Researching the Effects Negative Ions Studies Conducted in Japan Many doctors and researchers in Japan have been studying the effects of negative ions. According to them, an insufficient number of negative ions in our environment results in suppressed immune, nervous, and digestive function, eventually leading to a variety of illnesses. Some doctors in Japan even treat their patients using a medical device that produces natural (not artificially produced) negative ions, with successful results. Below are some of the research results on the effects of negative ions In 1975, Nanzandoh Medical Clinic in Japan published some astonishing results from their research on negative ion therapy, finding it effective in the treatment of high blood pressure, rheumatoid arthritis, gout, tinnitus (ringing of the ears), as well as for various disorders of the nervous, respiratory, and digestive systems, thyroid gland, and skin. It was also found to speed recovery from illness and slow ageing processes. A clinic near Ueyamada Hot Spring in Shinshu, Japan, treated Alzheimer's patients with negative ion therapy, and more than half were cured of the disease, recovering on their own with no further treatment! Following this, a medical team at Shinshu University also found that negative ions work to heal damaged cells in mice. Dr. Tomoh Tsubushi, a medical professor at Tokyo Metropolitan University and sports medicine specialist, has closely followed negative ion research. In 1997, he concluded from his own studies that when negative ion therapy was applied after exercise, it quickly normalized blood pressure, reduced serum serotonin levels, and accelerated recovery time from exhaustion. In 2000, his paper on the beneficial effects of negative ions on the human body was published in Shuki no Kenkyu, a Japanese scientific journal. According to research conducted by Shiseido, the world renowned Japanese cosmetics company, inhaling air containing 3,200 positive ions per cubic centimetre for 20 minutes resulted in thirst, loss of voice, and nasal congestion due to elevated serum serotonin levels. In contrast, inhaling negative ions for 10 minutes stabilized brain waves, resulting in a sense of calmness. In the group that inhaled negative ions, hardly any serotonin was detected in blood or urine samples. (Negative ions cause the body to convert excess serotonin - the antagonist for most of the problems - into a harmless chemical compound). Studies Conducted in the U.S. and Other Counties The following is excerpted from an article by Guy Cramer, entitled "Advanced Research on Atmospheric Ions and Respiratory Problems" - (Certified Medinex Website, Sept. 2, 1996) A doctor treating burn victims with negative ion generators found that those patients who also had respiratory problems - chronic bronchitis or asthma - all reported that negative ion therapy helped them breathe more easily. With these findings the doctor started research into the effects of ions on respiratory ills. This research was carried out at the North Eastern Hospital, at the University of Pennsylvania's Graduate Hospital, and the Frankford Hospital in Philadelphia. He found 63% of patients suffering from hay fever or bronchial asthma 'have experienced partial or total relief' because of negative ion therapy. One hospital doctor who worked on the project said later, 'They come in sneezing, eyes watering, nose itching, worn out from lack of sleep, so miserable they can hardly walk. Fifteen minutes in front of the negative ion machine and they feel so much better they don't even want to leave.' The U.S. experimenters Windsor and Becket gave sixteen volunteers overdoses of positive ions for just 20 minutes at a time and all of them developed dry throats, husky voices, headaches, and itchy or obstructed noses. Five of the volunteers were tested for total breathing capacity, and it was found that a positive ion overdose reduced that capacity by 30 percent. Exposed to negative ions for ten minutes, the volunteers' maximum breathing capacity was unaffected. What is significant here is that negative ions did not affect the amount of air breathed, but positive ions made breathing more difficult. In Britain, two Oxford University statisticians conducted a study among 100 victims of asthma, bronchitis, and hay fever chosen at random from a list of people who had purchased negative ion generators in the hope that it would help their problems. In the end their report was based on interviews with only 74 of the 100. They found that 18 of 24 asthmatics; 13 of 17 bronchitis sufferers; 11 of 12 hay fever victims; and 6 of 10 people afflicted with nasal catarrh reported that negative ion generators had noticeably improved their condition. A few claimed the generator had cured them. Brazilian Hospitals have commonly used ionizing devices for the treatment of breathing problems, including allergies, following a test involving 36 children with asthmatic allergies. All of them had consistent and in some cases crippling problems before taking negative ion therapy; during the treatment only one of them suffered an allergy attack and afterwards all were reportedly cured, at least to the point that they no longer suffered problems so long as they took part in occasional negative ion therapy sessions. In 1966 at a hospital in Jerusalem, doctors performed a series of tests on 38 infants between two and twelve months old. All suffered to about the same degree from respiratory problems. They were divided into two groups of nineteen, one kept as a control group in a ward without any ion charge and the other where a negative ion generator was in use. The researchers reported that negative ions without any other treatment - that is, no drugs - seemed to cure attacks of asthma and bronchitis more quickly than drugs, antibiotics included. They also observed that there were none of the 'adverse side effects' frequently found when treating such children with drugs. They concluded that the children treated with negative ions were less prone to 'rebound attacks' (relapses). As to objectivity, the scientific report said that the tests 'demonstrated that the atmospheric ions have an effect on infants, especially those suffering from asthmatic bronchitis.' Less scientifically, they found that babies didn't cry as often and as loudly when they were breathing negative ions as they did in normal air. And there is nothing subjective about a bawling baby." More on FIR What exactly is infrared, or radiant heat? No need to worry - it has nothing to do with either ultraviolet radiation (which gives you a sunburn and damages your skin) or atomic radiation (the kind from a nuclear bomb). Radiant heat is simply a form of energy that heats objects directly through a process called conversion, without having to heat the air in between. Radiant heat is also called infrared energy (IR). Our sun is the principal source of radiant energy that we enjoy daily (some more so than others). Far-Infrared Rays (FIR) & Negative Ions For over half a century, experts have studied the relationship between ions and health. And they have all agreed that in this day and age, our health is greatly influenced by the quantity and quality of ions, which saturate our environment. A.D. Moore (a professor at Michigan University), a world renown authority in the ongoing study of ions, wrote that the control of ion quantity in the air can induce good effects on the human body, and that the intake of ion-saturated air can be helpful in curing patients. Thus, it has become common knowledge among scientists today that the ion (especially the anion) is an integral factor in health improvement and sustenance, and the best source for anions is FIR. Among the many ions that constantly float in the surrounding air, the very light negative ion is one of the most active. This activity of negative ions (bio-energy) is the core of better and more healthy living. What Are Far-Infrared Rays? Infrared radiation accounts for over half of the energy emitted by the sun. The remaining energy is emitted in the form of visible light. Infrared radiation comprises wavelengths from 1 millimetre to the longest wavelength of visible light, from 5.6 microns to 14 microns wavelength. This range, also known as radiant heat; was discovered by the English astronomer Sir William Herschel in 1800. Herschel found, by putting a thermometer at various points in a prismatic spectrum, that ordinary light transmits some heat but that the effect is even more marked beyond the red end of the spectrum (Far-Infrared). Infrared radiation is readily absorbed by many kinds of matter and is thus effective in warming the substances on which it falls. Because it is more penetrating than visible light, such radiation lends itself to many kinds of practical application, one of which is drying. Traits of Far-Infrared Rays Far-infrared rays have three basic characteristics. Radiation Radiation refers to the aspect of FIR (or any wavelength of light in general) in which energy (heat energy in this case) is emitted in the form of particles and waves, transmitted, and absorbed by matter. This ability to exist as both particle and wave is called electromagnetism, manifested in FIR as well as all other spectra of light. Other types of light, such as microwaves, travel as heat energy. However, in order for FIR to have a heating effect they must hit matter and reflect off its surface. This phenomenon is responsible for the cold temperatures at high altitudes. On mountain peaks, for example, surface area decreases greatly, and there is less matter for infrared rays to reflect from, or for "resonant absorption". Thus heat is not emitted. Deep-Reaching Effects Ordinary heat (or lack of heat) does not affect our internal bodily organs or functions because they lack the ability to deep-reach. Our average body temperature of 36.5 Celsius is not affected to any substantial extent by fluctuating environmental conditions. Even extreme conditions such as the -42 Celsius environment of Alaska or the 50 Celsius water of a hot tub do not cause our internal body temperature to approach either - 42 Celsius or 50 Celsius. Unlike environmental temperature conditions, or even visible light rays or close- infrared rays, FIR rays have the ability to penetrate deeply (up to 1.5 inches) and permeate thoroughly into the hypodermic layer of a person's skin. Thus, it is possible to revitalize human cells and tissue by warming the body from the inside. Again, this warming is made possible by the heat energy transfer of the far- infrared radiation (previously discussed). Resonance & Absorption An organic compound is any molecule whose backbone structure is made of carbon atoms, hence being also called a carbon compound. The compounds of carbon constitute the central chemicals of all living things on this planet. Carbon compounds include deoxyribonucleic acids (DNA's). These giant molecules contain the genetic information for all living species. Carbon compounds make up the proteins of our hair and blood, muscle, and skin. Together with oxygen in the air we breathe, carbon compounds in our diets furnish the energy that sustains life. Not only are we composed largely of organic compounds, we are derived from and nourished by them, we also live in the age of organic compounds. The clothing we wear, whether a natural substance such as wool or cotton or a synthetic such as nylon or polyester, is made up of carbon atoms. Many of the materials that go into houses that shelter us are organic. The gasoline that propels our cars, the rubber of their tires, and the plastic of their interiors are all organic. Most of the medicines that help us cure diseases and relieve suffering are organic. Organic pesticides help us eliminate many of the agents that spread diseases in both plants and animals. Organic chemicals are also factors in some of our most serious problems. Many of the organic chemicals introduced into the environment have had consequences far beyond those originally intended. A number of insecticides, widely used for many years, have now been banned because they harm many species other than insects and they pose a danger to humans. Organic compounds called polychlorobiphenyla (PCB's) are responsible for pollution of the Hudson River that may take years to reverse. Organic compounds used as propellants for aerosols have been banned because they threatened to destroy the ozone layer of the outer atmosphere, a layer that protects us from extremely harmful radiation. Thus for good or bad, organic compounds are associated with nearly every aspect of our lives. What Is The Human Body's Chemistry Chemical analysis of a living hair would indicate the presence of only several specific elements -- carbon, oxygen, hydrogen, potassium, calcium, nitrogen, and sodium -- along with some trace elements that are present in minute amounts. Our body requires two essential ingredients for the synthesis of any carbon compound -- water and carbon. And the important component of the synthesized carbon compound is protein. Thus the majority of our body consists of water and protein. Plants are the only organisms that can synthesize proteins. True, humans and other animals contain lots of protein, but it is not synthesized by them but taken in from other sources. The only way we can obtain the necessary protein is through a diet of plants and animals, which eat the protein-manufacturing plants. According to results from infrared spectroscopy organic compounds tend to absorb rays of wavelengths in the 6-12mm range, the same as the Far-Infrared Hair dryer. Thus it is logical to claim that our bodies have spent their lives absorbing mostly FIR of similar wavelengths. Consequently, in the "FIR" (Far-Infrared) hair dryer's utilization of FIR, it is important to know the conditions needed and the mechanisms used to synthesize organic compounds through bonding reactions between water, carbon, and the other necessary elements. It is also important to know the optimum wavelengths which our body's organic compounds absorb, so that our bodies may synthesize the required organic materials for a healthier body and healthier hair. Conclusion "FIR", although we can not see them are not only beneficial, but are also necessary for all living things. America, Japan and some European countries realized this long ago. As a result, they are 20 years ahead in the use of far-infrared emitting products. We are just now starting to catch-up as more and more far-infrared products are being approved by FDA, UL, etc. Some examples are Far-Infrared Saunas, Far- Infrared Treatment Lamps, Far-Infrared wraps, Far-Infrared clothing, Far-Infrared ovens, and a variety of Far-Infrared Treatments are ongoing in clinical studies. There have been promising results in the treatment of arthritis, soft-tissue healing, cancer, and sterilization. Message Us   |  disclaimer  |  privacy  |  terms  |    © JK Schmidt Jewellers  2010