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Sue (LR, AR USA) on 12/18/2008
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I have been researching this ionic footbath phenomena. Did you know you can make your own ionic foot bath with a 6-volt battery and nail, costing you a few dollars?? Does this not seem like a scam selling these units close to a couple of grand? Of course you can get a made in china brand for a few hundred $$'s. Do you really think that much gunk can come out of your feet in 30 minutes? People feeling benefits is caused by the placebo effect. Get real, really is what is happening is you are soaking your feet in what could be toxic metal sludge being degraded from the metal array! And how about the chlorine gas that is coming up out of the foot bath into your face!! What do you think electrolysis is used for: making this gas, by adding salt to the water it is the conductor which creates the gas. Can't you smell a strong bleach smell towards the end of a session in this foot bath?? It made me feel nauseous!

Please do not fall for this scam. Check out this website made by a chemistry professor: http://www.chem1.com/CQ/ionbunk.html#FBF

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Replied By Tanya (Anc, Ak) on 03/28/2012

Seriously? I don't know what kind of foot bath you recieved, but it wasn't an ionic one. There is NO chlorine involved nor ANY smells whatsoever. I have been having these done since I first found out about them 5 years ago, and I'm 26 yrs old now.

It has been proven that if you leave the arrays in with NO human body party, it will get a little bit yellow. And 2. Why does everyones water look different then? I think you are just a negative spammer or a stupid person who doesn't even have book or street smarts LOL.

The first time I ever had it done, my water looked dark pea soup green, the 2nd time almost a year later it was dirty, but not too frothy or dark as before. I do not smoke, no soda and eat very healthy so I'm not around too many toxins.

ALSO!!! PROOF> I could feel whatever it is being sucked out of me while in the bath out thru my feet. Iam HIGHLY intuned with my body, even when I have acupuncture I can feel every vein and nerve ending circulating blood. These are the BEST simple machines ever invented and today I officially bought one so I can share it with all my friends! And YES I'll be posting pictures :) Thank you!

It makes me so happy to read about the people above who had been suffering from things stuck in their bodies that eventully developed illness, and doing this treatment has cleaned and cured them! Absolutely wonderful! And many blessings to them! Xo

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Replied By Bioorganicchemist (Mishawaka, In) on 04/25/2012

Yea... I myself had parasites... And they come out... So there is no bunk about that... If blood hold a positive charge and you put a negative charge on it... The cell will release the crap that is hanging on to it! Also... Reverse osmosis is the action... The crap wants to go to a higher level of salt... Thus the running at 1.8 so it will leave the body... Any good organic chemist knows this works! I bought my own machine for $133 on the web... It works great and my parasite issue is resolved!!! Anyone with parasites is poisoned by the Medical industry to rid their body of them and usually they come back... This is a God send!!!
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Replied By Nicole (Sydney, NSW) on 09/22/2012

I tried the foot bath when I was in Japan about 10 years ago. I was a very heavy smoker at the time and decided to give it a go to see if it could assist with the toxin build up. My water stank to high hell and was as black as anything, with a green algae like substance floating on top.

After 20 minutes I felt energised, like I could have run around the block.

However this positive effect was only short lived (probably because I lit up directly afterwards). But the effects of the foot detox are real. Even for someone who has no condition (other than nicotine addiction) I didn't' feel unwell before the treatment and yet somehow I felt about 100 times better afterwards.

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Replied By Barbara (California) on 09/21/2013

I'm sorry, but I don't feel you have the right to reply unless you have honestly tried this. And, as a scientist, I can honestly say that you obviously have no grasp of chemistry. When Salt (Sodium Chloride) breaks down into its elements (Sodium, Na+) and (Chlorine Cl-), they are the cause of the conduction causing the 'battery'. You are not generating chlorine gas. If that were so, you would die everytime you ate salt. Think about it. Chlorine is a halogen and is one electron short of a full shell, and as a result, will bond to anything to get that last electron - usually something from group 1, like Hydrogen, or Sodium that can offer up one. This is called Ionic Bonding, thus Ionization. So now that that's cleared up. I have may disorders including fibromyalgia, and a shunt in my brain due to Intracranial Hypertension due to cerebral spinal fluid not draining properly which causes severe headaches, and nerve pain left over from surgeries. I was skeptical at first, but I was tired of all the drugs and was willing to give it a try. I was amazed. The water was brownish orange, there was definitely fat deposits because there was oily residue on the top. There was some sludge which could have been from the array, but my headache was definitely better. What I did note was that I kept urinating all night after, like my body was trying to cleanse itself. The next morning I got up not feeling tired like I normally do. I tried it the following week with the same results only there was white foamy stuff in the water indicating lymph..... I was sick. So you tell me, is it really a placebo effect??????
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Replied By Midwestmad (Rochester, Minnesota, Usa) on 07/22/2016

The metal used is extremely important. You can't just use nails! I made my own and it works fabulously. You must not research with an open mind.
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Replied By Mary (Gold Coast ) on 07/25/2017

I tried this foot Ion detox .. about 2 weeks ago. Right after I left the clinic I had a nauseating migraine followed by vomiting. Since then, I began having pains from my lower back and down my legs, and it affects my sleep. Does any one have the same after effects? I've never had back injuries or sprains. What cure could I use?
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Replied By Timh (Ky) on 07/27/2017

Mary: Folks with lots of toxins stored in their body (after several yrs accumulating) will experience this reaction (to some degree). This means you have a big toxin load to rid and it will take proly up to 30 spas or ore to come clean.

In the meantime, the lower back pain and down the legs is the over-burden placed on your Kidneys. Take either D-Mannose or Cranberry Softgels to rid infection from Kidneys. You may also need to do some mild K cleansing with the herb Chaparral.

Also in the meantime, do Detox Footpads (one on each foot every night until detox is done).

When you do another spa, take Oregano Softgels prior and Bentonite Clay post spa. This should prevent migraine and nausea. Milled Flax Seeds taken with meals will keep Colon clean.

Any antioxidant supplement will help much. Vit-C taken with MSM is recommended for immediate detox. For ongoing support take Broad Spectrum Vit-E + Selenium + Ubiquinol, and 3mg Melatonin before retiring (for a good night's sleep).

Once you feel nearly clean from repeated spas and all the above mentioned, take Dr. Christopher's Red Clover Combination herb (2-4 caps) prior to spa for a deep tissue thorough cleansing.

More. You can also take Mineral Hot Baths to detox/cleans during this process. 1/4 Cup Epsom Salts + 1/4 cup Borax in hot bath for 1 hr 2x per wk.

Your indoor air will need additional purification as will drinking and bathing/showering water.

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Replied By Patti (Philadelphia, PA) on 05/05/2024

I agree that those with no personal experience of the footbath have no business commenting. I got online to see what I could learn about it today after experiencing it myself for the first time almost a week ago. To be honest, I didn't care when I saw articles purporting this to be a fraud because the treatment caused such a change in my feet themselves. They were incredibly soft and super flexible after the treatment. It is not that they felt especially stiff previously, but after the treatment, which left the water a fairly dark brown with a foamy white substance floating on the top, my feet had the kind of flexibility a young child or a baby's has. It was wonderful. There was an oily residue on my skin after I removed my feet from the water. 4 Days later, I had some diarrhea late in the afternoon. I noticed, but didn't think too much of it. The next day at around the same time, I had a much more severe case of it, with chills and stomach cramps. It may be a bug, or maybe related to the detox, I don't know. Taking vitamin C helped. I felt quite well the following day, then tired later in the afternoon. I went for a swim, thinking that would energize me, but felt even more tired and had some lower back pain. Very unusual after a swim, which normally helps with any back pain I might have. The day after that, today, I became sick again with the severe diarrhea at the same time of day as before. Really rushing release of liquid causing me to return to the bathroom several times, again with chills. I had already had 2 or 3 normal bowel movements before this today. I'd noticed that they seemed pretty frequent. I looked in the mirror just now and noticed that I line I used to have around the base of my neck is disappearing. I'd been told at one time that that line is a symptom of thyroid issues. My second footbath treatment is scheduled for tomorrow. I'll ask the therapist what they think.
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