Emil Du Bois-Reymond reported 150 years ago that electrical currents had the potential to speed up the healing process of wounds on the body, though the idea has been ignored until now.

 

In short, cells and tissues basically function as chemical batteries, with positively charged potassium ions and negatively charged chloride ions flowing through the membranes. When tissue is subjected to a wound it disrupts the electrical field, and repair cells are guided to the damaged area. By applying electrical fields to a wound, research has shown that the healing process can be sped up or stopped completely.

 

The research was conducted by Josef Penninger of the Austrian Institute of Molecular Biotechnology in Vienna, and Min Zhao of the University of Aberdeen, UK. The researchers have also located the gene responsible for the transit of repair cells, please see the New Scientist article below.

 

http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg19125624.400-to-heal-a-wound-turn-up-the-voltage.html

IIRC, this was also done with Bone too, and it was shown to speed up the growth and knitting time between the 2 ends.

 

I heard about this in the late 70`s, I`ve no idea if it`s commonly employed now or not though.

I found a link that explains the use of electrical fields on bone repair, I googled when this was first discovered and it was back in 1971, I can't seem to find anything that says it's actually used as treatment, but it does work, so I don't see why not...

 

http://www.curatronic.com/scientific2.html#5

it May be worth you looking up TENS units too, Im fairly sure there`s also a version used in dentistry as a Numbing effect that used no chems/drugs.

I think TENS is something like Transcutanious Electronic Nerve Stimulation (or something like that).

 

EDIT: oh yeah, and check out Radio Diathermy too, I actualy had that done, it`s ok for a Temporary effect.

Well here's the official website... http://www.tensunits.com/ are these used professionally at all...they look a bit gimmicky, but I might be wrong.

 

Just checked...my bad, they are used professionally.