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to applied to the electromagnetic spectrum. Electromagnetic energy in living systems will be reviewed. | will explore several types of electromedical modalities. applied to the electromagnetic spectrum. a valid treatment modality has met with derision and Electromagnetic energy in living systems will be — scepticism from practitioners and laypeople alike. But reviewed. | will explore several types of electromedical electromagnetic fields are successfully used for modalities. diagnostic purposes, with the understanding that living organisms are energy-based. If all sorts of electrical, Electromedicine's Successful Track Record thermal and magnetic devices (as well as the acoustic- Healing with electromedicine is not new. From _ based ultrasound) are used for testing, why can't they electricity (lightning) and static electricity (friction) to just as easily be used for healing? magnetism (lodestone), from the Sun (for its far-infrared As might be expected, the pharmaceutical industry and ultraviolet radiation) to visible light (for its has taken advantage of people's ignorance and different-coloured wavelengths), humans have used __ resistance to any modality that seems new and strange, electromedicine for healing since ancient times. The for if the benefits and track record of electromedical therapies were first based on natural phenomena, but devices were widely publicised, drug companies would about the early 1800s electrical current began to be lose billions of dollars each year. There is little effort by harnessed—first for providing light and then for mainstream media to educate consumers, since they meeting more sophisticated needs, such as telegraphing depend on considerable revenues from the advertising messages over long distances and running machines in of drugs. factories. By the 1900s, electrical power was common in Unlike drugs, each of which can be used only one time the home as well as the workplace. by one person and for just one or two conditions, the Given the healing properties many electromedicine of many forms of energy, it did modalities that have emerged in not take long before numerous the last century electronic devices invented for Modern electromedicine ¢ are non-invasive; medical treatments were ong 9 0 ¢ support the body's innate considered mainstream. In practitioners will recognise ability to heal, instead of Electrotherapy and Light Therapy some of these devices substituting for its natural with Essentials of Hydrotherapy and functions; Mechanotherapy (1949), Richard as forerunners of those ° are fairly easy to use, by Kovacs describes an impressive used today... laypeople as well as professionals; ¢ can be utilised over the course of a lifetime (since they address many conditions); array of electronic equipment, most of which had already been in use for half a century. This equipment utilised alternating current, direct current, low frequencies, high ¢ can be used with more than one person; requencies, static electricity, diathermy, infrared rays, ¢ are relatively inexpensive, considering their range ultraviolet rays and_ ultrasonics. Modern and scope. electromedicine practitioners will recognise some of How and why do electromedical devices work? hese devices as forerunners of those used today—if not Whether one is a health care provider or a seeker of machines still being used, since some devices have not _ health services, understanding the science behind changed much in 100 years. This equipment included electromedicine can make the difference between Georges Lakhovsky's Multiple Wave Oscillator, Violet discerning good vibrations from bad. The best place to Ray technology (which utilised Nikola Tesla's coil), start is with a discussion of the electromagnetic (EM) Edgar Cayce's Wet Cell, and Dr John Harvey Kellogg's — spectrum and its related component, sound. Electric Light Cabinet. The conditions treated were virtually unlimited: muscular aches and pains, skin The Electromagnetic Spectrum and Sound conditions, gynaecological problems, some heart —* EM Spectrum Defined by Its Particles and Their Effects conditions, respiratory ailments, gastrointestinal The electromagnetic spectrum (or EM spectrum, disorders, acute and chronic infections, and — sometimes also called EM waves) is the term used for degenerative diseases. many different energy oscillations that comprise our Given the wide applications of such equipment over known universe. As shown on the chart of the EM half a century ago, what seems remarkable is not so spectrum (figure | [not reproduced here]), these different much the abundance and range of devices but, rather, oscillations with different characteristics range from the the resistance to electromedicine today. Of course, the — slower-moving, lower-energy electrons of electrical invalidation of electromedical therapies by the medical current to the faster-moving, higher-energy photons of mainstream—and laws passed to suppress the use of _ visible light and other waves. such devices—drove these modalities out of the It's common to think of the various EM energy bands public's immediate consciousness. Electromedicine as as unrelated phenomena that are separate from each practitioners will recognise some of these devices rays The Electromagnetic Spectrum and Sound * EM Spectrum Defined by Its Particles and Their Effects The electromagnetic spectrum (or EM spectrum, sometimes also called EM waves) is the term used for many different energy oscillations that comprise our known universe. As shown on the chart of the EM spectrum (figure | [not reproduced here}), these different oscillations with different characteristics range from the slower-moving, lower-energy electrons of electrical current to the faster-moving, higher-energy photons of visible light and other waves. It's common to think of the various EM energy bands as unrelated phenomena that are separate from each 26 * NEXUS JUNE - JULY 2010 Modern electromedicine as forerunners of those used today... www.nexusmagazine.com