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Learn some warning signs --
- Karen Kline
Negative ions
After I had been living in the hydrogen sulfide in my condo I
had several health problems, to include wheezing, a prolapse,
pain in my chest from swelling around my sternum, bleeding
gums, sensation abnormalities and balance problems.
One friend in particular wanted me to use a hyperbaric
chamber, so I read up on them and found one particularly
interesting article written by a professional ball team's doctor
or assistant coach, I forget.
The main thing was, and this I do not forget, that after the
team got a hyperbaric chamber to use for injuries and it was
found to be useful, all the team members began using it, sort
of to make things better even though there was no major
problem to start with.
By the end of the season the team had lost all home games
and only won games when they were away.
This caused the person who wrote the article to question the
wisdom of using the hyperbaric chamber as much was it was
being used. The author thought the reason that away games
were won was the absence of use of the hyperbaric chamber.
To explain why he felt and believed as he did, he discussed
how the chamber depleted negative ions.
He said that negative ions are healthy and that we need them.
So, I looked up negative ions and discovered they are
plentiful at the seashore, in mountain pine forests and after
rain storms.
And, it is also true that taking Epsom salts baths releases
negative ions.
My experience verified this when I was staying in a hotel
while the privy pit was being excavated and I used the air
conditioner all the time, putting an imbalance of positive ions
into the hotel room air. I began to feel decidedly less well,
but, if I took an Epsom salt bath I was restored.
I also discovered that a soak in Epsom salts would reduce my
swollen ankles by seventy percent or more.
So when a friend gave me a salt lamp that releases negative
ions I was thrilled.
I used it 24/7 and during the forest fires some years ago and
it kept my room from feeling and smelling smoky. Which was
AMAZING to me.
had several health problems, to include wheezing, a prolapse,
pain in my chest from swelling around my sternum, bleeding
gums, sensation abnormalities and balance problems.
One friend in particular wanted me to use a hyperbaric
chamber, so I read up on them and found one particularly
interesting article written by a professional ball team's doctor
or assistant coach, I forget.
The main thing was, and this I do not forget, that after the
team got a hyperbaric chamber to use for injuries and it was
found to be useful, all the team members began using it, sort
of to make things better even though there was no major
problem to start with.
By the end of the season the team had lost all home games
and only won games when they were away.
This caused the person who wrote the article to question the
wisdom of using the hyperbaric chamber as much was it was
being used. The author thought the reason that away games
were won was the absence of use of the hyperbaric chamber.
To explain why he felt and believed as he did, he discussed
how the chamber depleted negative ions.
He said that negative ions are healthy and that we need them.
So, I looked up negative ions and discovered they are
plentiful at the seashore, in mountain pine forests and after
rain storms.
And, it is also true that taking Epsom salts baths releases
negative ions.
My experience verified this when I was staying in a hotel
while the privy pit was being excavated and I used the air
conditioner all the time, putting an imbalance of positive ions
into the hotel room air. I began to feel decidedly less well,
but, if I took an Epsom salt bath I was restored.
I also discovered that a soak in Epsom salts would reduce my
swollen ankles by seventy percent or more.
So when a friend gave me a salt lamp that releases negative
ions I was thrilled.
I used it 24/7 and during the forest fires some years ago and
it kept my room from feeling and smelling smoky. Which was
AMAZING to me.
Generally speaking --
Computer screens, electrical appliances, air-conditioning, TV
sets, and if you smoke, tobacco, are but a few sources of
overabundant positive ions in our homes that cause bad
moods, weakness and sleeplessness.
In the outside environment positive ions are being discharged
by high voltage networks, heating and cooling plants, radio
and television transmitters, and radar systems among other
things.
Rock salt crystal is known to efficiently emit negative ions
that improve the air quality.
Salt lamps create a microclimate similar to that following a
light spring storm.
Fresh pine forest and seashore air carries around 4000
negative ions per cubic centimeter whereas city air during
rush hour has around 100 to 120 ions per cubic centimeter.
One of the reasons we feel good when we are by a waterfall,
or in a pine forest or at the seashore is the presence of
negative ions in the atmosphere creating a state of well-being.
Negative ions clean the air of:
- · Dust
· Pollen (grass, weed and tree pollen)
· Dust mites
· Animal dander
· Smoke
· Odor
· Mold spores
Negative Ions help relieve symptoms of:
- · Hay fever
· Asthma
· Seasonal affective disorder
· Depression
· Chronic fatigue
More --
Negative ions were originally found to help asthma suffering.
Later it was discovered they effect Serotonin levels in the
bloodstream, stabilize alpha rhythms and positively affect
reactions to sensory stimuli. The attendant greater level of
alertness can translate into improved learning, improved well
being and enhanced performance of mental tasks.
Marian Diamond, a professor of neuroanatomy at the
University of California, Berkeley, found levels of negative
ions to be inversely related to serotonin
levels in the brain. Negative ions suppress serotonin levels in
much the same way that natural sunlight suppresses
melatonin. Hence the invigorating effect of fresh air and
sunshine and the correspondingly depressed feelings
associated with being closed in and dark. If you deplete the
air of negative ions, you experience an increase in serotonin
and its attendant drowsiness and relaxation—not what you
want when mental agility is demanded.
Dr. Albert P. Krueger, microbiologist and experimental
Pathologist, University of California, found that an
astonishingly small quantity of negative ions could kill
bacteria and quickly take them out of the air.
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