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There is no question that magnetic therapy - properly done - is beneficial to maintaining health, because it works on animals such as horses, with whom it has a long established history of success. There being no Dr. Doolittle who can persuade the animals that magnetic therapy does or should work, the question of the placebo effect is permanently put aside.

Of the more than three decades I shod horses for part of my living, over 15 of those years were spent in orthopedic farriery - that is, relieving crippling conditions in order to return horses to come version of comfort and usefulness. It was then that I learned about magnet therapy and saw its effectiveness. Horse or human, a body is a body, and when we applied the magnets to the proper areas, we saw results. The horses were not persuaded that the magnets relieved their pain and stiffness; they only knew that they felt better and showed it in their actions and movements.

As I write this, I am wearing magnets - a large "rattlesnake egg" type in one pocket that works nicely to relieve pain and stiffness in that area, and several groups of magnets at my jaw joint area to relieve TMJ, which I have had for about 25 years, since a filly reared and kneed my jaw, dislocating it. Another horse did it about a month ago, and I've been wearing the magnets ever since; and will until the soft tissues stabilize enough to hold the jaw bone in place again, in a few more weeks.

For anyone who wonders if I just apply the magnets and hope, the answer is 'no'. I've tried leaving them off several times but within a few minutes, the pain was back, so I reapplied them and will leave them for awhile before I try doing without again. Besides, I can feel a distinct difference in both jaw position and in the jaw's staying in position with the magnets in place vs. not having them on.

As for scientific data on whether or not they work - everything in the universe has an electromagnetic signature, so of course that includes humans. Moreover, acupuncture has over 4,000 YEARS of history as to its effectiveness, and I have almost 6 years' training in Chinese acupuncture. Magnets applied over acupuncture points have notable effectiveness, I have found.

The Chinese are by no means so stupid or stubborn as to "try" to prove a discipline's effectiveness if it didn't show considerable efficacy. Any problem with regard to how acupuncture or magnets work come from the monumental ignorance and arrogance of Western "science" and "medicine", whose practitioners try continually to prove they are the only ones with the Keys to Truth. They aren't.

Since acupuncture points exist for tonifying the body, thus maintaining and encouraging health, to apply magnets to these points can be expected to produce improvements in health. The degree seen will vary according to each individual, since other factors can enter in; especially toxicity in the liver, but there are points that can be used to help the body detoxify the liver, too.

The only people who refuse to recognize the beneficial nature of magnetic therapy are those whose minds are already made up, and don't want to be confused by facts.

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