This remedy for rheumatism was already used in China a thousand years ago. Nowadays, having been brought into discredit by the mass marketing of more or less reliable appliances, magnetic waves are nonetheless sitll used for the treatment of chronic pain and sports injuris. It has also been observed that they helped bone to grow again, avoiding pins and transplants when the edges of a fracture are too far apart. This technique, approved by the FDA (Food and Drug Administration), in the USA as early as 1979, is unfortunately not used in hospitals in France. Perhaps because it is not fully understood how this very weak signal can work and our Cartesian minds are suspicious of "miracles". Apparently, all living tissues are stimulated by internal electric currents. In the case of an open fracture with torn nerves, the current cannot pass. Supplying it from external sources would thus stimulate bone growth.

Magnetic waves could also cause vasodilation which favours circulation in the small vessels, in turn bringing about better oxygenation and reducing inflammation. They would have the same type of effect on the lymph vessels, which could activate the immune defence system and the elimination of toxins.

A report commissioned by the American National Institute of Health lists positive clinical trials for the following indications : chronic and postoperative pain, arthritis, osteoporosis, healing of wounds, swelling, inflammation. It also describes hopes to be confirmed in reinforcing the immune system and the regeneration of nerves. In France magnetic stimulation is established in one indication : severe depression resistant to medicinal products. It is used to treat this without the side effects of electric shock treatment. A European project is currently evaluation the different cerebral stimulation techniques for this indication : magnetic and electric, superficial and deep. [...]