Acupressure Prickly Pad

Stimulate the Body's Own Unique Resources
to Relieve Pain and Heal Maladies.

The Prickly Pad is an acupressure pad based on ancient science. This acupressure (Reflexo-therapy) applicator is combining Indian and traditional Chinese medicine. Both Eastern medical systems have been proven as healing methods to eliminate many ailments and diseases.

Throughout history medical practitioners of many cultures have used the wisdom of Ayurveda (Ayu meaning "life" and Veda meaning "knowledge of") to treat a variety of diseases and discomfort. Though the exact date of the earliest acupressure/acupuncture mat is unknown, the use of "bed of nails" or "fakir mat" as it was called then, has been recorded in writings by traveling monks between 1,000 and 700 B.C. The Chinese pilgrim, I Tsing, was known for acquiring knowledge of Indian medicine and bringing it back to China around 700 B.C. Similarities between Indian and Chinese health cultures are therefore not surprising. For instance, the neuralgic points, which play a key role in acupuncture, are also known in Ayurveda. The primary difference is the Chinese use needles to stimulate these important nerve and energy points, whereas the Ayurvedic doctors use pressure massages - a kind of early acupressure.

In Western medicine, therapy through skin stimulation has had a long tradition as well. It is commonly accepted that dry-brushing the skin stimulates blood circulation. Massage is another technique that has been used to relax cramped-up muscles and decrease pain. Hydro therapy has been in use for hundreds of years to alleviate a myriad of disorders. The use of low frequency electrical current to stimulate the healing processes is yet another method used by Western medicine to increase blood circulation and to decrease pain.

The Prickly Pad was first developed and introduced in the late 1970s in former USSR. Since then, more than 70 million applicators have been sold in Europe and Russia. Russian inventor Kuznesov followed the principals of the "bed of nails" and when he developed the applicator known as Iplikator Kuznesov. (He replaced the 'A' from 'Applicator' with an 'I' - the first letter of the Russian word for needle, Igla.)

The Prickly Pad combines the best of both the ancient Eastern medicine practice of acupressure/acupuncture and Western medicine practice. Both stimulate the body's own unique resources to relieve pain and heal maladies.

"I use prickly pad for a severe hamstring injury and insomnia. It is great for pain, injuries, headaches, energy boosts and insomnia. I've recommended to every one who is in pain." -- Donna K. WA Read More Customer Comments

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