"Psychoneuroimmunology as the Mind-Body-Healing Paradigm
of Bioelectromagnetic Medicine", E. F. Block IV

ABSTRACT

Bioelectromagnetic Medicine(BEM) deals with the effects of electromagnetic radiation upon the human body. It is categorizing the deleterious effects of the environmental electromagnetic background in which we live and work. It is researching the methods and technology to harmonize the morphogenic fields/energies of the human body for optimum health.

Psychoneuroimmunology(PNI) is the scientific study of the relationship between the mind, the Neuro-endocrine system(NES) and the Immune System(IS). The central role is played by the NES. The various neuro-endocrine products of the NES coordinate both behavior(mind) and the functioning of the IS(body).

As electromagnetic radiation is known to affect the NES adversely, BEM needs to focus on the events which disrupt cellular metabolism at the level of transcription of DNA within components of the NES. Finally BEM will need to research and determine the psychological components of the adverse effects of electromagnetic radiation for purposes of diagnosis and eventual clinical alleviation of the symptoms of Depression and reduced Immunological competency.

DISCUSSION

The effects of the increasing manmade electromagnetic radiation background of our modern life on the well-being of mankind is being actively researched and cataloged. Bioelectromagnetic Medicine(BEM) as a main-stream Allopathic Medicine discipline is rooted in the mindset of main-stream science. Hence, it is behind the Alternative Medical disciplines of Homeopathy and Acupuncture in regards to the alleviation of clinical symptoms due to the effects of Electropollution. As the evidence for the causation of illness due to Electropollution mounts; eventually, Bioelectromagnetic Medicine will encompass the alternative disciplines within it and focus research efforts in understanding how to alleviate and prevent illness. It will do so by means of various equipment which will modulate the components of the Neuro-Endocrine System at the genomic(DNA) level. This is the ultimate goal of Bioelectromagnetic Medicine. Just how this is to be accomplished is not yet certain.

Psychoneuroimmunology(PNI) is relatively new as a scientific discipline but as such is growing rapidly. PNI details the intimate relationship between the Mind, the Neuro-endocrine System(NES) and the Immune System(IS). The NES composed of the Pineal Gland, the Hypothalamus and the Pituitary Gland. It is also called the Pineal-Hypothalamic-Pituitary Axis(PHPA). This Axis modulates the behavior of mammals chemically via hormone releasing agents, hormones and cytokinins and to a lesser extent by synaptic transmission or inhibition.

The Pineal Gland releases beta-Lipotropin, which is about 400 amino acids in chain length. This protein is cut up into several fragments depending upon environmental cues such as day length, solar cycle and consumed plant neurotropic compounds. These fragments then modulate the hormone releasing factors(HRF) of the Hypothalamus. In turn these HRFs stimulate the release of hormones, other HRFs and cytokines from loci within the Central Nervous System(CNS), the Peripheral Nervous System(PNS) and hormonal glands throughout the body. As there is both a direct and blood connection between the Hypothalamus and Pituitary Gland, it is the Pituitary Gland which then in turn modulates the hormonal glands distributed throughout the body by secreting its own HRFs.

Nerve cell loci, located on the walls of the cerebral aqueducts of the brain and the choroid plexus of the brain in response to releasing agents by the hypothalamus, secrete cytokinins into the cerebro-spinal fluid(CSF). Thus two modes of cytokinin release are affected, secretion into the blood stream and secretion into the CSF. These cytokines which the NES uses to communicate with itself and without are the same as those which are secreted by and were first discovered from white blood cells(leukocytes) derived from the Immune System. The Interleukins are a prime example.

The number one causal factor in reduced competency of the IS is Psychological Depression. Psychological depression is due to negative emotional trauma and accompanying negative mental self image. It is also due to a NES which is out of synchronization with the background IMF and GMF which is directly attributable to the effects of electropollution. The second biggest cause of reduced immunocompetence is Chronic Stress. No matter what the source, Chronic Stress results in the production of inhibitory cytokines, both in the CNS and the IS. These inhibitory cytokines effect changes in the CNS and IS which result in Clinical Depression and reduced immunocompetence. Electropollution is a chronic stressor which most persons are able to compensate for and live relatively normal lifestyles. Other persons are not so able, the result is eventually death due to infectious disease or cancer. The elderly are especially prone to electropollution due to the effects of normal aging processes.

Wilhelm Reich, M.D. was able to completely cure cancer in the 1930's. He was able to do this by a combination of psychological counseling and reducing or eliminating the electropollution of his patients by means of a Faraday Cage, which he termed an Orgone Accumulator. He found that if there was no concomitant psychological counseling, the symptoms of cancer always returned in the cases of complete remission.

BEM needs then to find efficient means to alleviate the deleterious affects of electropollution, either by shielding via Faraday Cage or the proper grounding of electrical equipment. The problem is that the mere presence of the A.C. wiring is sufficient to harm sensitive individuals. No equipment need be plugged in and using power. There are companies which offer what they term "diodes" which are touted to reduce EMF. I do not have sufficient experience with such equipment to make a valid conclusion as to efficacy.

BEM therapies perport to deal with the "subtle energies" of the Body. They all deal with what I refer to as the "Dynamic Resonance" of the body as an expression of the sum total of the frequencies which the body generates. These are both those of matter and those of the living processes. All "Radionic Medicine", as coined by its originator Dr. Abrams, M.D., deals with "tuning" the body and eliminating any unwanted disruptive energies. Thus, BEM also needs to determine the means to harmonize the NES and IS much as the Alternative Medicine disciplines of Acupuncture and Homeopathy in order to treat the cause of the disease and not merely the symptoms. Only by harmonizing the whole Mind-Body-Healing system of the person will BEM be truly effective.

Thus, I make the statement that Psychoneuroimmunology(Mind-Body-Healing) is the working paradigm of Bioelectromagnetic Medicine.

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