There is no specific research that looked at this question directly that I know of. But according to Dr. Nordenstrom’s work, negative charge does attract water and since inflammation is associated with accumulation of water in the tissues, I thought it was likely that there would be a relationship. That was the realization that brought me to make up my Anti-Inflammation Electro-Acupuncture (AIEAC) treatment. And lo and behold, it worked! The question can best be answered when looking at treatment of an inflamed Achilles tendon or an inflamed meniscus or similar problem where you are needling directly into the inflamed tissue. In this case, if there wasn’t excess negative charge, just needling the point that way should make the problem worse, not better. This is an example of how doing a Chinese needling technique is not appropriate. Here the free electrons on the skin will add to the negative charge of the tissues and increase the inflammation. You could also be doing more damage. But needling into the inflamed tissue and then sucking the extra charge out of the tissues will cause an anti-inflammation effect. I have done this many times over the years and it worked every time. Doing it the way I teach, you will usually get initial pain relief from release of endorphins and then 2 or 3 hours later (but sometimes not until the next day) as the inflammation actually goes down you will get additional pain relief. So the fact that my technique works proves the proposition. Otherwise you could expect it to get worse by starting a degenerative process. But that is not what happens. And if it doesn’t work, you can assume it is not inflamed at all but a degenerating process or is torn or broken and you need to change your diagnosis and treatment approach. And I have developed an electro-acupuncture technique to treat partially torn tendons, etc. that also works. Again based on Dr. Nordenstrom’s work. So being an electrical engineer has proved to be very useful in my chosen profession. I explain how to do both techniques in my book.
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