analog beings), to be freely pulled in by the body detoxing the tissues, with a small portion of toxic material being excreted back into the tub water through the 2000+ pores on the bottom of the feet.  The bulk of the detox material & dead parasites will be flushed from the body via the Lymphatic System which empties into the GI Tract.
 
Due to Physics, salt must be present in the water for the Electrons/Ions to travel through the water.  Machines using Digital Energy have to force the energy into the body by grounding it, (like wrist strap), to the power unit. They are not as efficient getting the energy into the body as Analog machines because the body will not freely pull in Digital Energy.

History of the Technology
The University of Canberra in Australia did the original research in 1992 using Bio Electric Field Enhancement (BEFE) which falls under the topic of Quantum Field Science. BEFE was theorized to slow aging, by balancing the body’s energy field by pumping energy directly into the cells.

Their intention was not to detox the body, but to slow aging through cellular therapy.

At that time it was not understood how this could happen because it was believed that cells absorbed fluids and nutrients by Osmosis. Years later, in 2003, two American doctors won the Nobel Prize for chemistry, by proving that individual cells absorb fluids and nutrients via pathways into the cells, and excrete toxins out via other pathways. It is now believed that those very pathways are how the BEFE energy enters the cells, cleansing them and charging them up like tiny batteries. A certain amount of power was believed to be needed, to accomplish this. That amount of power to the Ionizer was 24 DC volts at 2.5 amperes of power
Using the research of the University of Canberra, an Australian company by the name of Q2 built the first of these machines in 1996. In their testing they discovered that the machine also detoxed the body. There are four things these “detox” machines theoretically can do if they have sufficient power: removal of toxins from the body, BEFE, killing parasites and purifying blood.

In 2002 two other machines appeared. The AMD IonCleanse™ (which sold for $2,895) & the Aqua Chi (which sold for $1,995). Both machines use the same power supply which has a DC output of 24 volts at 2.5 Amps of power. The same as the Q2 machine. The Aqua Chi company was started by people previously working for Q2 in Canada. Both machines are reworks of the original Q2. The Aqua Chi uses a knockoff of the Q2 Ionizer. Hence, the energy output specs of the original Q2 machine (which still sells for $3,995), and later copied by AMD’s IonCleanse machine & the Aqua Chi machine are all virtually identical.  In 2005 a very weak (2 Amps at 10 Volts DC power) machine began being manufactured in Shenzen, China under dozens of names & case styles, all using the same circuitry. When first introduced, primarily on Ebay, they sold for upwards of $350 & now sell for around $150 there. Some of them are still sold at fairs & exhibitions for as much as $1,700. They are reasonably ineffective for detoxing the body but do release endorphins in brain giving people a relaxed feeling. They do NOT perform BEFE, charge the cells or kill parasites. They do make people feel pleasant.

Enter the Ionic Foot Bath used here. It was manufactured in 2006.  This machine took BEFE & detox technology to another level. Using 14 volts DC current at 12 Amps of power with a new design, much heavier Stainless Steel Ionizer (also called an “Array”). Instead of using small recycled metal strips (as the IonCleanse™ does) or thin steel washers (plus one copper washer that could artificially discolor the water) like the Aqua Chi and Q2, this system uses parallel horizontal bars & ionizing plates to create a flow in the water, visible to the naked eye. This charges the water faster & more fully with the Negative Ions.

All other systems in the world still use
 the first generation osmosis method of ionizing the water.

The Ionic Foot Bath I use creates what is called “Ionic Propulsion” whereby negatively charged ions are propelled away from the Ionizer (Array) using Bernoulli’s Principal of fluid dynamics. This is a major innovation for this technology.

The price of the Aqua Chi has similarly dropped from $1,995 to an average cost (by its various dealers) to $1,395. AMD has kept its original model at $2,895 but introduced a basic version for $1,995.  

Many practitioners who have used both the IBB machine & the IonCleanse and/or Aqua Chi claim that this system out performs both the AMD & Aqua Chi machines. Those two machines use Digital power units.

Our view was that a more powerful machine (using the correct frequencies) at a lower voltage with a better Ionizer would be a more effective device. After much testing of power supplies, we determined the optimal amount of power for use with our unique Ionizer, was 14 DC Volts at 12-14 Amps of power. Body mass affects the effectiveness of this technology. Our studies have shown 2.5 amps at 24 volts is just not enough power to effectively detox persons weighing more than 200 lbs.
 
How does it Work?
This technology uses the same Energy Meridians utilized by Acupuncture & Reflexology to transmit Negatively
Charged  Energy (Ions) into the body
from the Meridian’s terminus points on
the soles of the feet (as well as the palm of the hands) & use them like power lines for the energy to spread throughout the body.

Hence, the term “Negative Ionic…” used to describe this technology.  This energy is the opposite electrical charge (of the positive charge) that toxins use to attach themselves to the body’s tissues. Being stronger, the negatively charged energy breaks the toxin’s positive electrical bond freeing them (and the fat that the body encapsulates toxins with) so they may be flushed from the body. Since the toxins and fat are flushed from the body together, many people lose weight using this technology. For some reason Males detox slower than Females. It is also believed & supported by anecdotal results, that this technology cleans out & stimulates the Lymphatic System allowing it to make more T-Cells and B-Cells (white blood cells) for the Immune System to use to naturally detox the body and fight illness. At the same time, energy is pumped into the body’s cells cleansing them & resulting in the user having more energy & a sense of well being. The blood is purified & parasites killed as well. During the foot baths there are Endorphins released in the brain giving the user a feeling of relaxation & calm. The same feeling one gets after strenuous exercise. A little tired, but relaxed. No clinical studies, that we are aware of, have been made documenting the various claims as to illnesses cured or helped with this technology. Most doctors who deride this technology have only heard that magically toxins come out of the bottom of the feet. They are not aware of the history of this technology or the research done at the University of Canberra, or even how it works.  Not even the material on this website or furnished by the designer is known to most doctors, which explains
their skepticism.  I doubt there will be clinical trials to validate the effectiveness since there is just not enough money or interest in it.  However, if you speak to anyone that has used the Ionic Foot Bath, most can tell you of a positive personal experience after using my system.

The manufacturer of my Ionic Foot Bath system states reported benefits have been some of the following:
Elimination of pain from Arthritis sufferers, increased energy levels, cleansing of the Lymphatic System, swollen Lymph Nodes returned to normal, Gallstones dissolved, relief from pain for sufferers of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (Epstein-Barr), Fibro Myalgia, Edema, Neuropathy, etc. 

I have witnessed that after only 2 foot baths that were 24 hours apart, a very large, and swollen bruise just under the knee completely left this man's leg with no evidence of it's existence afterward!
No discoloration, no swelling, no pain. Another person's experience has been when she had something dropped on her big toe, it caused blood to pool underneath the toenail.  After her foot bath, the pooled blood was completely gone.

I could provide more examples, but what would be the point? 
A person must try it for themselves to understand the experience & change for
the body!