You may be one of the millions of people who know about the seemingly endless powers of magnetic therapy and magnetic jewelery. You may even be one of the lucky ones who own one, two, three of your own pieces of these beautiful pieces of healing art.
The word magnet itself has a claim of origin from a Greek shepherd who was named Magnes, and who it is said, first discovered this rock that could attract iron in a place called Magnesia (now in Turkey).
While the powerful health impacts of magnets on everything from simple aches to chronic pain are becoming more and more widely known, very few know that therapeutic magnets are hardly a new fad.
Exactly who the first people were to use magnets are still disputed. Some say it was the Greeks, others say it was the Chinese. They say Cleopatra slept with a magnet (the Egyptians and Greeks called them Lodestone) on her third eye to keep her skin looking young and that Aristotle and Plato talked of the healing benefits of magnets in their work.
The ancient Hindus in India believed that a dying person should lay with their head pointed north and their feet pointing south to relieve their pain and ease their departure from this life. This was thought to induce magnetic parallelism between the earth and the body and would bring about bring peace, tranquility, and mitigation of pain while leaving the ephemeral world.
It is widely known that the Chinese have used magnets for healing since before 2000 BC – The Yellow Emperor’s Book of Internal Medicine mentions using magnets along with reflexology and acupuncture. All three of which are still used today as initial treatments for many common ailments.
Magnets came to Europe in the early 1500s when a man named Paracelsus, a Swiss physician and alchemist advocated using magnets to energize and the body’s life force to start the healing process, treating everything from inflammation to diarrhea to epilepsy.
During the 18th century A.D., Dr Hahnemann, the founder of Homeopathy, and Dr F.A. Mesmer discovered cures by rubbing a patient’s body with magnets. They directed their efforts in constructing systematic use of magnets in the treatment of human ailments and came up with astounding results.
So you can see that magnetic therapy has gone in and out of favor with medical society ever since the beginning of human civilizations. However, in the last decade, we’ve seen even more amazing studies done on the powerful impact that magnets can have on human health.
Here’s a sample of just some of the areas of scientific research currently being done using magnets that has yielded positive outcomes:
- Arthritis
- Bacteria
- Cancer & Chemotherapy
- Cardiovascular
- Fibromyalgia
- Healing
- Incontinence
- Migrane & Headache
- Multiple Sclerosis
- Osteoporosis
- Parkinson’s Disease
- And recently the FDA approved magnetic treatment for anxiety, depression and sleep problems.
As with any treatment or healing modality, it is important to remember that magnetic jewelry is not intended to be used as a medical device or to replace professionally prescribed medical treatment and you should always consult with your doctor before use.
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Very interesting and very well written! As someone who has worn a magnetic bracelet for over a year, I can personally attest to its efficacy.
Hi Deb! It’s so wonderful that magnetic jewelry has worked for you! Thank you for stopping by…we hope to spread the word and the health!
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