In the preventative and treatment measures in each chapter at least one reflex point is listed.  The author has found these points extremely valuable in stimulating the involved organs and starting them on the road to recovery.  In most cases rubbing these points will be mildly painful to the patient.  This is to be expected.  We should not push so hard as to bruise the tissue but it must be vigorous enough to be effective.  Again we must trace the problem back to its causes and eliminate unhealthy habits.  Reflex work will usually speed recovery time and in some cases bring a more total restoration.  Using a circular motion in the stimulation is recommended.

In the wonderful book Home Remedies by Drs. Calvin and Agatha Thrash, they state on page 3 "Every organ is in reflex relation with the skin immediately over it.  In some instances, however, the skin in a remote part has a strong reflex influence over internal organs".

Dr. Frank Chapman, an osteopath in the 1930's, developed most of the reflexes listed in this book.  It is hypothesized that by stimulating these reflexes manually, the sympathetic nervous system signals the lymph nodes of the involved organ to improve lymphatic drainage.  These reflexes were later adopted by Dr. George Good heart and are an important part of Applied Kinesiology today.