Today there is a reawakening to the use of magnetism in the field of therapeutics.
Through innovative design and revolutionary applications, biomagnetism is finding an ever-increasing niche in the health care fields of many countries throughout the world. To fully understand this phenomenon and the potential it has in our world today, it is helpful to look at some historical applications and facts about magnetism. For thousands of years, mankind has utilized the beneficial powers of magnetism, knowing little about the specific reasons it worked or effects it created, but realizing only that curative results could be achieved. The magnetite was ground up and used in potions, foods and topical applications. In ancient Greece, Aristotle was the first person in recorded history to speak of the therapeutic properties of the natural magnets of this time.