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Magnetic Bracelet “Water is valuable as a medical agent, but its efficiency consists, not in the element itself, but in its subservience as a handmaid of electricity. Electricity is the queen of medicine: water merely a pool in which she bathes her feet.” You may not be blessed with a magnetic personality, but scientists have proved that your electro-magnetic body’s osteoarthritic pain in hips and knee’s can be lessened by wearing magnetic bracelets. So you knew that already! But it’s good to have the scientific establishment confirm what you have already maybe experienced, because the wearing of magnetic bracelets has had its fair share of pooh-poohing over the years. Again, the 3rd millennium’s arena of Vibrational Medicine is catching up with the wisdom of the ancients. Did you know that ‘magnets’ or ‘Magnesia’, later called magnesia stone (magnes lapis) was first discovered in Asia Minor. The phenomenal characteristics of the ‘magnet’ mystified the ancients. The stones were believed by many to be ‘magical’.2 Many centuries later: "Happily for suffering humanity ... the therapeutic values of the electrical discoveries of Galvani, Faraday, Cross and others have been tested in the universities and hospitals in England, France and Germany. Galvanism, electro-magnetism and other forms of electricity, are now extensively employed in the best institutions of the old world...with the most flattering results."3 You, as an electro-magnetic body, are obviously more than the sum total of your parts. Scientists who do not acknowledge the existence of the Divine would arguably perhaps state that the ability of ‘hands on’ healers to heal is simply an interaction between two electro-magnetic bodies’ fields, wheresoever arguably the force of the healer’s ‘battery’ comes from. The use of magnetic medicine is by no stretch of the imagination new. It is not surprising that practitioners and makers of ‘magnetic medicines’ re-appeared in our modern world before the 19th century. Many of the 19th century magnetic medicines, for example, ointments, pills, potions and machines were registered with the US patents Office. Among many others, Dr. Batdorf’s Magnetic Rheumatic Syrup 1882 and Professor Low’s Magnetic Liniment used since 1865! 4 Now UK researchers have shown that the anecdotal benefits of magnetic medicine reported in the past stand up to scrutiny. However, analysts from the Peninsula Medical School, Plymouth, Devon, UK, just like the ancients, could not explain the magnetic bracelet effect. Wow! They are catching on. It is reported that some doctors suggest that an imbalance in the body’s magnetic field can lead to pain and disease, and that an electric current produced by magnetic bracelets somehow improves circulation. The objective of the research might be thought to have been to discredit the value of magnetic bracelets, but, put their way, it was because they wanted to establish if there was any evidence for the claims made and they didn’t want the public to waste money on devices that didn’t work. They think magnetic bracelets at between £30-50.00 are inexpensive and ‘safe’, that people with osteoarthritis might want to consider wearing them as part of their self-help regime. They also found that the magnetic strength of the bracelet worn matters to the end result and recommend that more research is required. Whatever, the research proved that pain from osteoarthritis of the hip and knee decreases when wearing magnetic bracelets, though they deem it uncertain whether this response may in some way be due to placebo effects.5 The medical establishment has emphasized that the benefits of wearing ‘magnetic bracelets’ are ‘in addition’ to existing treatments, which should not be suddenly stopped without medical consultation. ‘Arthritis Care’ is said to be unwilling to endorse the wearing of magnetic bracelets as yet, though they would ‘welcome a more robust and expansive trial of this treatment as a means of providing firm evidential grounds for optimism.’ It is to be hoped that for the public’s sake that further research will be forthcoming and is not just ‘on a promise’, nor the current research a ‘one-off’ flash in the pan. So there you have it. Wearing a magnetic bracelet may not increase your ‘animal magnetism’ for the opposite sex, but as a harmless form of adornment it may well help osteoarthritic sufferers decrease their pain. Besides, taking painkillers such as paracetamol costs at least £20 a year and may cause side effects. Doctors and the NHS may be very glad if magnetic bracelets work for the majority, because there are 760,000 people in the UK suffering from osteoarthritis, making 3,000,000 visits a year to GPs for the condition.6 If you are a sufferer and did not know what you wanted for a Christmas or New Year’s present, be pragmatic, give wearing a magnetic bracelet a whirl!
COMMENT: Caution should be exercised in the use of magnetic medicine for children. In 1996, Korean researchers from case reports found: “…two cases of gastrointestinal complication caused by ingested magnetic beads. Because of the magnetic property, the steel beads, components of bracelets or necklaces worn for naturalistic healing power, have caused perforations, fistula formation, and obstruction. The authors believe the public should be warned of the health hazard of such devices.”7 References: 1. BBC Online News 17.12.2004 2. “The Attraction of Magnetic Medicines” article and references by Digger Odell - http://www.bottlebooks.com/magnetic.htm 3. Ibid. Dr. Edward B Foote M.D. – Plain Home Talk And Medical Common Sense. 4. Ibid. Dr. Batdorf's Magnetic Rheumatic Syrup, Jacob C. Batdorf- Grand Rapids, Mich. registered 1882 and Prof. Low’s Magnetic Liniment (since 1865) registered 1877. 5. ‘Randomized controlled trial of magnetic bracelets for relieving pain in osteoarthritis of the hip and knee.’ Harlow T, et al. College Surgery, Cullompton, Devon, UK. British Medical Journal 2004 December 18;329(7480):1450-4. 6. ‘Magnetic pain relief bracelets ‘really work’ by Jenny Hope, Medical Correspondent – Daily Mail, 17th December 2004. 7. ‘Mischievous magnets: unexpected health hazard in children.’ Lee SK, et al. Department of Surgery, Samsung Medical Centre, Seoul, Korea. J Pedaitr Surg. 1996 Dec;31(12):1694-5.
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