Patent ID: 7029432

Claim:
A method of treating and alleviating human afflictions, ailments and diseases holistically by application of magnetism to a plurality of treating regions of the upper extremities of both arms of a person being treated, the method comprising the steps of: providing magnet means having at least one North Pole surface adapted for application to the plurality of treating regions of the extremities; designating at least six treating regions of the upper extremities of both arms having a total size of about 990 square inches, about 495 square inches for each arm, covering an arm region from the finger tip line to the shoulder line in about 15″ round and 33″ long, said treating regions being divided into at least three sub-regions per arm, according to shape of the arm; applying said at least one North Pole surface of the magnet to at least one of the plurality of treating regions of the arm, the magnet having a size and a shape appropriate to cover at least part of one of the treating regions of the arm; and maintaining the magnet in contact with at least one of the treating regions of the arm for a period of 15 to 180 minutes to treat and relieve afflictions, wherein a total flux of the magnet applied to the at least one of the treating regions of the arm is in a range from about 30φ–250,000φ.