For those of you who might be interested in learning a little more about LifeWave patches and how they work I thought I would pass on this information supplied by the company this week.
I received the information in an email as I have used a number of the patches and found them to be quite helpful, particularly the energy enhancer, glutathione (Y-Age), and Silents Nights products. I'm not suggesting by any means these products will cure chronic fatigue syndrome, fibromyalgia, multiple chemical sensitivity, autism, or any other environmental illness....but in my own experience they can certainly provide an effective means of drug-free symptom relief and improvements in well-being and daily functioning.
LifeWave patches purportedly work on the principles of Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) - specifically the system of energy meridians said to carry Qi (life force/energy) around the body. In essence the patches work in the same way as acupuncture - but are obviously more practical to use.
There has been much debate over whether energy meridians actually exist and whether TCM is effective so LifeWave has provided links to a number of scientific studies appearing to demonstrate using modern technology that these meridians are real.
I'll let you make up your own minds and please feel free to comment on the subject below:
Information Provided by LifeWave
There are various articles proving the existence of meridian channels throughout the body, and some of this evidence has been documented for over fifteen years. We thought you could benefit from the research that validates the existence of meridians - and learn what ancient Chinese medicine has known about for thousands of years!
Here is a brief summary of some notable research articles. The abstracts for these articles can be found on www.PubMed.gov, a resource website provided by the United States National Library of Medicine and the National Institutes of Health.
In a 1993 study from the Fujian Institute of TCM, researchers used infrared imaging to map meridian channels over the surface of the body. Sampling the infrared signals of "isoenergy" radiated from the body surface, results showed that "594 lines of radiant track have been recorded, [and] their courses coincided or basically coincided with that of the classical Fourteen Meridians" (Hu X, Wu B, Wang P. [Displaying of meridian courses travelling over human body surface under natural conditions] Zhen Ci Yan Jiu. 1993;18(2):83-89).
Click here to read the abstract: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/8070048
In a related study, the same researchers found that of 164 recorded infrared radiant tracks, approximately 40% travelled down the midline of the back and generally coincided with the Governing Vessel meridian and Urinary Bladder meridian. Also, the intensity of radiation varied within the region (Hu X, Wu B, Wang P. [Displaying of the infrared radiant track along meridians on the back of human body] Zhen Ci Yan Jiu. 1993;18(2):89, 90-93).
Click here to read the abstract: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/8070049
In a 2005 summary article, researchers analyzed 29 studies that used various methods to detect the biophysical characteristics of meridians. The results clearly showed that "meridians and acupoints objectively exist" (Tu Y, Wei Y. [Advances of studies on the biophysical characteristics of channels and acupoints] Zhongguo Zhen Jiu. 2005 Nov;25(11):817-819).
Click the link to read the abstract: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16335213
In a 2007 study using infrared thermal imaging, researchers observed for the first time the "time dependent evolution of the infrared radiant tracks" along the meridian channels. This gives clear evidence that the radiant energy of each meridian changes over time and offer new possibilities in the evaluation of meridians and their acupoints (Chen L, Hu X, Li H, et al. [Appearance of human meridian-like structure and acupoints and its time correlation by infrared imaging] American Journal of Chinese Medicine. 2007;35(2):231-240).
Click here to read the abstract: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17436364
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First the Good news: My many years of experience with Homeopathics has caused me to have great faith in Homeopathic medicine. When I first started taking YAge Glutathione with the additional Carnocine patches I did experience some beneficial results. My sleep improved which was a huge bonus for me as I find getting a good night's sleep these days almost impossible. Beyond that I can't say I had any other tangible results. I allowed my faith in the technology to believe that anything else I was experiencing my have been sub-clinical, slow and gradual and so was not noticeable.
Now the bad news: My faith in Homeopathic medicine blinded my good judgment. After using the products for over a year I started to develop pain in the region of my liver. It became very uncomfortable, so much so I thought I may be developing cancer. My family's history is one of cancer. I didn't think of a second that the products could be causing me issues. I thought it was my age (I am in my 50's). After having the Barium enema and associated multiple ex-rays and blood testing every thing came up negative. Thank God. Bu then it occurred to me the only other thing in my life that had changed in over a year were the patches. So I stopped applying them and the pain slowly went away over the course of about a month. Very interesting and very disappointing. Three months prior to this cancer scare I also developed a could soar that just would not go away. I still have it today (6 months now as of July 2010). Usually they go away in a week or so on their own with some lip balm. I have discovered and use Abreva. It's great stuff. It clears it up BUT then 2 days later the cold soar comes back!! AND what makes things worse now is I have a herpes outbreak on my genitals for the first time in over ten flipin years!! So what kind of an imbalance in my immune system has this caused? Or should the question be, "What kind of damage has this done to me??" Needless to say I am I am disappointed and scared to imagine what else my happen to me and brewing inside of me as a result of Lifewave's product.
Other items of interest have occurred along the way as well. there was one month where I was getting none of the sleep benefits I had come to expect.
With all this I have come to the understanding Lifewave has quality control issues they are not aware of. I also ask myself the question, "What kind of research and clinical trials of any validity and real statistical significance did they conduct, if any when it comes to possible side effects from the use of these patches?"
I was willing to market these patches on my website if they panned out. Good thing I like to test drive everything I promote to others. I'd definitely feel like a dork if people ran into the issues I have.
I would contact these guys and inform then of my results but I am certain all I will get is denial. I have been down that road many times before. It is the corporate mantra, denial, denial, denial. After all, there are executive lifestyles and millions of dollars at stake.