What It Does
An ionic foot bath may have the appearance and feel of any other normal foot bath, but its benefit is supposed to be very different. The purpose is to provide health benefits through its mechanized processes, helping to detoxify the body through the feet. It's supposed to remove these harmful toxins in order to assist the body into taking better care of itself. The foot bath comes with a power unit that outputs a mild electrical current in positive and negative polarized increments. In light of the salinity in our water and bodies, those ions are to work together in order to generate the detoxifying effects. However, there is debate within the medical community as to the effectiveness of these baths in removing toxins.
Electrolysis and Detoxification
The product is designed to use electricity to generate a natural detoxification through the feet, through treatments of electrolysis. In order to accomplish the production of electrolysis, there must be a solution that's ionized as a medium to complete the electric current between two electrodes. When these electrodes are continuously charged with power, they can produce ionization if placed into an adequate carrying solution, which in this case is the salinity of the water.
Ionization of Impurities
The different ions in the solution flow to their oppositely charged cathode counterparts. Positive ions flow to the cathode, negative ions to the anode. The meaning of the word electrolysis itself means separation through the use of an electronic current. The water and your feet have impurities. This process is supposed to draw and separate impurities from their parent components--in this case, your feet. In theory, the ionization of these particles pulls them down and deposits them on the bottom floor of the foot bath. These impurities can come out of the feet in many different forms, and in turn, can turn the water into many different colors. Bacteria, fungus and bodily toxins in the skin can be pulled and change the color of the water. The skin can also contain traces of all kinds of chemicals from soaps, lotions, sock and shoe dyes, and nail polish that can also influence the color of the water.
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