An attempt for balanced popular-scientific explanation of the History, Bio-chemistry & Usefulness of Ion-Detox machines.

For many years, in articles and comments on alternative and complementary treatment, many people passionately support and admire this topic, while in skeptic and supposedly scientific issues it is criticized and ridiculed. While the present article may seem advertising, much more important is that it fills the deficiency of more scientific and balanced information on the topic, besides in a short and comprehensive manner, and can help people in looking for a healthier life.

Although some of the praises are naive and comic, discredit the topic and repel potential patients, most users honestly describe their good result. But most critics are either in response of the wrong claims, or they are just groundless and tendentious, from people that haven't tried it honestly, or didn't ever try it. Never the less, there is truth in both opinions – as usually in a dispute. Namely – many people can have benefit, some of them significant, but usually not much, and sometimes dangerous side effects are possible.

Fair authors admit that the rusty-brown color is from the decay of the iron electrode, and that only nuances of the color are possible, depending on the patient's condition.

The examination of these devices, several years ago, leaded to the definite conclusion that they should be done in quite a different way.

Several facts were determined, as follows:

--The healthy body tissues are neutral or slightly alkaline, with more negative ("–") ions. An ill tissue usually has more "+" ions, it is more acid, sour. Many toxic and harmful for the human body substances are in the form of "+" ions in the bodily tissues too.

--Ion-detox systems are started initially as a clinical development, in search for more successful treatment of cancer. The idea is to make a water bath, rich of negative ions; in the beginning - for the whole body. Through the skin pores and Ion-channels in the cell-membranes, they will attract and suck out of the body the "unhealthy" positive ions. As a very cheep and easy to produce option, the iron oxide (rust) ions in the water are used. They are negative, strongly oxidizing. However rust ions are very active chemically and quickly react, or make complexes with water molecules and hydroxyl ions, which quickly reduce the "-" ions' quantity. There are also metal, compound, and other ions, which are strongly "+", so the entire effectiveness is not high.

--Another good side is that most other ions in the water excite various ion fluxes inside the body, which stimulate many organs and processes. Similar good effect appears from the small electric voltages around the array in the water.

--The main electric current is only inside the iron array, in order to decay it to rust. This is the reason of the rusty-brown color of the water – there is no rust in the human body! The wrist electrode is polarizing - it must be positive, to stimulate the stream of the "ill" "+" ions from the body to the basin. There are wrong claims for it, like sensing patient presence.

--A bad side is that with such high concentration most of these heavy ions penetrate trough the pores and harm the body. Sometimes severe allergic reactions are possible.

--It is not important, even not useful to know the change or existence of particular elements or compounds in the water. Most of them can be either harmful, useful or neutral, depending on the condition of the patient and many other factors.

--Many iron compounds, with different colors are possible in aqueous solutions. Their concentration depends on the electro-chemistry and physical and mental condition of the patient. This explains the color nuances of the rusty water.

--Due to this low efficiency, and because of the strong pressure from the commercialized mainstream cancer "treatment", this research is abandoned. In reduced form, as foot-bath only, it became popular, because it's cheap and easy to use from everyone, including at home.

It is completely incomprehensible, why producers / traders do not learn and explain these simple facts, but many of them keep spreading the ignorant nonsense that the rust in the bath is because of the sucked from the patient toxins, etc?!

Another fact to be considered – already exist a different type similar instrument, avoiding most of the mentioned shortcomings. It uses clean water (hydroxyl ions) and active electro-pulsing, therefore is more effective by design, without adverse effects and much better looking.

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