I'm curious as to how these humans of ancient times seemed to realize that an electric current flows through the body and at which points on the body were the positions to apply the pins/pressure to restore proper energy flow and cure ailments
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(not sure if i believe this, but I came up with this while looking for an answer)\n\n"How was acupuncture discovered?"\nThe discovery of acupuncture is rather interesting. It was accidently discovered when a warrior, struck by an arrow in a battle, became aware of a numbness that had nothing to do with his wound.\n\nLater, it was discovered that it was not the size of the wound that mattered, but rather the precise points where the pin punctured that brought relief to the sufferer. This led to belief that a needle inserted at various points on the body when manipulated, could cure disease.
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Ah, is this the Age-Old question you ask, or simple curiosity about Human electrical energy?  \n\nAs I understand it, measurable electrical energy ceases to be monitorable in the body a short time after both the brain and heart have ceased functioning.  Electrical energy is still present for a time after the pronunciation of death, and may be visible as post-mortem twitching.  It takes some time for the chemical and electrical energy to cease being present in the deceased.\n\nNow, since science postulates that energy can be neither created nor destroyed, it is logical to presume that the energy must travel elsewhere.\n\nYour spiritual belief system will answer the next part of the question ... Where does the energy go after death?\n\nIf you believe that the energy is dispersed among all other living entities, then you might be  Taoist.  \n\nIf you beleive that the energy is re-cycled and reconcentrated into another single entity, then you might be Hindu.\n\nIf you believe the energy remains intact but is transported to another place, or dimension, then you beleive in Heaven, and might be a follower of one of many religious teachings. \n\nEtc...\n\nHope this helps.
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Pickles conduct electricity (and will glow like a light bulb when a current passes through them!) but I remember seeing on Mythbusters a method of creating a battery that was used in the ancient times and is relatively simple to make.\n\nEdit to your add. details: perhaps if you were to give a complete idea as to what you were doing that involves drawing electricity, magnets, and having to function as a remote control, some of us might be able to point in the right direction. Myself, I'm not sure exactly what you need.
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You are talking about a myth.  That's like saying Eve is responsible for women having periods.  It's all mythology, made up stories to give an explanation to things that at the time were unexplainable.
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A device that was named the "Antikythera mechanism" bc discovered in 1900 in a sunken ship just off the coast of Antikythera, an island between Crete and the Greek mainland. It was dated to approximately 80 BC.\nGiven the age there is reason to believe that archimedes or his disciples might have been involved with developement of this device. But, at a minimum, the answer is the ancient greeks. It is as sophisticated as the babbage computer and was used to predict the positions of the sun moon and palnets on any date.
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YES \nWE DID IN HIGH SCHOOL AT PHYS ED OUR COACH ADVISED OF THIS \nCOURSE THAT WAS IN THE 60'S BUT STILL HOLDS TRUE
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Bio Magnetics, treatment for the human body using magnetic therapy, was first recorded by the Chinese in circa 3000 BC. It is found in most civilizations throughout human history around the world. BioMagnets have been found to help relieve Carpal Tunnel, Tendonitis, Toothache, Headache, Backache, Arthritis, knee, (or other joint) injuries, sore or knotted muscles. \n\nBy using a proper magnetic field, the electrical condition of the specific problem area of the body can be manipulated into a healing attitude. Forcing the electro-bio-chemical activity of the cells to assume a high-energy, healthy circuiting, Biomagnetics can help the body return to proper health known as Homeostasis.\n\nMost manufacturers advertise their magnets’ internal gauss ratings instead of their surface gauss ratings. However, the actual gauss at the skin’s surface is much lower than the internal gauss rating. So, in our example above, a magnet rated at 45,000 internal gauss may have a surface strength of only 2,200 gauss.\n\nThe penetration of a biomagnet’s field is dependent on both its gauss and size: Length, width, and depth. So, the field penetration of a small biomagnet with a high gauss rating may equal that of a much larger magnet with a low gauss rating. The earth’s ½ gauss field extends far because of the earth’s large size.\nMore power = more energy = more depth of penetration.\n\nFor more info click the links below.\n\nThat's My Best Answer! Hope it can help!
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It's indicated for hypothermic patients.  It works by generating heat that is absorbed by the body to help bring the core body temperature back to normal.  I think that's what you're asking.
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i remember hearing it spoken of by my mother, who would be 90 this month if she were still alive.  it was as a "booster" or tonic type remedy.  maybe for anemia or energy.  no real personal knowledge of accuracy of that, but that's what i remember.....
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For the patch of skin that was blue, sounds like poor circulation. That part was not getting circulated with blood and when you stood up and massaged it blood was getting back to that area.
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Trephination (drilling a hole in the head) has been used to releive pressure on the brain and to let evil spirits out of the skull. A lobotomy is when the corpus callosum is severed. This bundle of nerves connects the two hemispheres. This method was once used for severe schizophrenia (I believe). People who have had this treatment can do things like draw two different pictures with each hand simultaneously.
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THere are a lot of ways. Entire textbooks are dedicated to this. Almost any way you can think of. IN terms of energy, bloodflow, chemical composition, excretion body composistion hormones....
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There is a madsci article about this question at: http://www.madsci.org/posts/archives/feb98/888691550.Ph.r.html\n\nHope that helps...the site discusses the hypothesized origins...
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Today's information about Chakras is distorted. For example, there is no mention of Tedh chakra (stomach chakra). Actually, the real chakras are the internal organs which hold important functions. So all the Yoga teachers who teach chakras are pretty much 'the blind following the blind'. Before modern medicine became well-known, the ancients taught about the chakras as the centres of energy activity. That even includes the five senses of the body. Say e.g. Skin (for touch) is a centre of energy by itself. \nSo it is pretty common sense that there are no chakras ( as claimed by the yoga schools) that can be proven to exist other than the already now-known organs of the body. The Meridians are however real because they correspond to nerves.\nRegarding color, Green is for the eyes chakra.\nAnd Yellow is for the Palm Chakra. \nWhy ? This is the connection: \nHand has been used in all ages until now to 'bless another' and it is actually psychic energy emitted by the will of soul through the palm. This energy is subtle enough to be quickly absorbed by the intended patient. Today's Quantum Touch, Reiki or Pranic Healing do somewhat following this practice. But what is important while resorting to this energy transfer is the will of soul of the practitioner should decide the level of transfer and not his mind.
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History of Surgery\nThe first surgical procedures were performed in the Neolithic Age (about 10,000 to 6000 BC). Trepanning, a procedure in which a hole is drilled in the skull to relieve pressure on the brain, may have been performed as early as 8000 BC. In Egypt, carvings dating to 2500 BC describe surgical circumcision-the removal of foreskin from the penis and the clitoris from female genitalia. Operations such as castration (the removal of a male's testicles); lithotomy (the removal of stones from the bladder); and amputation (the surgical removal of a limb or other body part) are also believed to have been performed by the Egyptians. Ancient Egyptian medical texts have been found that provide instructions for many surgical procedures including repairing a broken bone and mending a serious wound. In ancient India, the Hindus surgically treated bone fractures and removed bladder stones, tumors, and infected tonsils. They are also credited with having developed plastic surgery as early as 2000 BC in response to the punishment of cutting off a person's nose or ears for certain criminal offenses. Using skin flaps from the forehead, Hindu surgeons shaped new noses and ears for the punished criminals. In the 4th century BC, the Greek physician Hippocrates published descriptions of various surgical procedures, such as the treatment of fractures and skull injuries, with directions for the proper placement of the surgeon's hands during these operations.\nDuring most of the Middle Ages (5th century to 14th century AD), the practice of surgery declined. It was viewed as inferior to medicine, and its practice was left to barbers who traveled from town to town cutting hair, removing tumors, pulling teeth, stitching wounds, and bloodletting, the practice of draining blood from the body, then thought to cure illness. The red-and-white striped pole that today identifies barbershops derived its design from this practice. The red stripes symbolize blood and the white stripes signify bandages.\nIn 1316 the French surgeon Guy de Chauliac published Chirurgia magna (Great Surgery). This massive text describes how to remove growths, repair hernias (protrusion of an organ through surrounding structures), and treat fractures using slings and weights. The text helped surgery gain respect as a serious science. At this time a new order of surgeons arose in France. They were called surgeons of the long robe, distinguished from the barber surgeons who were known as surgeons of the short robe. The barber surgeons had little medical training, while the surgeons of the long robe were studied physicians and considered such practices as bloodletting primitive. Corporations, or guilds, of surgeons of the long robe were formed in several countries.\nDuring the 16th, 17th, and 18th centuries, many discoveries in surgical practice took place. Much credit belongs to the French surgeon Ambroise Paré, often called the father of modern surgery. Paré successfully employed the method of ligating, or tying off, arteries to control bleeding, thus eliminating the old method of cauterizing, or searing, the bleeding part with a red-hot iron or boiling oil. Discoveries about functions of the human body also helped make surgery a more accurate science during this period. For example, the English physician and anatomist William Harvey discovered the process of blood circulation and Italian anatomist Marcello Malpighi identified the existence of tiny blood vessels called capillaries that carry blood from the major blood vessels to the cells of the body. John Hunter, a British anatomist and surgeon, stressed the close relationship between medicine and surgery and performed many experimental operations that advanced the practice of surgery.\nMost surgery, however, continued to be restricted to less critical areas of the body or to operations that did not penetrate the skin too deeply. Surgeons rarely opened the abdomen, chest, or skull because of the pain it caus
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what they did with that mouse.. was..\n\nthey were able to recognize what areas of the brain that control movements of the limbs, they had a plate of sensors inserted into a man's skull and he was able to manouver a pointer in the computer with pure thought\n\nit works only by sensing electrical impulses in specific areas of the brain. and it could one day lead to conecting fake limbs to handicapped people
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Yes you are correct about the unknown Indian bit!! I haven't heard about either him or the experiment, and I haven't found any one else that has, but I think my 'teleportation' gear is playing up a bit, I'll get it re-tuned and try again later!! I thought teleportation was a means of transferring physical matter almost instantly? Not brain waves!!\nAre you sure your brain waves haven't been transfered??