What is Zone Therapy?

Developed by American surgeon Dr. William Fitzgerald, this is an early Western form of reflexology, in which healing can be brought about by massaging certain zones in the foot.

This is a wall painting found in the tomb of the highest official after the Pharaoh — Ankhmahor. The tomb is also known as the physicians tomb. Therefore it suggests that what the people in the painting is doing must be somewhat related to health, and it is suspected that they are practising the early version of reflexology. This wall painting is dated back to 2330 B.C.