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. 2017 Oct 1;29(5):308-312.
doi: 10.1089/acu.2017.1253.

Biomagnetic Pair Therapy and Typhoid Fever: A Pilot Study

Bryan L Frank  1
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Biomagnetic Pair Therapy and Typhoid Fever: A Pilot Study

Bryan L Frank. Med Acupunct. .

Abstract

Objective: This pilot study examined the laboratory responses of patients with laboratory-documented typhoid fever who were treated with Biomagnetic Pair Therapy (BPT; medical biomagnetism), a specific application of pairs of magnets for various ailments that are infectious and otherwise. Materials and Methods: This study was an assessment of patients' response to treatment with only BPT for Salmonella typhi infections (typhoid fever) using standard conventional laboratory techniques. The research was conducted in an outpatient village clinic in Kenya. There were 52 participants who were evaluated for possible systemic illness, including typhoid fever, from an open-label study. Participants who felt sick and requested testing for possible typhoid fever were tested with a standard Widal test by a certified laboratory technician. Participants who tested positive (13 patients) were then treated with BPT (a "First Aid" approach) only. These participants then returned for follow-up laboratory and clinical evaluations after 2 days. Results: Most of the participants (10 of 13) retested as negative, and all patients reported symptomatic clinical improvement. Conclusions: As a significant majority of participants demonstrated clearing of their S. typhi after BPT, this technique should be studied further in larger trials for its efficacy in treating typhoid fever.

Keywords: Biomagnetic Pair Therapy; Salmonella typhi; medical biomagnetism; typhoid fever.

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Pair of Neodymium permanent magnets.
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Biomagnetic pairs placed in clinic A.
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Biomagnetic pairs placed in clinic B.
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Biomagnetic pairs placed in clinic C.
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