Conventional Medicine uses electrical equipment to generate EMF's that influence the the natural electrical currents of the body to promote healing.
Magnetic therapy practitioners claim magnets can also do this.
Practitioners use devices such as magnetic wrist bands and beds to treat illness.
Magnetic therapy is very popular in Japan and eastern Europe.
The use of magnets can be traced to ancient Greeks, Egyptian and Chinese doctors.
It was said that Cleopatra wore a magnet on her head to retain her beauty.
Modern magnetic therapy can be traced to Viennese physician Franz Anton Mesmer.
Magnetic therapy is also known as magnetotherapy or biomagnetic therapy.
According to magnetic therapy practitioners iron atoms in the red corpuscles of the blood respond to magnetism.
When a magnet is placed on the patients body blood flow through the area is enhanced.
This is claimed to improve the supply of oxygen to cells, stimulate the metabolism and help in the elimination of waste products.
A large variety of products such as straps, mattresses, shoe insoles, pillows and car seat covers are available.
Super magnets are supposed to emit a higher magnetic force and should be placed on specific parts of the body often over lymph nodes or acupuncture points.
There are also devices that emit pulsating fields at specific frequencies aimed at certain areas of body tissue.
People who have a pacemaker or are pregnant should avoid magnetic therapy.
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