20 Gold KENRICO Upgraded with 60% Tourmaline Detox Foot Patch/pad MADE IN JAPAN
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Customer Reviews of 20 Gold KENRICO Upgraded with 60% Tourmaline Detox Foot Patch/pad MADE IN JAPAN
Customer Review: Not Convinced...
Summary: 2 Stars
I was so excited when I first found out about detox foot pads. I had always wanted to try one of those detoxing ion baths but couldn't afford one. That being said, I finally decided to get these pads for my fiance and I. I am someone who is extremely into eastern medicine, holistic healing, and alternative lifestyles so I wasn't really very skeptical about these. I just thought they would work. However, after both my fiance and I put them on our feet for 2 weeks straight, we noticed two things. One, the pads weren't getting any less brown and hard in the morning, and two, if that meant the pads were taking all of these toxins out of our body, we couldn't tell. I have come to the conclusion that all these pads do is have some sort of chemical reaction with the sweat that comes out of your feet, turning the pads brown. If you want to try them out, go ahead. Its still fun to see how gross the pads are in the morning (they even kind of smell like bacon... ewe). But I wouldn't get these to use as a miracle cure of any sort.Customer Review: reflexology theory
Summary: 3 Stars
I bought one each of the silver, gold, and pink packages from Health Marvels. The patches arrived quickly, and the customer service was excellent - I had made a typo on my mailing address and emailed them to correct it, and they responded even though it was President's Day, AND fixed my mailing address, and I got the patches 2 days later via US Post.
The first night I placed the pink pads under my arches. I slept deeply and did not remember any bizarre dreams in the morning, and I usually wake up several times and remember my dreams. The second night I placed the pads under the metarsals. It was a very restless night, I tossed and turned all night and could not find a comfortable position. I felt restless, like I wanted to move or stretch or work out. The 3rd night I placed the pads back under my arches and experienced another deep, dreamless sleep - but of course I was already tired from lack of sleep the night before so this could be meaningless.
I gave a co-worker 2 sets of the silver and gold and she also reported deep, dreamless sleep and a little more energy the next day.
There was no reduction in the stuff on the pad during the course of the week that I used the patches, although the shape of the stain was different; it seemed related to how much contact there was. If I just attached the patches, the stain was much like a wet footprint, absent under the arch and present around the edges, where the adhesive enabled good contact. If I used my feet to alternately press the patches under the arches while I was waiting to fall asleep, the stain was bigger and included the arch where I applied pressure.
I gave my husband the silver patches and used them myself the same night. The next morning, I compared his patches with my own, and also with a 3rd silver patch on which I had poured filtered water. All 3 silver sets were the same color and had the same herbal smell. The pink patches that I saved from the previous night were a different color; I also poured water on a gold patch just to see what it would do. The pink and gold were different colors than the silver. I think that if the patches were absorbing toxins from our bodies, they would have pulled different toxins from different bodies, and that the water test would have been different, so the silver patches all being the same seemed a little suspicious. Also, even if you accept that the pads are absorbing toxins, how do we know they are not also absorbing nutrients and/or medications that our bodies could find useful?
My theory is that the herbs in the patches change color with moisture. The deep, dreamless sleep that both my co-worker and I experienced, I attribute to the actual presence of the pad on the foot. (My husband did not acknowledge altered sleep patterns, but he was skeptical and reluctant to try the pads, and only agreed to use them after a week of my asking him to so I could make a comparison.) According to my understanding of reflexology, which is very limited, the middle (arch) of the bottom of the foot is generally where organs are represented. The presence of the patch and adhesive could conceivably stimulate these reflex points, although I don't know how they would relate to my sleep pattern. The metarsals contain the neck and shoulder areas, and the presence of the pads here could explain why I could not find a comfortable position the night that I placed the pads here. I have been intending to test this theory by putting something else on my feet - a folded kleenex with first aid tape, or just the first aid tape, or just the adhesive patch that comes with the patches. It would be interesting to see how moist the kleenex was in the morning. However, I have not gotten around to that yet.
I did notice that a (pimple, zit, ingrown hair? weird bump that I had had for several months) shrank during the week that I used the patches, altho it did not disappear. I also thought my skin seemed generally a little clearer. Lastly, I thought I felt a little less stressed over my normal trigger issues, a little more mellow and able to just go with the flow of the day. I do not know if this can be attributed to
A - the patches absorbing toxins, or
B - whether my organs were stimulated through reflexology to better process the toxins in my body and help clear my skin and improve my mood, or
C - a good night's sleep, whatever the reason, or
D - whether it was all my imagination.
That is my 2 bucks (not cents due to inflation and the length of this post). I hope it is helpful, and am curious to see if anyone else performed tests or experienced anything similar. I still have lots of pads, and use them intermittently when I need a good night's sleep. Thanks for reading this, and I hope you have good results regardless of the mechanism by which they are achieved.
Customer Review: awesome
Summary: 5 Stars
I love these foot pads! I use them every night and find that I am less tired during the day, sleep better and longer, as well as feel happier. I highly recommend them to everyone who wants an alternative to medicine.Customer Review: Foot pads.
Summary: 5 Stars
The product seems to work very well. Twenty patches is enough for ten days. I recommend getting 2 or 3 enough to last a month. I also used painters tape to help keep the pads on all night. Customer Review: WEIRD !! But it works !!
Summary: 5 Stars
I bought this product for my husband. I reserved judgement 'till I saw the results. Weird !! It does what it says on the packet.