Okay, I admit it, I’m a recent convert to ‘grounding’ technology, not because my dear old hippy dad convinced me, but because it genuinely works.
What is Earthing or Grounding?
It’s simple really. In our quest to sterilise everything in our immediate vicinity, to take every precaution against dirty nature, we have cut ourselves off from a rich source of helpful ions.
We are naturally conductive creatures, hence the need to protect ourselves from the dangers of electrocution. More than 67% of our bodies are made up of electrolyte infused water. Every cell can pass a weak electric signal to the next through that solution in a matter of milliseconds.
To maintain that conductivity, we keep well hydrated and absorb essential nutrients and minerals from our diets. Without these critical salts, our conductivity declines, and ill health sets in.
Why?
Every body, even healthy ones, can become inflamed. Often it is the result of illness, injury or stress of some sort. For example, if you get a bacterial infection, the body’s response is to identify a foreign particle in the system which activates your immune system. That tends to be in the form of releasing hormones like histamine which dilates the blood vessels so that more blood cells can rush in and fight the infection. Those immune cells also stimulate extra fluid production, especially in the mucosal linings, to help flush away viruses and bacteria. That in turn often makes the areas red, warm to the touch and swollen.
Histamine and another hormone, bradykinin also irritate the nerves in that region, triggering pain receptors. Those messages to the brain inform you that an area hurts, prompting you to protect it from further injury.
In most cases, short term inflammation occurs just long enough to see off the injury or disease, but there are occasions when this inflammatory response fails the body it is trying to protect. Chronic conditions such as rheumatoid arthritis, where many joints throughout the body are permanently inflamed or Psoriasis, a chronic skin complaint, occur…