Does electromagnetic therapy meet an equivalent counterpart within the organism?

Abstract

This review bundles all available new information about intrinsic electrical phenomena in many types of cells (also non-neural) and tissues and shows that exogenously applied electric fields (as DC -EF, EMF or pulsed electromagnetic fields PEMF) can couple to the endogenous electrical phenomena of the body. These endogenous fields are generated ubiquitously in all tissues via cellular ion pumps and transporters and these ion gradients can be transferred by gap junctions. Such electric phenomena can now be monitored in living cells and tissues by electro-sensitive markers. Observations are now available from early embryonic development on to wound healing and regeneration within the adult organism. Based on these grounds we demonstrate that endogenous electric fields act directly on classical pathways of molecular and cell biology. Adequately applied frequencies and pulsing from outside can couple to these endogenous fields or to the receptors of classical biochemical pathways and manifest in positive "reprogramming" of tissue functions. In sum, this new analytical approach to the bodies´ own electrical information processes opens up new avenues for adequate EMF and PEMF therapy.

The Double-Aspect of Life

“…In fact, successful treatment with external EMFs is possible. This includes, e.g., wound healing and osteogenic differentiation, as well as bone growth and regeneration [ 39 ]. In this context, one must mention the concern coming from this knowledge, as we are surrounded by many different EMFs, some of which are detrimental to our health.…”

“…In either case, we learn about influences of non-molecular origin having effects on molecular aspects of cells. Electromagnetic fields external to the organism have measurable effects on life, too, and therefore belong to the environment of cells and organisms [ 39 , 40 , 48 ]. Whether all effects coming from external fields of the non-biological or the biological environment act via photoreceptors or via resonance from external onto internal fields still needs our shared attention and therefore research.…”