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About Magnet
Therapy
Magnet Therapy
or Magnetotherapy - is a method of healing by use of Magnets. Magnetic Therapy is an established
practise in a number of countries, including Japan, China,
India, Austria and Germany.The science of Biomagnetics is now
accepted as a form of Alternative Medicine. As much as
Acupuncture is now an accepted treatment, biomagnetics is also
becoming widely recognized. Magnet Therapy is now well
known to ancient civilizations and are now, under scientific
scrutiny, proving to be effective forms of therapy.
As you probably know a magnet has 2 fields- south and north. By
means of a definite magnet application it is possible to
strengthen or weaken the passage of the energy that leads to
improvement of the energy state of an organism.
Magnetic therapy is not new. Ancient
Greece had the lodestone
and claimed it had healing properties. The Chinese have used
magnets for healing for thousands of years. Part of the reason
for the success of magnetic therapy may be purely psychological.
A study that included magnets and placebos
revealed not much difference in the success rate reported by the
two groups.
The effectiveness of Magnetic
Therapy depends on the following:
- Strength of the magnet.
- Type of magnet.
- Thickness of the magnet.
- Thickness or spacing of the pad between the skin and the
magnet.
The level of success will vary between individuals and will also
depend on how long you have had the condition and the depth of
the condition
A therapeutic
aim of the magnets- is a balancing of the energy stream in
meridians and chakras of body.Adherents
believe that magnetic fields from permanent magnets placed close
to the body can cause bones to heal faster, relieve pain, and
perform other forms of healing. It is most commonly used for
joint disorders and back problems.
Very vital magnetic energy enters
our bodies from the earth's natural magnetic field.
Unfortunately, the earth's field has been declining over the
centuries, as much as 5% in the past century alone. And it's
effect is further reduced by reinforced concrete buildings,
elevators and autos. Somehow we have got to make up the
difference, as well as fight off the effect of certain adverse
electromagnetic fields from high power transmission lines,
computers, microwaves and other household appliances.
Magnetic therapy can relax tense
muscles, relieve muscular and skeletal pain, and accelerate the
healing process. The treatment involves the placing of
the simple, natural magnets of the correct configuration on the
body tissue, allowing the body to heal itself.
MAGNETIZED WATER
Research carried out by NASA has demonstrated that astronauts
who are cut off from the earth's magnetic field develop
significant health problems which can be prevented by providing
an artificial magnetic field within the space capsule.
Do you suffer from a magnetic deficiency? The answer could well
be "yes" unless you are already taking special precautions to
avoid it. The earth's magnetic field is declining steadily and
has lost over 30 per cent of its strength over the last 2000
years.
Human beings have no doubt adapted to a certain strength of the
earth's magnetic field. At the moment this strength is declining
at a rate which may exceed our capacity to cope. Add to that the
fact that we, to an increasing degree, encase ourselves in steel
or reinforced concrete buildings, cars, subways and many other
"cages" which essentially screen out the already weakened
magnetic field and the stage could well be set for a massive
dose of magnetic deficiency syndrome.
Magnets and Health
The human body is profoundly responsive to electromagnetic
fields. MRI (magnetic resonance imaging) is a powerful medical
diagnostic technique which uses magnetic fields to distinguish
between healthy and diseased tissues. Treatment with pulsed
electromagnets (pulsars) has been found highly effective in
curing or alleviating conditions such as bone fractures,
migraine headaches, insomnia and depression. Pads and mattresses
with built-in magnets are used to alleviate insomnia, rheumatic
pain, migraines and circulatory problems. Says Dr. Wolfgang
Ludwig ScD PhD of the Institute for Biophysics in Horb, Germany
"Magnetic field therapy is a method that penetrates the whole
human body and can treat every organ without chemical side
effects"(1,5-8).
The effects of the North pole (negative) and South pole
(positive) magnetism are quite different. North polarity
stabilizes, calms and sedates and also reduces pain, infection
and inflammation. South polarity, on the other hand, is acid
producing, enervating, biologically disorganizing and may
accelerate bacteria growth. Magnets with a South polarity should
only be used under the care of a trained practitioner if at
all(1,6).
The fact that our bodies consist mainly of water and that all
our bodily processes are heavily dependent on water has lead to
research into the possibility of using magnetized water to
promote health and treat disease.
Benefits of Magnetized Water
For those of us who associate magnetism with intricate patterns
of iron filings between the poles of a magnet the idea that
water can be magnetized sounds pretty far out. However, there is
ample evidence that magnetizing water either with permanent
magnets or with electromagnets actuallly has a profound effect.
The first practical application of water magnetization occurred
in the 1950's when engineers discovered that magnetically
treated water had a greatly reduced tendency to form scale when
heated. Several explanations for this have been advanced. The
most plausible being that magnetization breaks up the "clusters"
of water which surround lime and other "foreign" molecules. By
doing so these molecules get the opportunity to crystallize and
be carried along in the water rather than deposit themselves on
the walls of the pipes. Although this explanation has many
proponents it does not fully explain why magnetized water also
dissolves old scale deposits(9-12).
Magnetized water has also been found useful in the treatment of
swimming pool water. Researchers at the University of Cranfield
in the UK recently discovered that they could reduce the amount
of chlorine needed to kill bacteria in a pool by 30 percent by
clamping magnets on the water supply line. Dr. Klaus Kronenberg,
a professor at the California State Polytechnic University, has
found that the use of magnetized swimming pool water essentially
eliminates the deposits formed where the top surface of the
water meets the sides of the pool(13-15).
Researchers at the Medical University of South Carolina recently
reported that cleaning the teeth with water from a magnetized
irrigator can reduce calculus formation by over 60 per cent and
improve overall gum health(16).
Israeli agricultural researchers found that the use of
magnetized water increased farm yields by anywhere from 5 to 20
per cent. Cows drinking magnetized water produced more milk and
were healthier than cows drinking untreated water. Sheep
produced more wool and meat, hens laid more eggs and all farm
animals survived longer when drinking magnetized water
Anecdotal evidence of the health benefits of magnetized water
abounds. Magnetized water is claimed to be energy-building,
activating, cleansing and detoxifying. There are reports of
people resolving bladder problems, recovering quickly from a
stroke, alleviating arthritis pain and reducing blood pressure
by drinking magnetized water. It is perhaps reasonable to assume
that if scientific studies on animals have proven that
magnetized water has health benefits, then it should also be
beneficial to humans. However, so far there have been no
systematic, clinical trials done to prove or disprove the
healing effects of magnetized water in humans.
Revitalizing Our Water
The vitalizing and healing properties of magnetized water are
believed to be intimately tied in with its "memory". Fresh,
"virgin" water from a mountain stream is full of vitality
especially if it has flowed over volcanic rock which is highly
paramagnetic. During its passage through contaminated soil,
miles of iron or plastic pipe, and treatment plants where it is
exposed to toxic chemicals it loses its vitality. By the time it
comes out of the tap it is essentially lifeless. Some
researchers believe that the average city tap water may actually
be harmful, not only because of its content of toxins, but also
because it has developed a polarity which is harmful to our
health. Other researchers suggest that the degradation of our
tap water can bring its vitality lower than the vitality of the
human body, resulting in feeling drained and tired after a
shower or bath.
Fortunately, recent research has shown that it is possible to
regenerate water to its original healthy state by magnetizing
it. It is now clear that water has a very definite structure. A
water molecule consists of two hydrogen atoms and an oxygen
atom. Because of the electron configuration of the molecule the
hydrogen atoms tend to attract other water molecules resulting
in the formation of clusters which can contain anywhere from
four to hundreds of water molecules each. Some very exciting
research done in Hungary has shown that these clusters actually
have a memory and can remember and carry an imprint of the
magnetic energy they have been exposed to either simply from the
earth's magnetic field or through flowing over paramagnetic
rock. It is the fact that this memory is devastated on the way
to the tap which renders our drinking water lifeless.
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