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Medical Magnetic Fields
Just imagine, reaching into the body and healing an imbalance without
touching anything. This is what medical magnetic fields do.
This is the essence of energy medicine. These “waves” are the
future medicine. Magnetic field devices that are even now becoming
available to the public deliver medical fields that are “like a breeze
in the trees”. The branches and leaves are moving but nothing is
seen to be doing it. The body is like air to a magnetic field.
The body is transparent to these fields. This is the magic
potential of medical magnetic fields.
The earth is a giant magnet, the soil and rocks are magnetized and
normally there are strong magnetic fields in the atmosphere. Human
biology, which developed and matures in this natural magnetic
environment, is totally dependent on it. Magnetic fields
have been found by accident over the eons, to help people. Rocks
were reputed to be used by Hippocrates, the Father of Western Medicine,
to relieve headaches. The Chinese wrote about how to use magnetic
stones on acupuncture points in 200 BC. D’Arsonval in France
used pulsed electric magnetic fields in the 1700’s to stimulate the
body. In the 1970’s and 80’s in the west, scientists began to
study the magnetic fields produced by the body itself. This new
field is called bioelectromagnetics. We now know definitively that
the body itself is a large electromagnet. We also know the body
produces electric fields.
Ask any engineer and you will be told that where there is electricity
there is a magnetic field. You will also be told that when a
magnet moves past an object capable of reacting electrically, you will
generate electricity. The opposite is also true. When an
object capable of reacting electrically is moved past a magnet,
electricity will also be generated. What this means is that when
the body, which is very magnetically active, interacts with specific
medically designed magnetic fields, tiny therapeutically beneficial
electric charges are generated.
What does mean to you? It means that you will see magnetic fields that
are energy medicine, being used more and more in the future to heal
problems that medicines can’t or haven’t been able to do.
Most medicines are used to relieve symptoms but don’t remove or heal
the cause of the problem. They don’t help the tissues heal
themselves. Most medicines were developed to deal with problems
far along in their course. They can be very effective at this
stage but often carry significant risks. Doctors and consumers
must continuously weigh the potential risks and benefits. The
risks of these medicines are greater than the benefits for preventing
problems or when the problems are very early in their development.
If this is so, what alternatives do we have?
Let’s take an example. When you have a skin infection, and
damage has already been done to the tissues, antibiotics will typically
be prescribed to halt the spread of the bacteria. The antibiotics
don’t heal the infection; they only stop the bacteria from multiplying
further and doing more damage. The infection has progressed
because the body wasn’t able to handle it completely by itself.
When the bacteria stop growing the body then has a fighting chance to
heal the tissues and kill the remaining bacteria. What does
medicine do to help the body to heal? Most of the time, nothing.
The doctor relies on the body doing the rest of the job by itself.
What can you do to speed recovery and assure better repair?
Traditionally, herbals, vitamins and minerals, rest, good nutrition and
moist heat will help. Also, now medical magnetic fields can
be used.
Medical magnetic fields have been found in extensive research in Europe,
in humans and all kinds of animal species, to have many positive actions
in the body. The medical magnetic fields work by stimulating the
acupuncture system, the immune system of the body, improving circulation
and oxygen levels in tissues, relaxing muscles, stimulating tissue
healing, healing fractures and strengthening bones faster, decreasing
nerve irritability, removing swelling, decreasing clotting and improving
cell metabolism. Some very strong medical magnetic fields
can actually stimulate muscles and nerves – used for incontinence,
rebuilding muscles, nerves and depression.
How can something do all these seemingly different actions? The primary
reason is because medical magnetic fields affect the movement of calcium
ions and nitric oxide, recently awarded the title of the molecule of the
decade. Calcium is not just in bones. It is involved in a
large number of cellular chemical processes that are impaired tissue
injuries. There are many other actions, too numerous to list
here.
What kinds of medical magnetic fields can people use to get these
benefits? Medical magnetic fields are produced by both permanent
(static) magnets and pulsed electromagnetic fields (PEMF’s).
There have been many popular stories about permanent magnets and many
are now available commercially – from various wraps, mattresses, shoe
inserts, bracelets, pads and so on. Important distinctions among
them are how much of the body they cover, the true strength of the
magnet, the configuration of the field, flexibility and usefulness and
length of time to be used. Some have more research available
on them than others. These magnets have to be stronger than the
earth’s field. Since the field drops off in strength very
rapidly, consideration has to be given to the strength of the magnet and
the depth in the body of the tissue to be treated.
PEMFs are produced by special machines that generate specific
electromagnetic signals found to have beneficial medical effects.
Important distinctions among them are how much of the body they cover,
the strength of the field(s), the configuration of the field,
flexibility and usefulness, length of time to be used, frequencies and
waveform. PEMFs can produce actions in the body even with
fields that are much weaker than the earth. Actions of PEMFs can
be expected to happen faster than with static magnets. These
wave-like or resonance fields act like “throwing pebbles in a pond”.
The action continues long after the field is removed. These fields
were the first ones to be approved by the FDA in the 1980’s. The
first were for healing fractures that didn’t unite after 6 months.
New ones are used to stimulate muscles and nerves. Others are very
high frequency and have been used to decrease pain, swelling and heal
wounds.
Static magnets and PEMFs can be used together. Since PEMFs are
used for short durations, 8 to 30 minutes typically, additional benefit
may be obtained by using static magnets in between PEMF sessions.
Clearly static magnets shouldn’t be used at the same time as a PEMF
session.
Medical magnetic fields are very safe. Even the strongest magnetic
fields, generated by MRI machines, have been found to be safe, except
for very limited circumstances. Do not use medical magnetic
fields, except under expert advice, when people have implanted
electrical devices, like pacemakers and defibrillators. They are
not advised to be used in pregnancy either, since safety has not been
conclusively established.
To summarize, more and more medical care will include medical magnetic
fields in all sorts of applications to heal the body. They will be
used in conjunction with conventional medicine and other complementary
health techniques. Many medical magnetic fields will be able to be
applied by people themselves with or without direction or order by a
physician or other practitioner. This is possible today
because more and more information about this new technology and more
equipment are becoming readily available at affordable prices.
An example of one of the leading pulsed magnetic field consumer products
in the industry is the Quantron Resonance System. For information
on this device please go to www.quantronmedicine.com.
Note: all results and medical claims on this website originate from the
research and experience of European doctors and patients.
As yet, no medical claims are made or implied concerning use or
application in the United States.
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