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Bioresonance therapy is a type of alternative medicine. "Electroacupuncture According to Voll" (EAV)[1] offers a similar but older method.[citation needed]

The German Franz Morell and his son-in-law, engineer Erich Rasche, invented bioresonance therapy in 1977 . They marketed it as MORA-therapy - named after themselves (MOrell RAsche). This method is based on former radionics introduced in the USA during the 1920s. It is not part of scientific medicine, due to an absence of evidence.[2] Some of the machines contain an electronic circuit measuring skin-resistance, akin to the E-Meter used by Scientology, which the bioresonance creators sought to improve.[3] (Franz Morell had links with Scientology.[4]) Bioresonance has nothing in common with biofeedback concepts.

Mode of operation

Descriptions are obscure.[5] Practitioners usually apply electrodes, linked to a box, to the patient's skin. According to the manufacturer of these devices, they emit alternating currents which are healing. The manufacturers describe cells as objects having a natural resonance (i.e. bio-resonance.) Such frequencies are not viewed as efficacious by modern medicine.

Due to the electrical interference of the signals generated by everyday equipment and the range of frequencies utilised, the response is sometimes read through an extended period, in order to average it and to increase the accuracy of the results.[citation needed] In some of these devices a modern signal processing technique, usually PC-based, is able to analyse the multiple parameters of the response and interpret the results. The analyst is then supposedly able to make an assessment/summary of the physical and mental health of the patient.

Practitioners also say they can treat disease using this therapy, claiming they can stimulate a change of bioresonance in the cells, reversing the change caused by the disease. The devices would need to be able to isolate and pinpoint pathogens' responses from the mixture of responses the device receives via the electrodes. Transmitting these transformed signals over the same electrodes is claimed[according to whom?] to generate healing signals that have the curative effect. With this method of diagnosis and treatment, practitioners claim to be able to detect and cure a variety of diseases and addictions without drugs. The given mode of operation (pathogenic signals in opposition to healthy ones) is linked to similar concepts in Traditional Chinese Medicine, especially acupuncture.

Detection and healing

Examples of symptoms or features that practitioners claim to detect:

  • energy level / vitamin deficiencies / cell oxygenation
  • mental health / stress / adrenal activity
  • hormonal disorders / immunity response

Examples of diseases allegedly healable with this method:

Controversy

Lacking any scientific explanation of how bioresonance might work, researchers have classified it as pseudoscience.[7] Scientific studies[2][8][9][10][11][12][13][14] did not show effects above that of the placebo effect.

Proven cases of online fraud have occurred,[15] with a practitioner making false claims that he had the ability to cure cancer, and that his clients did not need to follow the chemotherapy or surgery recommended by medical doctors, which can be life-saving. Ben Goldacre ridiculed the BBC when it reported as fact a clinic's claim that the treatment had the ability to stop 70% of clients smoking, a better result than any conventional therapy.[16]

In the United States of America the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) classifies "devices that use resistance measurements to diagnose and treat various diseases" as Class III devices, which require FDA approval prior to marketing. Some of these devices have been banned[according to whom?] from the US market.[17]

See also

References

  1. ^ Sancier, Kenneth. "the effect of Qijong on therapeutic balancing measured by Electroacupuncture According to Voll (EAV): a preliminary study" (PDF). p. 1. Retrieved 2010-01-03. Electroacupuncture According to Vofl (EAV) is one of several electroacupuncture techniques for measuring local skin electrical conductance for diagnostic and therapeutic purpose {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |month= (help)
  2. ^ a b Wüthrich B (2005). "Unproven techniques in allergy diagnosis". J Investig Allergol Clin Immunol. 15 (2): 86–90. PMID 16047707.
  3. ^ http://www.bioenergeticmedicine.org/CoRe-System/Main/FAQ.htm BioenergeticMedicine FAQ
  4. ^ "Scientology und die Bioresonanztherapie" (PDF). ABI INFO (in German). Stuttgart: Aktion Bildungsinformation e.V. 2003-11-14. p. 1. Retrieved 2010-01-03. Die Bioresonanztherapie geht auf eine angebliche Entdeckung des im Jahr 1990 verstorbenen Frankfurter Arztes und hochrangigen Scientologen Dr. Franz Morell zurück. [Translation: Bioresonance therapy dates from the alleged discovery made by the Frankfurt doctor and high-rank Scientologist Dr Franz Morell, who died in 1990.] {{cite web}}: More than one of |pages= and |page= specified (help); Unknown parameter |trans_title= ignored (|trans-title= suggested) (help)
  5. ^ Ernst E (2004). "Bioresonance, a study of pseudo-scientific language". Forschende Komplementärmedizin und klassische Naturheilkunde / Research in complementary and natural classical medicine. 11 (3): 171–3. doi:10.1159/000079446. PMID 15249751. {{cite journal}}: Unknown parameter |month= ignored (help)
  6. ^ Nienhaus J, Galle M (2006). "[Placebo-controlled study of the effects of a standardized MORA bioresonance therapy on functional gastrointestinal complaints]". Forsch Komplementmed (in German). 13 (1): 28–34. doi:10.1159/000090134. PMID 16582548. {{cite journal}}: Unknown parameter |month= ignored (help)
  7. ^ Galle M (2004). "[Bioresonance, a study of pseudo-scientific language]". Forsch Komplementärmed Klass Naturheilkd (in German). 11 (5): 306, author reply 306. doi:10.1159/000082152. PMID 15580708. {{cite journal}}: Unknown parameter |month= ignored (help)
  8. ^ Schöni MH, Nikolaizik WH, Schöni-Affolter F (1997). "Efficacy trial of bioresonance in children with atopic dermatitis". Int Arch Allergy Immunol. 112 (3): 238–46. PMID 9066509. {{cite journal}}: Unknown parameter |month= ignored (help)CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  9. ^ Wandtke F, Biorensonanz-Allergietest versus pricktest und RAST, Allergologie 1993, 16 S.144
  10. ^ Wille A, Bioresonance therapy (biophysical information therapy) in stuttering children, Forsch Komplementärmed 1999 Feb;6 Suppl 1:50-2
  11. ^ Hörner M,Bioresonanz: Anspruch einer Methode und Ergebnis einer technischen Überprüfung, Allergologie, 1995, 18 S. 302
  12. ^ Kofler H,Bioresonanz bei Pollinose. Eine vergleichende Untersuchung zur diagnostischen und therapeutischen Wertigkeit, Allergologie 1996,19 S. 114
  13. ^ Niggemann B, Unkonventionelle Verfahren in der Allergologie. Kontroverse oder Alternative? Allergologie 2002,25 S. 34
  14. ^ Schultze-Werninghaus,paramedizinische Verfahren: Bioresonanzdiagnostik und -Therapie, Allergo J, 1993,2 40-2
  15. ^ "BioResonance" Promoter Settles Charges
  16. ^ Who's holding a smoking gun to bioresonance?
  17. ^ Alan E. Smith (2007). "Bioresonance Therapy (BRT)". UnBreak Your Health: The Complete Guide to Complementary & Alternative Therapies. Loving Healing Press. p. 29. ISBN 1-932690-36-0. {{cite book}}: External link in |chapterurl= (help); Unknown parameter |chapterurl= ignored (|chapter-url= suggested) (help)
  • An overview of the pseudoscience behind "bioresonance therapy": "Electrodiagnostic" Devices
  • "Bioresonance feedback" - Description of the subject, including references to Morell and Rasche, by practitioner Jeremy E. Kaslow, M.D., F.A.C.P., F.A.C.A.A.I
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