All Natural Mandarin Wood Vinegar Detox Patch > Reviews (1)

Detox patches for your feet

I am a bit of a hippy when it comes to herbal medicine and believe that plants and herbs can be more powerful and effective when it comes to healing the human body than traditional western medicine. I smoke, I drink alcohol and I have late nights so not really the lifestyle of someone who likes to take care of themselves. On the plus side I do try and eat healthy and get some exercise in. I also like to try and detox my body and purge as many of the rubbish out of it as I can.

The best way to detox is through diet but this is complicated and gets in the way of my life too much. I discovered these detox patches a couple of years ago and really do believe that they are a great way of supporting the body and helping it to flush out toxins and other junk that are by products from a busy modern life.

They are made by a company called Nutriworks and can be bought from their website and several independent chemists and health shops. They aren't cheap and cost £29.99 for a pack of 20. I do think that they are overly expensive like most so called natural remedies but as I only tend to use every half year or so I can justify spending the money to myself. If you are curious about the patches but want to check them out before spending that amount of money they also sell a trial box containing just two patches which is suitable for one nights use for £3.99.

What you get for your money is 20 individual patches which measure about 16cm x 12cm and they have an adhesive for sticking them to the skin. The patches are designed to be used on the bottom of your feet and for best results you are supposed to put them on at night and sleep with them on. They are slightly padded because of the herbal mixture which is in them and this herbal mixture is supposed to draw the toxins from your body overnight and store them in the plaster.

The patches contain a load of supposedly all natural ingredients but the main ingredients are Mandarin wood vinegar (which I can smell when using the patches) and Tourmaline. These two ingredients are what draw the toxins out into the patches and according to the website they also have unseen infa red capabilities which stimulate the reflexology points in the feet. The drawing of the toxins and the stimulation of the reflexology supposedly helps the body improve its circulation and strengthens its ability to detox itself.

When wearing the patches I do notice that my feet do become slightly warmer and I am aware of them even though they aren't uncomfortable to wear. When you wake up in the morning and remove the patches from your feet you will notice straight away that they are a dark black in colour and very wet and sticky. The first time I used them I thought that this was from the toxins coming out of my body but in actual fact they go like this from the sweat from your feet and would do the same if you put them under a tap. It's quite a powerful psychological thing to see this blackness for the first time but just don't be too excited by it.

Even if the blackness isn't all the toxins it does mean that the patches are working as most of the toxins that these help eliminate come from your sweat so them making your feet sweat and the patches going black because of it is a good thing and exactly what you want to happen.

According to Nutriworks the detox process will help your body be much healthier and they can help with digestion, circulation problems, weight loss, fatigue, skin problems and a whole host of other ailments.
I have no idea how much of this is true and how much is marketing mubo jumbo but what I do know is that I definitely feel better after using these patches. Although I don't believe for one minute that they will completely rid my body of toxins and suddenly make me this healthy person I do believe that they do help in the detox process and when using these along with a healthier diet for the 10 days I use them really does make me feel better.

After using these for a few days I do notice that my sleeping pattern is better and that my skin looks clearer and I just generally feel better.
As I have already mentioned I have no idea how much of this is because I believe they work or if there is any scientific proof behind what they claim to do but even if it is physiological then the £29.99 is a small price to pay for this extra energy and well-being.

You are supposed to up your water intake when using these patches and I did find that I was peeing slightly more and felt more thirsty.
They can be used by nearly everyone with no side effects and because the patches don’t contain any heavy metals or put anything directly into the body they don’t negatively interact with medications.

I really like using these patches and do believe that they help. As well as detoxing my body they also do help me with getting in a healthy frame of mind and when using them I do up my fruit and veg intake and try to limit any toxins that I am putting in my body such as caffeine. I don’t give up all my bad habits for the 10 days I use them but because I feel that they are helping I try not to waste whatever good they are doing for me by overloading my body with bad things.

I would recommend these patches to people. I honestly feel better after using them and they make me feel cleaner and less tired and just generally give me more energy and make me feel less guilty when I go back to my not so healthy normal lifestyle.