Ionic Foot Baths

[Marissa Likeeee]

Just curious, since you've got a good record of his reasonably similar experiences, would you be willing/able to try something different next time? Like making sure the unit is WELL cleaned (though I'm sure it's cleaned anyway, but particularly for this time) and see if your husband can wash his feet and rinse them well at the site before the treatment, and use distilled water? I'm just curious if making sure everything is spotless and contaminant free as possible, if there would be any noticeable differences.

We would be willing, but the friend is not that close of a friend that we could just go in and tell her what to do or ask to change the protocol.

I just asked husband what type of water they use, and he says they use filtered (possibly reverse osmosis) water. He also said they use some sort of liner in the unit and throw it away when the session is done, if that helps your theory any. BTW, his visits to the clinic consist of him waking up, take shower, put on socks and shoes, drive into town, drop me at the office and then he travels directly to her office. So it's not like he's been sweating all day or something.

The clinic itself is a colonics clinic and is probably the most sanitary place I've been to in my life, other than when I was on surgical rotations. You can't even walk in with shoes. Shoes are left at the door and you wear surgical booties everywhere - discarding them when you leave. Her units of everything (ionic foot bath, colonics and infra-red sauna) are what I would call as close to immaculate as one could get. They work with MD's on a pretty large scale, with 14 referring, so they kind of pride themselves in being more serious than the next clinic about that kind of stuff.

Does that help answer any thoughts you were thinking?

 

[Sammzie]

Trust me on this one...ionic foot baths are bull****. I have done experiments with one...the water turns brown no matter what. Plus, how do you know you're not "cleansing" your body of good things? If it did work, how does it target *only* toxins?

 

[Jane]

I don't know... I am still not sold that this is all bull. Hopefully we will continue our expirimentation in the new year. A little hurricane named Ike sort of messed a few things up for us.

I did however read the article Kneadfulthings c&p'd up there about the footbaths and noticed it had some explanations of colors, so I went ahead and affixed that chart to what husband stated on his return from each visit. I do find it interesting that according to the article "The oily residue floating on the top that determines if you are getting rid of unwanted toxins in the body." It took 20 visits before he had those appear (and of course wasn't watching for them, because until today I didn't know that was the "increased detoxing determination").

I went to a seminar recently for licensing renewal and was specifically told about the Erchonia equipment. I didn't realize the seminar was going to have that info in it, so it was timely with regards to my post. They too stressed that the soles of the feet have many many pores and these pores open up to a larger diameter with the electro-current which is what encourages the "detoxification".

I am still logging in info and hope some others who have the opportunity will log in their per visit experiences as well so that we have a few things to compare to.

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Updated flow chart of husbands visits with the "regions of detox" added per article.

Beginning May 2008
Appt. 1 - The water became foamy (Lymph nodes draining) and a sewer brown color (liver). He said it smelled.
Appt. 2 - Water foamy (Lymph nodes draining) & brown (liver).
Appt. 3 - Water foamy (Lymph nodes draining) & brown (liver).
Appt. 4 - Water foamy (Lymph nodes draining) & brown (liver).
Appt. 5 - Water foamy (Lymph nodes draining) & brown (liver) with black flecks (heavy metals).
Appt. 6 - Water foamy (Lymph nodes draining) & brown (liver).
Appt. 7 - Water foamy (Lymph nodes draining) & brown (liver) with black flecks (heavy metals).
Appt. 8 - Water foamy (Lymph nodes draining) & brown (liver).

Beginning June 2008
Appt. 9 - NO foam. Water brown (liver) with many, many black flecks (heavy metals).
Appt. 10 - Water foamy (Lymph nodes draining) & brownish (liver) orange (joints).
Appt. 11 - Water foamy (Lymph nodes draining) & dark brown (liver).
Appt. 12 - Water foamy (Lymph nodes draining) & dark brown (liver).

Beginning July 2008
Appt. 13 - Water foamy (Lymph nodes draining) & black-brown (liver) with many, many, many black flecks (heavy metals).
Appt. 14 - NO foam. Water black (liver) with some green tones (Dark green; the gallbladder / Yellowy green; kidneys, urinary tract) and a little brown (liver).
Appt. 15 - NO foam. Water brown (liver).
Appt. 16 - Water foamy (Lymph nodes draining) & light brown (liver).
Appt. 17 - NO foam. Water light to medium brown (liver).

Beginning August 2008
Appt. 18 - Water foamy (Lymph nodes draining) & brownish (liver).
Appt. 19 - Water foamy (Lymph nodes draining) & blackish-brown (liver).
Appt. 20 - Water foamy (Lymph nodes draining) & brown (liver) with "funky oily-looking" swirls (The oily residue floating on the top that determines if you are getting rid of unwanted toxins in the body.).
Appt. 22 - NO foam. Water brown (liver) with "funky oily-looking" swirls (The oily residue floating on the top that determines if you are getting rid of unwanted toxins in the body.).
Appt. 23 - NO foam. Water light brown (liver) and soupy. NO "funky oily-looking" swirls.
Appt. 24 - NO foam. Water dark brown (liver) and soupy. NO "funky oily-looking" swirls.

Beginning September 2008
Appt. 25 - NO foam. Water dark brown (liver) and gooey (stuck to his feet) with "funky oily-looking" swirls (The oily residue floating on the top that determines if you are getting rid of unwanted toxins in the body.).
Appt. 26 - Water foamy (Lymph nodes draining) , light brown (liver) and gooey (stuck to his feet) with many, many, many black flecks (heavy metals). NO "funky oily-looking" swirls. However, there was really dark brown goo which sat in one corner of the ionic foot bath.

 

[davght]

I am happy this thread got pulled up again! I'm intrigued.
A couple of years ago my uncle purchased a high end model for his home use, after his Dr. got him started on it. He has amazing results and still uses it weekly, sometimes daily if he is having a tough time.

I have since seen models running for just over $100, and for about 2 minutes I though about incorporating it, but I suppose it is just like everything else out there - you get what you pay for.

Along these lines, has anyone tried the Kinotakara Pads? Same cleansing theory but they are pads you place on your feet. Not that cheaper Kinoky Pads they sell everywhere and on TV these days, but Kinotakara? I have a client that snuck them in from Canada and had truly ah-may-zing results.

 

[Maybel T]

Wow, that guinea pig experiment is COOOL!

I asked the president of the chiro neurology board (an amazingly brilliant man and healer, and one of my role models and mentors) about these foot baths and he says they DO work--as long as you get the right kind--but the catch is, they work for reasons OTHER than what they're touting.

He specifically mentioned Erchonia brand, and I have no vested reason to promote them. I do have experience with the company and their products, as while they sell FDA-approved medical-grade products worldwide, they're located out my back door. I own one of their lasers. These guys are big on legit research, too. They also build their products well, like brick s**thouses. Dealing with the company itself is difficult, because they're slow to return correspondence, and they often don't follow through with supplying additional information like they say they will once the sale has been made.

That said, on to the mechanism: my mentor said that the way it worked isn't necessarily pulling the toxins out of the feet, per se. Rather, the REAL detoxification/healing is in the carbon dioxide expelled from the lungs during the process. I forget what is special about certain foot baths such as Erchonia's that promotes this, but that's what I remember. I actually have one on loan from the company itself to try, so if I find anything significant I will post it. And if anyone has any info (yay or nay) on any other brands, please let me know).

Pueppi, which brand are you using?

Hugs,
~Jyoti