This text is designed to present treatment by foot reflexology as a significant therapeutic speciality with its own form of diagnosis and treatment strategies. The book takes a holistic approach to sickness and health, in directing the treatment techniques towards the entire person. It stresses the understanding of treatment processes and development of diagnostic abilities. However, chapters are also included which deal with methods of symptomatic treatment. The author has intended this text to be an authoritative guide for diagnosis and self-treatment and it is set out in graded stages. It is directed towards both the practitioner and the general reader and can also serve as a background text for related studies in other fields of complementary medicine and as a reference for professional reflexologists. The book is a synthesis of several years of experience in teaching, practising and research in reflexology by the author. Material has been gathered from a number of professionals in the field, both teachers of the subject and therapists. Parts of the book have been written with the assistance of physicians who use this method to round out and complement their practice of conventional medicine.