Foot reflexology · zone 1
Location: In the Chinese chart tradition, a small area on the plantar surface of the left big toe at its lateral and lower corner, just above the crease at the base of the toe.
Longitudinal zone(s): 1 of 5
Side: left foot
Tradition: Chinese reflexology
Ingham (Western)
Ingham-lineage Western charts show no separate cerebellum or brain-stem area; the whole plantar pad of the big toe is worked as head/brain.
A difference of chart vocabulary as much as of position - the surface worked is the same, the naming is not.
Traditionally included in Chinese foot-massage sequences for the head and neck.
Reflexology is a traditional practice, not an evidence-based medical treatment. Systematic reviews have not shown it to be effective for any medical condition. These maps document what practitioners traditionally use — they are not claims about how the body works.
In the Chinese chart tradition, a small area on the plantar surface of the left big toe at its lateral and lower corner, just above the crease at the base of the toe.
Chinese reflexology. Other schools place this area differently; the variants are documented on this page.
No. Reflexology maps are traditional diagrams, not descriptions of anatomy or physiology. Systematic reviews have not found reflexology to be an effective treatment for any medical condition.
References displayed on this page were recorded with the point dataset.
