Effects of exposure to electromagnetic potential pulsed at the Schumann fundamental frequency on patients with chronic fatigue syndrome

Original Internist, Sept, 2003 by Guy E. Abraham, Christine L. Fagan, Peter B. Himmel

Abstract

Objectives: The main objective of this study was to test R. O. Becker's postulate that electromagnetic (EM) pollution plays an important role in chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS).

Design: A total of 19 CFS patients, 14 with complaints of allergies, were recruited from a private practice and underwent an open trial of exposure for 12 weeks to a device called EM potential shield. This electronic device has been previously tested in patients with EM sensitivity and found to reverse symptoms of EM pollution. The following parameters were evaluated before starting the study and biweekly thereafter: overall well-being, pain, fatigue, brain fog, cognitive impact, physical impact, Romberg test, and tandem walking.

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Results: Three different designs of the EM potential shield were tested for a duration of 4 weeks each consecutively and with continuous exposure. By 12 weeks of exposure, all the parameters evaluated were significantly improved above baseline value. The scores for overall well-being correlated best with the scores for brain fog, fatigue and cognitive impact, suggesting an important cognitive aspect of this syndrome. Out of four CFS patients who were totally disabled prior to intervention, all four had part-time work by the end of the study. All 14 CFS patients with allergies noticed a significant amelioration of symptoms with less need for allergy medications, at the end of the study.

Conclusion: The results support Becker's postulate that EM pollution plays an important role in CFS and offer a new technology for the management of this problem.

Introduction

A new syndrome associated with evidence of Epstein-Barr virus infection was reported in 1985, characterized by persistent illness with complaints of chronic fatigue, sore throat, tender lymph nodes, mild fever, inability to concentrate, depression and headache. (1) Allergies were present in 22 of 23 adult patients evaluated. Neurological symptoms were also observed in some patients. After Epstein-Barr and numerous other viruses were ruled out as the sole etiology, the term chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) was coined and other symptomatologies covering the psychoneuro-endocrino-immunologic systems were added to the list of CFS symptoms. (2-4) A prevalence of up to 0.3% has been reported in the general population (5) and 1% in nurses. (6) The CDC has recently established criteria for the diagnosis of CFS. (7) Various treatment modalities have been tested, based on postulated etiologies: viral infection, immune abnormalities, metabolic dysfunction due to stress, and neuropsychiatric disturbances. (2-7)

Concurrent with reports describing CFS, another new syndrome with similar symptomatology to CFS was also reported, caused by exposure to manmade electromagnetic (EM) fields. (8-11) Allergy was a prominent features (8) similar to observation in CFS. The diagnosis was confirmed by exposing the patient to EM fields at different frequencies until the offending frequencies were found. The treatment consisted of exposing the patient to "neutralizing" EM frequencies. This new syndrome was called electrical sensitivity, (8) electrical hypersensitivity, (9) electromagnetic field sensitivity, (10) and electromagnetic hypersensitivity. (11) In this report, it will be called EM Sensitivity (EMS).

R. O. Becker has suggested that CFS symptomatology may be due to EM pollution. (11) If Becker's postulate is valid, one would expect treatment modalities effective in EMS to be also effective in CFS. Among the devices available for neutralizing the harmful effects of EM pollution, the most promising one is the "potential shield," an emitter of EM potential pulsed at the Schumann fundamental frequency of 7.83 Hz. (12) The concept of a potential shield against EM pollution evolved over the last 20 years from the synthesis of two discoveries: the importance of the Schumann fundamental as a pacemaker for synchronization of biological rhythms and the biological importance of the EM potentials as a mechanism of cellular communication. (12) The Schumann resonances, also called earth-ionosphere cavity resonances, are the naturally occurring low amplitude, low frequency EM spectrum predicted by W. O. Schumann 50 years ago and observed around the world over the last 40 years. (13) They are due to a ringing effect in the earth-ionosphere cavity of worldwide lightning which occurs 100 times every second. The wave length of the fundamental is roughly equal to the circumference of the earth. Human and animal brains will lock on the Schumann fundamental frequency in preference to higher and lower frequencies and use it as an external pacemaker for synchronization of biological rhythms. (14-20) The Schumann fundamental frequency has the most widespread coherence in certain parts of the brain and is implicated in orienting attention, memory processing, motivation, and coordination. (17) Studies in humans have shown the Schumann fundamental to be beneficial and to give a sense of well-being. (14-16) Several studies of healers reveal that during the few seconds when the healer is transmitting healing energy, his (or her) brain waves centered around 7-8 Hz, and the brain waves of the healer and patient became frequency and phase synchronized. In one study during the healing session, the healer's brain waves became both frequency and phase synchronized with the Schumann's fundamental 7.8 Hz of the earth-ionosphere cavity. (18-20)

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Effects of exposure to electromagnetic potential pulsed at the Schumann fundamental frequency on patients with chronic fatigue syndrome

Original Internist, Sept, 2003 by Guy E. Abraham, Christine L. Fagan, Peter B. Himmel

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