Effects of Earthing on pain, a systema- tic review of the literature
Keywords:
Earthing, painAbstract
Introduction: This work consists of a bibliographical review of the literature about the electrical exchange between the Earth and humans and its effects in health areas, such as physical pain, stress, sleep and inflammation.
Materials and methods: Research methodology was based on the collection of data from research articles published in the PubMed database, taking into account the characteristics of the study such as methodology used, the duration period and the results.
Results: We included 8 studies of the 87 found in the first search, of which none of them performed earthing in a “naked” way (with connection of any part of the body to planet earth). 4 used body patches, 2 included mats and 2 used conductors in the participant´s mattresses.
Conclusion: Earthing has congruent indications in the reduction of pain since most
of the participants who had the experience of earthing assured a significant symptomatic
recovery in comparison to their state of health prior to this practice.
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