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Ten Key Points about Medicinal Bracelets

1. Medicinal bracelets offer an attractive, simple, easy-to-use kind of natural medicine. They also can

teach us much about deeper patterns of physiology and nutrition.

2. The bracelets can be composed of various minerals. But in practice, to avoid overdosing of trace

elements, they tend to contain copper and sometimes zinc or, less often, iron. The principles governing

bracelets also apply to other kinds of jewelry, but here also one needs to steer clear of overdosing. In

South Asia silver anklets actually may be implicated in substituting silver for copper in ceruloplasmin,

which is essential to iron utilization, thereby causing iron-deficiency anemia. Putting copper and zinc

on the side facing the skin could overcome this.

3. In biochemical terms, a 90% copper and 10% zinc bracelet works as a passive iontophoresis device

wherein the zinc as the sacrificial anode is deposited by the copper cathode onto the skin in an

electrochemical reaction that in turn tends to open the skin to absorb the metals (inevitably copper is

also deposited).

4. In biophysical terms, a copper bracelet creates an electric field that includes a magnetic component.

This source of energy on the wrist appears to stimulate blood cells and affects the energy flow and

fields of the body. The effects of the electrochemistry can be enhanced by designing the bracelet to be

an unbroken ring (for stronger copper conductivity), by providing a source of electrical energy, and by

adding magnets, which in particular stimulate the red blood cells.

5. Given a state of deficiency, a source of energy, and the supply of a much-needed nutrient, the

bracelets can induce a form of Transdermal Micronutrition (TDM), a primitive response from our

distant ancestors who relied entirely on the skin for food intake. The anchoring of the body to a

continuous, assured supply of nutrition seems in some cases to provoke a shift from a medusa-like

stage to a polyp-like one, with a consequent healing response and sense of well-being.

6. Observers have suggested many explanations of the mechanisms of action of the bracelets, including

the skeptics’ view that all effects are imagined or are a placebo response. Given the complexity of the

situation in which the bracelets work, including all the vagaries of electrochemistry, passage of the skin,

and the individual’s condition, it seems likely that several effects work together to convey the results,

which go well beyond what the skeptics argue.

7. Indications include arthritis, particularly in the finger joints of elderly people with potential zinc

deficiency. An elderly woman with twisted, gnarled fingers wore a copper-zinc bracelet for 18 days

without effect; on the 19th day, her pain disappeared and she could wiggle her fingers for the first time

in years. A retired engineer with Essential Tremor wore a copper bracelet with magnets for a week

when his wife remarked: “Your hands are not shaking”. He reported that the bracelet reduced his

tremor by 80% except that under stress the effect was only about 33%.

8. Other promising indications include as prophylaxis (by substitution) against environmental toxic

substances, as a treatment of depression (with zinc stimulating the production of serotonin), in

combatting Hidden Hunger for micronutrients in craving for food and drugs, and with iron as a

treatment of iron-deficiency anemia, though rust can irritate and stain the skin as well as staining

clothing.

9. The bracelets leave green copper on the skin that needs to be washed away with soap and water.

People with contact dermatitis should generally not wear the bracelets. And the bracelets are

provisionally counterindicated in Alzheimer’s, though this has never been carefully studied. In general,

the bracelets have very few side effects.

10. A few clinical trials have shown generally positive effects of the bracelets, and case studies suggest

various indications. But much more research is needed on this frontier of science.

For detailed information, see www.scientiapress.com/medicinal-effects-of-copper-bracelets

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