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MAGNETIC HEALING THROUGH THE AGES

Mankind has availed itself of the beneficial powers of magnetism for thousands of years perhaps not understanding the specific effects, but knowing curative results could be achieved. In ancient Africa, iron ore, called magnetite, was revered for its healing power. It was commonly ground up and used in foods, as well as for skin and hair treatments. An African bloodstone mine (red iron ore) more than 100,000 years old has been found.

Aristotle (third century B.C.) was the first person in recorded history to speak of the therapeutic properties - of the magnet. Most of the old cultures, especially the Chinese, Indians, Egyptians, Arabs and Hebrews, knew of the use of magnets for curative purposes.

During Greek and Roman Times, around 200 B.C., a Greek physician named Galen found that pain from many different types of illnesses could be relieved by applying natural magnets, such as the lodestone, from which amulets, bracelets and other devices were made.

In the first century, the Chinese began documenting effects on health and disease related to variations in Earth's magnetic field, using very sensitive compasses to monitor changes in the earth. By the seventh century, these compasses were already highly sophisticated instruments.

A Persian physician, around 1000 A.D., wrote about using magnets to relieve muscle spasms and disorders such as gout . During the middle ages in Europe, physicians ground lodestone into powder and used it for both internal and external remedies.

In the 1600's, William Gilbert, physician to Queen Elizabeth, wrote a book on the nature of magnetism. The next century, another physician named Franz Anton Mesmer wrote a dissertation on magnetism and has proven to be a foundation for magnetic healing in the Western culture. Although he was ridiculed by some of the medical community, later scientific discoveries show Mesmer was a sincere researcher years ahead of his time.

The first in-depth study of the history of magnetic treatment of diseases was undertaken by France's Royal Society of Medicine in 1777. Even in concurring the magnet was destined to fulfill as crucial a role in medicine as it then filled in physics, they could not have known that scientists and precision instruments in the late 20 th century would reveal magnetism to be one of the greatest new horizons in modern medicine and health.

Danish physicist H.C. Orsted discovered in 1820 that electricity and magnetism were inexorably linked. By the mid nineteenth century DuBois-Reymond had proven the body itself produced electrical impulses.

Benjamin Franklin, although popularized for his other diverse accomplishments, was an important scientist and among the early advocates of "medical electricit ." Early pioneers in this field; Luigi Galvani and Allesandro Volta did much research on the biological effects of electricity. In 1924, Hans Berger became the first to actually measure electromagnetic brain waves (EEG).

In 1936, researcher Albert Davis discovered that the north and south poles of a magnet had different biological effects. He proved that the south pole of a magnet stimulated plant growth, animal behavior and biological activity, while the north pole calmed these functions. He found the north pole slowed the growth of bacteria, reduced pain and inflammation, and increased the alkalinity of a solution. Certain ailments were shown to worsen with application of the wrong polarity. As early as 1948, Red Army doctors were using magnets to reduce pain after amputation of limbs.

Modern Day Magnetic Therapy: Rediscovery of a lost art

Today, continuing scientific research in France, Russia, England, Canada, Germany, India, China, Japan and the United States is providing invaluable data on how magnetic fields affect the nervous and circulatory systems, as well as every living cell - animal, human and plant.

Even the most conservative of medical philosophies has yielded to scientific evidence documented by ultra-sensitive measuring instruments and acknowledges the human body is indeed electrical in nature and responds to minute magnetic/electrical changes.

It should be made clear that magnets themselves do not heal anything - they only stimulate the body to heal itself. Magnetism is a wholly natural event. It is neither magic nor medicine. It merely allows body cells to exist at their best level.

Following the early 1970's discovery that muscles could be strengthened or weakened according to stimuli applied to the body (the testing procedure has become known as "Applied Kinesiology"), Dr. Richard Broeringmeyer documented that muscle testing can be used to accurately diagnose functioning of all body glands and organs. He also found that any muscle will test strong or weak when a magnetic field is applied to the corresponding malfunctioning gland, organ or body part.

At the Manomet Medical Clinic in Plymouth, Massachusetts, Dr. Buryl Payne documented many case histories involving the power of magnetic fields to stimulate the body's natural healing processes. Among them:

A woman with much difficulty walking and in pain for four years following having both feet broken in an auto accident. After four hours of magnetic treatment over a 14-day period, she was delighted to not only walk freely but also to dance!

A woman with severe arthritis, in pain and unable to walk without a cane. After seven hours of magnetic treatment over three weeks of time, she was pain free and no longer needed a cane.

Doctors in both Europe and the United States are jubilant over results obtained in applying electric fields to tissue damage ranging from diabetic ulcers to severe burns. Their "stunning successes" promise electrical stimulation will become as common a method for healing soft tissue as it is for healing nonunion fractures.

In Europe, a magnetic foil (applied like a healing plaster) is widely used for pain relief in areas of the neck, back and joints. At the University of Leeds in England, researcher D.H. Wilson has successfully used electric pulses to regenerate nerves in animals.

In Sweden, radiologist Dr. Bjhorn Nordenstrom has treated scores of lung and breast cancer patients with electrical stimulation.

The April 1988 issue of Magnets in Your Future reports the work of Dr. Goesta Wollin and his successful super-magnet treatment of three cases of breast cancer. 'Many bio-maqnetic researchers believe this therapy is expected to revolutionize the field of cancer treatment.’

Since 1983, a Washington dentist, Dr. Jack Prince, has successfully used magnets on acupuncture points to reduce bleeding, gagging and pain sensitivity. He also found the magnets bring immediate relief from chronic pain from jaw dislocation. As a "holistic" practitioner regarded as a maverick by orthodox dentists, he has found much success using magnets to treat impaired hearing, headaches, teeth-grinding and menstrual discomfort. Case histories of his magnetic treatments have been published in the American Journal of Acupuncture. (Magnetic therapy has been termed by some as acupuncture without needles.)

Among the leading edge instruments and tools related to the body's biomagnetic field and being used in modern hospitals and laboratories are:

a. SQUID (Superconducting Quantum Interference Device) which can detect minute changes in biomagnetic fields around body organs and thus diagnose disease.

b. MEGS or magnetoencephalograms, similar to the EEG.

c. MKG or magnetocardiogram, similar to EKG.

d. Bio-Magnetic Pulsar, used in more than 1,000 hospitals, colleges and health care offices to administer PMG (pulsed magnetic field therapy) to relieve deep muscle pain, stiffness, sore throats, colds, arthritis and other problems.

A MAGNETIC FIELD FOR EVERY BODY

Since 1957 in Japan, Dr. Kyoichi Nakagawa has been one of the world's most foremost researchers in the field of magnetic treatment of diseases - seen by many as the greatest new frontier in modern medicine. Beginning with such rudimentary techniques as physically attaching small magnets to specific body parts to eliminate pain or other symptoms, Dr. Nakagawa's efforts led to precise and successful hospital treatment of thousands of patients with both specific and non-specific, undiagnosed ailments.

The passion of his lifelong dedication has led to the development by a Japanese company of a precision-manufactured futon sleep system with small, specially designed north and south i polarity magnets positioned throughout the sleeping pad, pillow and down comforter. The bed is structured for optimum support of the body and spine, and its unique magnetic design is now patented in 19 countries with others pending.

Although science cannot yet fully explain what takes place when the body is placed within such a magnetic sleep system, kinesiology testing shows each meridian in the body functioning in harmony within 15 minutes. It logically follows that the longer a body remains in this environment, the more quickly it can realign itself.

According to the manufacturer of this magnetic futon system, the magnetic field created is approximately of the same intensity as the Earth's own magnetic field some 500 to 1000 years ago. The May 1988 issue of Scientific American magazine details today's ongoing degrading of Earth's once powerful magnetic field, which is now measured at only about 50% of its intensity several centuries ago. Scientists have calculated if this degradation continues at its present rate, there will not be a sufficient magnetic field to support life within 1500 years.

Interestingly, certain locales on Earth have inexplicably retained the strength of their magnetic fields. Among them, areas near Sedona, Arizona, and Lourdes, France destinations to which countless persons travel annually to experience feelings of well being and to seek healing.

Also from the Far East, a Chinese company is now internationally distributing a bandage-sized polymer membrane (Electro Membrane) that delivers a low level electrical charge to an injured or painful area. Case histories show remarkable results in alleviating inflammation and pain in both acute and chronic conditions. As with magnetic therapies, this method of treatment does not "heal," but stimulates the body's electrical system to allow the body's own mechanisms to begin repairing the body.

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