Grounding: Contact with the Earth

Grounding: Contact with the Earth

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Changes in pulse rate, respiratory rate, blood oxygenation, perfusion index, skin conductance, and their variability induced during and after grounding human subjects for 40 minutes have been observed.

Pubmed Data : J Altern Complement Med. 2010 Jan ;16(1):81-7. PMID: 20064020
Article Published Date : Jan 01, 2010
Study Type : Human Study
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Therapeutic Actions : Grounding: Contact with the Earth : CK(44) : AC(8)

Earthing the human body influences physiologic processes.

Pubmed Data : J Altern Complement Med. 2011 Apr;17(4):301-8. Epub 2011 Apr 6. PMID: 21469913
Article Published Date : Apr 01, 2011
Study Type : Human Study
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Diseases : Hyperglycemia : CK(2892) : AC(59)
Therapeutic Actions : Grounding: Contact with the Earth : CK(44) : AC(8)
Pharmacological Actions : Hypoglycemic Agents : CK(563) : AC(156)

Grounding the body to the earth has a therapeutic effect on delayed-onset muscle soreness.

Pubmed Data : J Altern Complement Med. 2010 Mar;16(3):265-73. PMID: 20192911
Article Published Date : Mar 01, 2010
Study Type : Human Study
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Diseases : Muscle Soreness : CK(25) : AC(5), Muscle Soreness: Exercise-Induced : CK(114) : AC(13)
Therapeutic Actions : Grounding: Contact with the Earth : CK(44) : AC(8)

Grounding the human body during sleep lowers and resynchronizes cortisol levels

Pubmed Data : J Altern Complement Med. 2004 Oct;10(5):767-76. PMID: 15650465
Article Published Date : Oct 01, 2004
Study Type : Human Study
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Diseases : Anxiety Disorders : CK(659) : AC(82), Cortisol: High : CK(841) : AC(60), Insomnia : CK(471) : AC(56), Stress : CK(434) : AC(60)
Therapeutic Actions : Grounding: Contact with the Earth : CK(44) : AC(8)

Contact with the earth may have therapeutic properties, e.g. anti-inflammatory.

Pubmed Data : J Bodyw Mov Ther. 2009 Jul;13(3):215-28. Epub 2008 Jul 30. PMID: 19524846
Article Published Date : Jul 01, 2009
Study Type : Review
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Diseases : Inflammation : CK(1077) : AC(363)
Therapeutic Actions : Grounding: Contact with the Earth : CK(44) : AC(8)

Earthing has positive neuromodulative properties.

Pubmed Data : Med Hypotheses. 2011 Aug 17. Epub 2011 Aug 17. PMID: 21856083
Article Published Date : Aug 17, 2011
Study Type : Review
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Therapeutic Actions : Grounding: Contact with the Earth : CK(44) : AC(8)

Earthing may be a simple and easily accessed global modality of significant clinical importance.

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Pubmed Data : J Environ Public Health. 2012 ;2012:291541. Epub 2012 Jan 12. PMID: 22291721
Article Published Date : Jan 01, 2012
Study Type : Review
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Therapeutic Actions : Grounding: Contact with the Earth : CK(44) : AC(8)

Electrons from the surface of the Earth may have an antioxidant property in the human body when in contact to the ground.

Pubmed Data : J Altern Complement Med. 2007 Nov;13(9):955-67. PMID: 18047442
Article Published Date : Nov 01, 2007
Study Type : Commentary
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Diseases : Inflammation : CK(1077) : AC(363), Oxidative Stress : CK(1945) : AC(710)
Therapeutic Actions : Grounding: Contact with the Earth : CK(44) : AC(8)
Pharmacological Actions : Anti-Inflammatory Agents : CK(1230) : AC(433), Antioxidants : CK(3653) : AC(1318)

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