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Magnetic Jewelry: An Overview and Introduction Part 1

By: Kurt Schmitt

Magnetic jewelry is an all-encompassing term for jewelry items that provide magnetic therapy. They can be made from either man-made or natural magnetic stones. They may also be synthetic versions of natural stones that are magnetized.

Magnetite is a natural stone with magnetic properties, and is often used in the better magnetic jewelry. It is very difficult to demagnetize this stone. Magnetic jewelry also may be made of magnetized hematite, or man-made magnets may be used as well. Much of the hematite jewelry offered for sale, both magnetic and non-magnetic, is actually synthetic.

With respect to the man-made magnets, they are typically mounted in the metal magnetic jewelry. Natural or synthetic stone magnets, on the other hand, are polished to a luster and cut to varying shapes, such as barrel, diamond cut, or hexagon.

A warning about the mounted magnets is that they can come loose over time and fall out. Whatever the type, the purpose behind all magnetic jewelry is to produce a magnetic field. This provides magnetic therapy to the area of the body closest to where it is worn.

Magnetic jewelry is becoming increasingly popular in the US, and is reported to have more than 120 million users worldwide. It has been common practice for many years in some areas of the world to use magnets for healing purposes. The medical benefits of magnets have been touted since the days of ancient Greece, when Hypocrites reportedly used the magnetic rock lodestone to treat sterility.

Magnetic jewelry can be made into necklaces, anklets, and bracelets, necklaces, and rings. Although you can use it to relieve pain in many parts of the body, do not buy a magnetic bracelet and expect it to take away your back pain. Magnetic jewelry is also made into rings for treating pain in the fingers and hands.

Magnetic jewelry is not intended to be sold as a medical device. There are a number of theories on how it works, and it is sometimes claimed to enhance blood flow by affecting charged ions in the blood, or block pain signals.

When people stop by our booth and see our jewelry, many times they'll ask us how magnets heal. The correct answer, of course is that they do not heal. They allow the body to heal itself.

Research has shown that magnets have a positive effect on living tissue. In fact, electromagnetic fields are used to speed healing of joint, muscle, and bone, and static magnets have been used to help heal wounds.

Some scientific research may indicate that magnets increase the production of endorphins. Endorphins are the body's natural pain killers. This may be why a Vanderbilt researcher said that it can be as effective as a shot of morphine.

Magnetic jewelry has been reported by users to have many benefits, including professional athletes and celebrities. Although not intended to be sold as a medical device, magnetic jewelry is becoming increasingly popular as an alternative therapy for aches and pains.

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