Friends and patients often ask: health product stores, neighborhoods and even roadside stalls of salesmen, they promote magnetic therapy health products, magnetic mattresses, magnetic pillows, magnetic bracelets, magnetic necklaces, etc., said to use can lower blood pressure, improve microcirculation, regulate the nervous system. It is claimed that magnetic therapy health care products are effective for anyone or any disease, and that they can cure disease or prevent disease. Is this true that they are especially suitable for the elderly? We say please use magnetic therapy health products with caution.
I. The history of magnetic healing
During the Spring and Autumn and Warring States period, the famous doctor Bian Magpie used natural magnets to cure diseases. In the Ming Dynasty, Li Shizhen included magnets in the “Compendium of Materia Medica” as a medicine. The relationship between magnetism and health has long been used by people. In modern medical equipment, the application of magnetism is more widespread, there are magnetic therapy glasses, magnetic therapy watch, magnetic therapy instrument and so on.
Second, the health effects of magnetism.
Magnetic therapy (magneto therapy), magnetic field action on the human body to treat disease methods. The magnetic field affects the movement of charged particles, the orientation of the magnetic moment of biological polymers, the permeability of the membrane system, the distribution of body current, etc., so that the physiological and biochemical processes of human tissue cells microscopic changes, thereby promoting blood and lymph circulation, analgesia, swelling and other effects.
Third, non-medical magnetic health care products.
Clinical research has proved that magnetic health care products do have the function of improving certain symptoms, health care and strengthening the body. Nowadays, pharmacies or shopping malls, health care products in the counter of magnetic health products, and has been accepted by consumers, common.
(a) local magnetic health products: magnetic bracelets, magnetic necklaces, magnetic pillows, with kidney essence, calm the liver and Yang, tranquilizing and educational effect, for kidney deficiency, hyperactivity of the liver Yang caused by dizziness, insomnia and dreamy symptoms.
(B) the whole body magnetic health care products: magnetic mattress, magnetic futon, etc., with certain regulation of neural function, sedation, hypotensive effect.
(c) How to view the magnetic health products on the market: Let’s not talk about the authenticity of these magnetic health products. In terms of magnetic therapy itself, it is not effective for all diseases. Although magnetic therapy is effective for the recovery of some diseases, it is not a panacea, and many biological effects and therapeutic effects of magnetic therapy have not been unified and recognized by the medical science community. The magnetic therapy health care products currently on the market have the following characteristics.
1, permanent magnets: most of the materials used in the market for magnetic therapy health products are permanent magnets, the magnetic field strength are larger, even geomagnetic several times.
2, the lack of industry standards and management: at present, the lack of unified management and industry standards for magnetic therapy health products, inferior products are many.
3, commercial misinformation: many magnetic therapy health care devices exist to overstate the efficacy of the phenomenon, many people have a certain misleading effect, thinking that magnetic therapy is effective for any disease, effective for any part.
Four, the relationship between magnetic and human body
(a) human body magnetism: the human body is a conductor; according to the Ampere molecular current hypothesis, there are various ways of weak currents in the human body and the distribution of weak body magnetism.
(ii) electromagnetic balance in the human body: all living things, in the evolutionary process, always live in the geomagnetic environment, the normal geomagnetism so that the human body maintains a good electromagnetic balance, the human body weak human body magnetic, in the inherent environment of the geomagnetic to maintain a certain dynamic balance, the magnetic field around the human body is too large, too small are affecting the electromagnetic balance in the human body.
(C) the magnetic field is too large: long-term life in the vicinity of high voltage, strong current, due to the strong magnetic influence of the outside world, the blood circulation and nervous system susceptible to lesions. If a magnetic storm, the earth’s magnetic chaos, human morbidity and mortality rates are followed by an increase.
(D) the magnetic field is too small: long-term work or life living in high-rise buildings, high-rise walls of steel, blocking electromagnetic waves (magnetic shielding), so that the geomagnetic can not enter the building, the building lost the electromagnetic balance. One of the reasons people who work and live in modern high-rise buildings are prone to disease is the lack of geomagnetism. Old people often say that we should always walk downstairs to “grounding”, is to change this imbalance of the body.
(E) magnetic map and disease: when a part of the human body is diseased, the body current and body magnetism will change. Magnetic therapy is the use of external magnetism to improve the poor distribution of body current and magnetic distribution. The relationship between magnetism and the human body can be illustrated by the magnetogram in modern medicine: for example, the magnetic response of normal human tissue and cancerous tissue are different; the magnetogram of normal heart, brain and muscle is different from the magnetogram when the disease is present.
V. Classification of medical magnetic therapy.
(a) static magnetism: used for acupuncture points and lesions locally (magnetic paste)
(B) Dynamic magnetism: (spin magnetism and pulsating magnetism)
(iii) Constant magnetism: (spleen irradiation – enhance the body’s immune function)
(iii) magnetized water: (health care and improvement of gastrointestinal dysfunction)
(iv) Magnetic acupuncture: commonly used clinically to treat soft tissue injury, superficial hemangioma, breast hyperplasia, neuralgia, side effects after cancer chemotherapy, etc.
Six, the therapeutic effects of medical magnetic therapy
(a) Analgesia.
1.The magnetic field stimulates the nerve reflex and reduces the excitability of peripheral nerves. 2.The magnetic field improves the activity of hydrolytic enzymes of pain-causing substances to hydrolyze or transform the pain-causing substances, so that the pain-causing substances gathered by the mass are eliminated. 3.The magnetic field stimulates acupuncture points, unblocks the meridians and harmonizes the qi and blood. 4.The magnetic field improves the blood electrolyte activity, overcomes inflammatory exudation, and relieves the swollen and compressed nerve endings and analgesia.
(ii) Anti-inflammatory and anti-swelling.
1, the magnetic field can improve the non-specific immunity of the muscle, make the white blood cells active, phagocytosis ability is enhanced; 2, the magnetic field makes the local blood circulation strengthen, tissue permeability improve, facilitate the exudate dissipation, absorption; the above two effects can be on non-biological inflammation (low temperature, high temperature, various toxicity, mechanical trauma) and biological inflammation (bacteria, viruses, parasites) have anti-swelling and anti-inflammatory effect.
(iii), antihypertensive and hypolipidemic.
1, the magnetic field can strengthen the cerebral cortex inhibition process, has a regulatory effect on the vegetative nerves, so that the muscle microcirculation function is strengthened, causing a drop in blood pressure.
2, the magnetic field can make the long hydrocarbon chains of cholesterol into short hydrocarbon chains, forming multi-crystalline centers, decomposing and changing the structure of cholesterol.
3, the magnetic field can make the red blood cells rotate, so that cholesterol can easily settle on the blood vessel wall, which is easy to discharge, and inherent hypolipidemic effect.
(iv), sedation.
Magnetic field on the meridian, nerve, body fluid regulation, can improve the sleep state, promote sleep and prolong sleep time.
(E), tumor suppression.
1, the magnetic field makes excessive tumors (fibroids, lipomas) shrink or disappear; 2, for malignant tumors (digestive tract tumors, lymphoma, liver cancer, kidney cancer) can improve symptoms and inhibit growth.
Seven, the human body with magnetic precautions
(Be careful with magnetic therapy health products. Before using magnetic therapy health products, it is best to seek the advice of a doctor.)
(a), the occurrence of side effects characterized by
1, performance: panic, dizziness, nausea, night sweats, severe headache, affect the development of the fetus, baby (use if found to have adverse reactions, be sure to stop immediately).
2, the time of occurrence: 70% of people within 6 hours after magnetic therapy, part of the magnetic therapy within 2 days after the occurrence.
3.Characteristic: There is no such performance before the magnetic therapy, and the non-therapeutic discomfort occurs during the magnetic therapy, which is not related to the condition; it is reduced or disappears after reducing the dose of magnetic therapy or stopping the magnetic therapy, and then occurs again when the magnetic therapy is carried out again.
4.Side effect duration: it is related to the severity of the reaction, when the discomfort reaction is light, the duration is generally short, mostly within 2 days.
(B), the use of magnetic therapy contraindications.
1, there are physical weakness, neurasthenia patients: after the use of symptoms instead of aggravation, and even severe headache, night sweats.
2, women’s birth control metal, ring shrapnel) is prohibited.
3, maternity: should try not to use magnetic supplies to avoid adverse effects on the development of the fetus, baby.