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Introduction.
Pulsed electronic therapy creates one or more electromagnetic fields around a part of the body. This is achieved by sending a signal through a tube containing quartz in a saline solution. The current of this signal is in nanoamps - very subtle indeed (in fact, the same level as the natural physiology of the body). There is no direct contact between the patient and an electrode, so no electricity is passed directly into your body. However, as with any electromagnetic field, a small current is induced by the sheer fact of part of the body being in an electromagnetic field.
Let's look at what happens when the human body is placed in such an electromagnetic field. Firstly, it must be borne in mind that the effect varies depending on where the electrodes are placed, and what frequency is used.
There are two bands of signals, aimed at two types of treatment, together with some general benefits of electromagnetic stimulation :-
A. Firstly, signals aimed at treating a segment of the body, in which case although we are trying to be scientific, we must acknowledge an area as corresponding to a chakra. For example, the middle horizontal segment across the body that includes the diaphragm, also includes the kidneys, adrenal glands, liver, spleen and pancreas. For the time being we will have to assume that a chakra is some sort of electromagnetic centre for a segment of the body. Let's refer to this as chakra-treatment for reference purposes throughout the rest of this article.
B. Secondly, there are signals purely for anti-inflammatory or growth purposes, and therefore would only be used on a particular part of the body itself - an inflamed piece of tissue, an under-active or over-active organ, or a damaged piece of tissue such as a fracture or torn muscle. This type of treatment is usually used to address a particular physical problem, and can be compared to the ultrasound signals that a physiotherapist might use, albeit lower frequencies. This treatment will be referred to as direct-tissue treatment.
C. General side-effects of electromagnetic immersion are the ionisation of certain molecules. For example, oxygen ionisation is increased, resulting in the more efficient absorption of oxygen into the blood and then into cells2. We also know that calcium molecules are ionised - this is the basic principle that underlies the use of magnetic bands and straps to aid arthritic pain. Ionised calcium appears to flow in the blood more efficiently, and is much less prone to clogging at various points - for example, joints (in the case of osteo-arthritis) and in delicate places such as the mitral valve of the heart, now in 2002 accepted as one of the major contributors to heart disease. Even minor improvements can occur - I have had a number of patients report a huge (i.e. almost 100%) reduction in the build-up of tartar on their teeth by their dental hygienists.
So let's look at what is happening when we put these particular electromagnetic fields around parts of the body. Most of the research quoted below has been undertaken on the direct-tissue type of treatment, so let's take direct-tissue treatment first :-
A. Direct-tissue treatment.
1. Low-frequency treatment (0-100 Hertz).
Low frequencies remove inflammation in an area. This is at least because they are known to stimulate the lymphatic drainage system, draining away the build up of fluids that are causing the swelling4 (including the toxic by-products of the damaged cells in the site), also including the histamines present as part of the inflammation - these will also have diluted the blood vessels. However, this does not totally explain why cancer tumours have been reduced in size without spreading the cancer to the lymph system itself. This could be something to do with the alternating square wave having a similar effect to square waves directly applied to the skin by a direct microcurrent device that I came across, which claims to kill parasites and cure cancer. These usually operate at the 15Hz level. Certainly, I have personally reduced TWO such tumours, one oesophageal and one laryngeal, prior to the patients starting any conventional treatment, both measured by before and after scans in hospital. There are documented cases of other therapists achieving the same dramatic reductions using the same pulsed electronic treatment.
Lower frequencies are occasionally used to slow-down organs. For example, when dealing with auto-immune diseases, I sometimes slow the immune system down by treating the thymus gland with an anti-inflammatory treatment, as a more severe quick hit than treating the 'chakra' around the heart segment, which includes the thymus. This treatment, whilst I can't explain scientifically, certainly has shown improvements in the dozens of cases where I have used it - whether treating multiple sclerosis (R&R), rheumatoid arthritis, eczema etc.
2. Higher-frequency treatment (30-50KHz).
These frequencies are used to stimulate tissue growth.
i). Firstly, let's look at bone in particular :-
We DO know that electrical stimulation has shown to be the body's natural method of commencement of fracture repair6.
Dr Robert O. Becker found in his research5 that a small natural electrical current passes through a bone in the first few days of repair, whilst the blood-clot and blastema are formed. The current actually reverses during the callus and ossification stages, and is then switched off automatically when sufficient cells have been formed. In non-union fractures, these currents don't get started, but obviously can be stimulated artificially. However, there are other side-effects of the electromagnetic fields that benefit the healing process. This has been shown to accelerate recovery by up to FIVE times :
"Dr May Soon Abdullah, senior registrar in rheumatology at St Thomas' Hospital, London, says that the healing process can be up to fives times as fast as with physiotherapy. "I have had incredible results with these machines," she says. "This is not New Age quackery. There is no denying the importance of crystals as a healing tool." " 1
Damaged tissue impedes the body's own flow of electrons, so the electromagnetic re-alignment of the body's cells will accelerate the body's own repair, even without any other artificial stimulation. We also know that increased current flow can stimulate chondrocytes in the damaged area7-9, and that increased current flow can stimulate mobility and functional capacity of fibroblasts in the damaged area5. In fact, the fibroblasts (which produce the proteins needed for repair) congregate by, and line up along, the lines of current flow.
ii). Secondly, let's look at other tissue.
The repairing capabilities described above not only apply to bone, but appear to apply to any living cells. I have personally seen this on surface injuries many many times - I have an optical unit that puts out visible light-range frequencies as opposed to the lower frequencies put out by the pulsed-field machines. It is quite amazing to see a bleeding scar dry up in front of your very eyes, with perfect new skin grown within days3.
There is also evidence that electrical stimulation improves the receptor sites of a damaged cell such that their sensitivity to growth factor B is increased. This results in an improved intake of this repairing molecule into the damaged cell..
These higher frequencies are also used for problems such as releasing trapped nerves, as in carpel tunnel syndrome or in sciatic pain caused by a damaged, worn or prolapsed disc. I haven't yet explained this one - but, anecdotally, it certainly works !
Putting a higher frequency signal into an organ appears to accelerate the activity of that organ. Just as I use a strong anti-inflammatory signal as a braking mechanism on an organ (the example above was the thymus gland in the immune system) I use a strong booster signal to achieve the opposite effect. The most common of these is the thyroid - I have treated many under-active thyroids by using these signals. Another example is diabetes. In this situation, I use this treatment only with careful discussion with the patient, as a pancreas that suddenly starts to work usually works erratically, and maintaining control over sugar levels can be difficult. An example would be May 2002. Mr N came to see me, having been a non-insulin-dependant diabetic sufferer for years. His problem was that his condition was worsening - in fact his sugar level had not dropped below 13 for two weeks. I used the highest frequencies available on his pancreas. That evening, (after the first treatment that afternoon) I received this email:-
"Dear Alan,
I can't believe that after one treatment this afternnon, my blood/sugar
levels have gone down to 8.7 (from 14.4 this morning). Long may it continue
to decrease, or even stay at this level.
It hasn't been this low for ages - it's a miracle. I don't even feel so
tired after a hard days work.
Thank you, thank you - I look forward to seeing you on Thursday at 1.00pm.
Kindest regards
A…… N……"
B. Chakra treatment.
The original reason for writing this article was to use available research and knowledge on electronics and the body to provide an alternative and credible explanation to the 'chakras and crystals' story, which is very 'New Age' but hardly believable by qualified (conventional) medical practitioners.
However, trying to explain how, by treating a neck, I can release the clawed-hands of someone who has suffered from rheumatoid arthritis for years is difficult using only the accepted visible parts of anatomy and physiology that are taught at university. Equally, it is difficult to explain how, by treating the solar plexus (and not specifically the liver) I can de-toxify someone. But these things have happened, and many other cases like them.
The best explanation I can offer is that the seven main chakras are actually electromagnetic fields. Certainly, when I am scanning, I use a signal through the body which increases or decreases as the body's own fields increase and decrease. There is no trickery in this, it is totally objective and can be shown to any sceptic. I have only had ONE case (in over 2000 scans) where I could not see what was causing a problem - however, none of the top consultants in the country could find anything with this patient either. I liken the scanning to throwing a tin of paint over an invisible man. We can see the paint, and therefore what is underneath. Similarly, when we put a particular signal through the body, we can scan it and see where it varies from the norm. This shows where there is a problem in the body. It is never wrong! I can only explain this as being a measurement (indirectly) of the electromagnetic fields in the body. Where an electromagnetic field is lower than 'the norm', then underneath we will find either an under-active organ (for example, an under-active pancreas) or something that is physiologically damaged (for example, a torn muscle). Where an electromagnetic field is higher than the norm, then underneath we will find inflammation, cancer, or an over-active organ.
So far, we can take that as a given as it can be reproduced every time, even to any sceptic.
However, the issue is - when we treat the area that showed as a difference from the norm, what exactly are we changing? I can only assume that we are changing the state of the electromagnetic field that we have just seen. But the bit that sceptics will find hard to believe is that, as we change the electromagnetic field we change the tissue or organ underneath. So there must be a two-way relationship between solid tissues and electromagnetic fields. Tissue puts out, and therefore affects, an electromagnetic field. But a change in the electromagnetic field changes what is going on underneath, probably by changing the body's electrical current that is passing through the tissues.
However, the next dilemma is this - I can change the state of an electromagnetic field not directly over a particular organ (based on the philosophy of the chakras), and still
Affect the way that organ works.
For example, upon detecting an under-active liver, I can treat the solar plexus by speeding it up. The liver will correspondingly accelerate, and the patient will de-tox. Similarly, a 'frozen shoulder' can be released by treating the throat chakra, rather than, say, doing an anti-inflammatory treatment on the shoulder itself.
This would offer the suggestion, then, that the chakras are electromagnetic fields, possibly around major centres of electrical activity. They are affected by, and affect, the physical areas within their sphere of influence, probably via electrical currents. The logical connection would then be that the meridians treated by acupuncturists are in fact the flows of electrical current though pathways of individual cells all over the body.
So maybe this is the explanation of the ancient chakras and meridians - they are actually electrical currents and the electrical fields associated with them.
BUT - they are affected by, and can affect, the health of the body more than modern conventional medicine acknowledges.
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