[Jewelry making - Article 00059] - Re: [Orchid] Predjudice against copper materials?

[Lee Einer]

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    OK, I can weigh in on this one, having been involved professionally
    with the issues of low-level electrical current and bone healing. 

    First, the theory behind this is that bone is peizo-electric, much
    as quartz is, and that stress applied to bone generates electrical
    microcurrents which trigger a cascade of biological events resulting
    in the proliferation of osteoblasts. Now, to trigger that electrical
    current, you need not just a piece of metal, like copper, but a
    metal which serves as  a conductor for electrical current, which in
    turn generates a magnetic field of sufficient magnitude that it
    induces an electrical current at the site of the non-healing
    fracture, presumably a micro-current which mimics the current
    created by stress on the bone. This requires not a  static magnetic
    field, but a dynamic field, possibly overlaid over a static magnetic
    field, just as you would find in an alternator or generator.  Again,
    the idea is to induct an electrical microcurrent at the fracture
    site at a frequency and magnitude which stimulates the formation of
    osteoblasts. In order to get the job done at a specific site, both
    the magnitude and the shape of the magnetic field must be
    considered. 

    If you think that your good-luck copper bracelet is going to get
    this done, you are probably overly optimistic- it has taken many
    phenomenal scientific minds many years to find the amplitudes and
    frequencies of electrical and magnetic fields which demonstratably
    stimulate bone healing. 

Lee Einer
Dos Manos Jewelry
http://www.dosmanosjewelry.com


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