Mankind tried to apply magnet as medical means long ago, however scientists received proofs of practical benefit of magnetotherapy only in the middle of the XXth century. It appears that under the influence of magnetic fields permeability of cellular membranes changes, metabolism, taking place in intertissual and intracellular fluids, improves. Magnetic field promotes secretion of opiates (agents similar to opium and morphine) in the muscular tissue, which effects the pain center in the brain, and the neural tissue secretes neuroplasma.

Movement of blood in vessels before and after application of magnets

     

   Blood vessels dilate at the expense of magnetic field, normalizing blood supply and income of oxygen into the tissues. Magnetotherapy is used at neurososes, polyneuritises, trophic ulcers, at soft tissue bruises, fractures, postoperative states, edemas, pain, at skin diseases (neurodermatitis, eczema).