Skin Biology 4. Skin Reactions – Examples for Specific Skin Regions Foot
Examples foot area of skin symptoms and skin reactions that are associated with specific germ layers
In the foot area, symptoms such as “sweaty feet”, that is excessive sweating, represent the conflict-active phase, while athlete’s foot itself constitutes the conflict-resolved phase with the repair processes involving fungal bacteria. Possible conflict themes are:
• “stepped into something”
• “someone is standing on one’s foot / thereby blocking movement”
• “standing in the way and thereby restricting further movement”
• “wearing shoes one does not want to put on” (bowling-alley borrowed shoes…)
• “the unexpected step into dog droppings”
• “the unexpected step onto an object or animal”
With the conflict contents it does not always have to be the real obstruction or restriction, but rather the biologically interpreted and perceived obstruction also in the figurative sense. In footwear conflicts it is frequently about disgust toward the supposed person who might have worn them before. Even when these thoughts and assumptions are purely imaginary. Fear of athlete’s foot according to old medical belief is also frequently the cause of athlete’s foot. Thus even a comment in the shower at the swimming pool “You’ll get athlete’s foot if you don’t wear flip-flops” can trigger exactly this conflict. Every contact with the floor tiles is then associated with a certain disgust. In the conflict-active phase the increased sweat production is not noticeable or is ignored, and in the resolution and repair phase the fungal bacteria are then active and produce the “athlete’s-foot symptoms”. If one already knew where one was stepping, the conflict and the “emergency program” would not occur. It is therefore precisely these conflicts that arise suddenly and unexpectedly, as if one were, so to speak, “caught on the wrong foot”. When one realizes for oneself that one feels disgust upon stepping into “something”, the conflict is already active – even if only for seconds or minutes.
Nail fungus is the sign of the conflict-resolved repair phase of the dermis…
Nail fungus is not a symptom of the nail itself, but the conflict-resolved repair phase of the dermis or its components such as sebaceous glands and sweat glands. The nail belongs to ectodermal tissue and cannot itself undergo fungal processes. The dermis can grow with its repair-fungal process into the overlying nail. The risk of subsequent conflicts is likewise very high here, because persistent athlete’s foot and sweaty feet can lead to further disgust conflicts. With “cheesy feet” or “stinky feet” one could discuss whether the odor comes from the sweat or from the caseating cell breakdown by the fungal bacteria in the repair phase. If sweat were the cause of the odor, it should still be analyzed whether the increased sweat production occurs due to heat or due to conflict activity.
The basic principle, regardless of which body part, is always the same! Whether on the chest, on the leg, under the arm, on the earlobe, on the cheek or in other areas.