🇨🇳 China · Modern
Foot Massageフットマッサージ
The umbrella for kneading and pressure on feet and lower legs; from Asian foot-spot culture to Western spas, the most widely received part-specific treatment.
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- Origin
- 🇨🇳 China · 🇹🇭 Thailand
- Era
- Modern
- Classification
- Spa treatment / Traditional massage
- Techniques
- Foot / Pressure
- Practitioner body parts
- Palm / Thumb
- Medium
- None
- Clothing
- Clothed
- Setting
- Chair
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リフレクソロジー（足の反射区療法）Zone therapy / 若石健康法
A practice applying pressure to feet, hands or other areas using the concept of reflex zones. Zone maps describe particular systems; they are not maps for diagnosing organs. Tools and ways of touch vary across schools.
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Traditional massageSpa treatmentView →China
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中国式足裏マッサージ足底按摩
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