INTRODUCTION

Biomagnetic therapy is an alternative form of healing that has been in existence for over 100,000 years (1). The ?AncientGreeks discovered the very first natural magnet in the form of the lodestone, and Hippocrates, the father of medicine, noted it?s healing powers?

Unlike the United States, Japan, China, India, Austria, and Germany all are advanced in the field of magnetic therapy. (2). The United States does, though, use magnets in complex machines to help better understand the body and brain, such as Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI), which uses magnetic fields to formulate 3-D images of the brain, and electroncephalogreaphs (EEG), which look at the electrical activity of the brain. But, as for biomagnetic therapy being used as a form of healing, the medical field is not yet completely convinced of its success. As time goes by though, ?More and more American studies, however, are confirming the value of magnetic therapy?

Source : http://www.vanderbilt.edu/AnS/psychology/health_psychology/biomagnetic_therapy.htm