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Magnet Therapy
K. Lalchhandama
Department of Zoology
Pachhunga University College

Hmânni chu pa pakhat hian kâwnghrên damdawi a rawn zuar teh nawlh a, \henawm
\henkhat kam \haina, “Ani saw thil chinchâng hria a nia a zawrh chi ang,” tia min fak
(der)-na a rawn um zui chu a lo ni a. A kâwnghrên chu a han \ha lailêng khawp a, natna
chi hrang hrang, thisen sâng, zunthlum, thisen bâl, vun thak leh eng ilo damdawi niin
Aizawl mi hausa leh mi thiam, daktawr te hial pawhin an lei nasa tih min hrilh a. Thil
chinchâng hria chu ka ni hauh lo va, mahse a thil rawn zawrh kher chu ka lo hriat ve
zâwng tak a lo ni hlauh. Berâm a hmul mêttu hmaa a ngawi reng ang ngawt chuan ka
ngawi chipcham thei ta hlek lo mai a; ka kam ka sûm zo ngang lo. Science thiamnaa
chutiang damdawi chu awm thei pawh ni lo leh lo zir chian hrep tawh a ni thu te hrilhin,
kei chuan ka lei loh tûr thuin ka delhkilh bawk a, a hawihai ngawt ta ve ang.
Science hnathawh dân ropuizia leh makzia
Magnet hriatthiam nan pawha he thil chungchâng
hi thûk leh ril, ngaihnawm bawk si a ni a,
eng tin nge science thiamnaa hriatna kan
neih te hi kan dawnsawn \hin tih mahni inen
nan pawh \ha tak a ni. Heti khawpa thiamna
a \han tawh pawha science hmanga
damdawi leh inenkawlna kan neih
bâkchhama damna kan bawh huam huamzia
Damna
Kawnghren
te hian kan nunna atân kori a tu tak tak lêm
lo ang tih pawh ngaihtuah theih a ni bawk.

A kâwnghrên zawrh chu eng dang ni lovin
thirhipthei (magnet)-a siam a ni a, chêng
1,500/- (sângkhat leh zanga) man a ni.
Hetianga scientific âwm taka thil \hat hmêl
tak an zawrh \hin hi Zofate hian inbumna
a ni thei tih kan hriat a \ûl hle tih min hriat
chhuahtir a, endocrinology (zunthlumah
phei chuan lâwmman 1-na chhete ka lo lâk
pui tawh) lo chhiar sil tawh leh damdawi
hnathawh dân zir ve nil nial ka nih angin
he thu ziak hi min tur chhuak ta hial a ni.
Thir a hip theih avâng chauh pawh hian lung
thirhipthei (lodestone) hian hmasâng ata
tawh mak tih a hlawh tawh rêng a. Kum
zabi 3-na ata tawh Greek mi thiamte pawhin
eng tin emaw taksaa hnathawh nei ngei tûrin
an ngai a, natna chi hrang hrang enkawl nan
an lo hmang tawh \hin. Hmânlai daktawr
hmingthang Paracelcus (1493-1543) phei
kha chuan kan taksaa natna awm te hi hip
chhuak thei ngei tûrin a ngai a, a lo zir nasa
hle. Kum zabi 18-na chhova carbon-steel
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thirhipthei an siam chhuah phei chu a hip a. 1970 hnu lamah phei chuan kâwnghrên,
theihna a lo chak tawh zâwk bawk a, Uni- lu hrên, \hi, nghâwngawrh, zungbun,
versity of Vienna-a Profesor Maximillian bânbun, ngalzem, lukham, âwngphah leh
Hell-a phei chuan damlo enkawl nan a kephaha dah chi te chuan khuavêl a dêng
hmang uar hle. A \hianpa Franz Anton chhuak tak meuh a. Keini Zoram kilkhâwr
Mesmer-an rilru buaiho enkawl nan a hman mawngpingah pawh hian kum engemaw
hnu phei chuan a lo lâr zual zêl a. Mesmer- zât kalta a\ang khan hetiang hmêl hi duh
a chuan taksaah hian thirhipthei a awm sa aia tam hmuh tûr a inlâr ve ta. Hengte hian
a, chu chu thirhipthei damdawi chuan a natna, tha na, lu na, zunthlum, thisen sâng,
hmang a ni tiin “animal magnetism” theory cancer chi hrang hrang pawh a tihdam
a duang nghe nghe. theih hial bâkah thisen kal a ti\ha, a
tithianghlim tiin an tawktarh \hin.
France rama a lo hmingthan tâk viau hnu
chuan King Louis XVI chuan kum 1784 khan Kum zabi 20-na tâwp lam a lo thlen meuh
Mesmer-a damdawi leh theory chu finfiah chuan thirhipthei damdawi company pakhat
tûrin a hun laia scientist
rothap Antoine Lavoisier
leh Benjamin Franklin
hovin Royal Commission a
din ta hial a. Experiment
nêna an finfiahnaah chuan
thirhipthei tihdamna ni
âwma lang chu
‘suangtuahna sosâng (in-
creasing the imagination)’
mai mai a ni an ti; Mesmer-
a leh a theory pawh hrei
fang khawn thlâk ang vang
vangin a reh zui.

Amaherawhchu thiamna
lo sâng zêlah thirhipthei
chi thar, a hma ami lêt zaa
chak zâwk te an
hmuhchhuah belh zêl a,
kum zabi 20-na chawhnu
lam a lo her chhuah meuh
chuan thirhipthei
damdawi chu a maka
makin phûng velh ang
maiin a lo pung leh ta hluai
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chauh pawhin kum tin chêng vaibêlchhe
chuang an hui lût thei ta hial a, company
lian ringawt pawh za têl teh meuh awm
tawhin khawvêl puma kum khat sum
thehthang zât pawh chêng tlûklehdingâwn
tam tak a lo ni reng mai; \hi pâwl zawrh
ang ngawt chu a ni ta hauh lo mai le.
Tidamtu thirhipthei a awm tawh ber chuan
tunge daktawr leh damdawi dang la
mamawh cheu? Engati nge damdawi ei, in
leh inchiu buaithlâk te kan la tih buangbâr
duh ang? Science chêt thawh a hun leh ta.
Tûnlai scientist-te chuan thirhipthei
tihdamna hi placebo effect an tih, damdawi
tak awm hran lo, damdawi ang taka
hnathawk, “I rinna hi i dampui a nih hi,”
an tih ang chi-ah an ngai a. Mahse science
khawvêl barakhaih \hawt tûrin Houston,
USA-a Baylor’s Institute for Rehabilitation
Research-a mi thiam Dr. Carlos Vallbona-
a kaihhruaia an experiment uluk tak
(double-blind)-ah chuan zeng hri (polio)
avânga taksa na a tidam chak ngei a ni tih
an puang thei ta tlat. Archives of Physical
Medicine and Rehabilitation (1997)-a an
chhuahah chuan zeng hri man tawh mi 50
zinga thirhipthei hmang mi 29 chuan an
na chu nasa takin a dam chak phah an ti
mauh mai. Rei lote chhûngin thirhipthei
hmanga tihdam natna chi hrang an finfiah
thu zirna hmun hrang hrang a\angin mi
dang te pawn an rawn chhuah ta tliar tliar
a. Zunthlum avânga tha na a tinuam tih te
(American Journal of Pain Management,
1999), thirhipthei bânbunin ruhseh na a
chhâwk tih te (British Medical Journal,
2004), âwngphah chiin kâwng na a tidam
tih te (Journal of Back and Musculoskel-
etal Rehabiliation, 1999), tha na a tireh tih
-5-
te (Journal of Alternative and Complemen-
tary Medicine, 2001) leh enchhina dang
engemaw zât a awm ta rêng a.
Eng science dânin nge tidam ta le? Kan
Zopa hrânghlui tuin emaw ‘science is what
scientists do’ an tih a lehlinna ni âwm tak
a ‘science chu a tiha tih a ni’ tia zirlaibu
meuha kan hmêlhriat kha a dik hauh lo va.
‘A tiha tih’ ni ngawt lovin thil eng pawh a
nihna tak finfiahna (natural explanation)
hmanga kan hriat theih hi science chu a ni
mah zâwk. Chutiangin thirhiptheiin taksaa
hna a thawh theih dân finfiahna a awm leh
awm loh hriat a pawimawh. Hriat hmasak
tûr chu hetiang thirhipthei damdawi hi
thirhipthei pângngai (static magnet) hmang
vek a ni a, taksaa hna an thawh theihna
chhan tûr tuman an hre lo. Thirhipthei chi
dang khâwla hman chi (moving/pulsed
electromagnet) te erawh chu electric field
leh radiation pe chhuak thei an nih avângin
taksa chhûng a nghawng thei thung.
Science lama mi vengva takte pawhina
thirhipthei damdawi an rin tlatna chhan chu
hei hi a ni: kan thisen tithisentu ber leh
boruak \ha oxygen thiar kualtu hemoglo-
bin-ah hian thir (Fe) a awm a, oxygen
dawngsawngtu ber chu a ni. Hetianga kan
thisena thir a awm miau chuan thirhipthei
chuan engtin emaw nghawng nei ngei tûrah
an ngai ta tlat a; mahse an hre sual duai.
Thisena thir hi chu hip theih chi (ferromag-
netic) a ni lo va, chuti ni lo se electric cur-
rent bulah emaw electric khâwl chak mag-
netic resonance imaging (MRI, \awng
tuallênga ‘scan-na’ kan tih) angtea min en
emaw a bula kan awm hlek emaw chuan
min thlawh vur vur reng dâwn tihna a ni;
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kan spiderman lo teh ang. Thirhipthei
damdawi te phei chu a chak poh leh a tidam
chak an la ti zui. MRI atanga thirhipthei
tha chak meuh pawhin taksaah thil pawi
danglam a thlen lo mai ni lovin a him a ni
tih J.F. Schenck-a chuan a finfiahna Jour-
nal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging
(2000)-ah a chhuah daih tawh nghe nghe.
Thisen kal a ti\hat leh \hat lo enchhinnaah
pawh H.N. Mayrovitz-a te chuan
thirhiptheiin thisen tam leh kal chak zâwng
engmah a tidanglam lo tih Scientific Re-
view of Alternative Medicine (2002)-ah an
sawi.
Kum sâng bi tharah science hmasâwnna
pawh a zuanin a lo zuang ta tak tak a. Ex-
periment tih dân rin tlak zâwk te an hman
hnu chuan thirhipthei rawngbâwlna chuan
lung bang a tâwk ta. Thirhipthei hman
tlânglâwn ber pâwl chu ke na/kham tihreh
nana kephah hnuaia dah hi a ni a. Fir let fet
taka thirhipthei ke hnuai phah (insole)-in ke
na a tidam em tih Mayo Clinic College of
Medicinie, USA-a daktawr rual chuan an
zir ta a. An hnathawhnaa ke kham/ke artui
na nei \hin mi 83 te chu ni khata dârkâr 4 tal
ke hnuai phah an buntir a, mi \henkhat bun
chu thirhipthei tak awm a ni a a dang chu a
awm lo; chutianga thil tih chu damdawi
hnathawh zirnna lama tehkhâwng ber, con-
trol (placebo/sham) awmzia pawh a ni nghe
nghe. Journal of the American Medical So-
ciety (2003) leh Mayo Clinic Proceedings
(2005)-a an thu chhuahah chuan ke hnuai
phah bun zawng zawngin an nawm phah
vek – thirhipthei tak bun tel leh tel lo
pawhin; thirhiptheiin a tidam chak \ha bik
chuang lo. An thil hmuhchhuah tel chu an
hna nuam ti apiangin na an hre tlêm, na
nei tawh lo apiang an hnaah an tui!
Hnungzâng na an enkawlna \hin pawh E.A.
Collacott-a ten an finfiahna Journal of
American Medical Society (2000)-a an târ
lanah chuan hnuzâng na benvawn neiho mi
20 te chu ni khata dârkar 6 tal, kâr khata ni
3 tala an enkawl pawhin tuman ziaawm
lam an pan lo. N.T. Kuipers-a te pawhin
thirhipthei âwngphah hmanga damlo 15 an
enkawlnaah na hriatna leh thazâm (sym-
pathetic nerve)-ah danglamna engmah a
thlen lo tih Journal of Applied Physiology
(2007)-ah an sawi.
Chuvâng tak chuan thirhiptheiin tihdamna
a nei ni ngeia experiment an puanzâr
tawhte pawh tihdan ziktluak leh rin tlâk,
tehkhâwng tluantling hmanna a ni hlawm
em tih an han zir chiang leh chhâwng ta a.
A tam zâwk chu scientific chanchinbu
(peer-review) mumal pawh ni lova an
chhuah, a ziktluak deuhte pawh an experi-
ment-a tehkhawng mumal lo lutuk leh zirna
huang zim (sample size tê) an ni tih an han
hai lang leh ta a. Tehkhâwng \ha
pawimawhzia a lo lan hnu chuan experi-
ment hmasa ho chu a rin tlâk loh thu
Leonard Finegold leh Bruce L. Flamm ten
British Medical Journal (2006)-ah an
hrilhfiah chiang hle. Max H. Pitter te ho
pawhin thirhiptheiin na a tihdam
chungchâng experiment tluantling ho an zir
chikna (meta-analysis), Canadian Medical
Association Journal (2007)-a an chhuahah
pawh thirhiptheiin na a tidam lova,
inenkawl nan hman a \hatna a awm lo tiin
thu an tiltlu hmiah bawk.
Thirhipthei khâwl (pulsed magnet) pawh
hi tisa chhûngril hnathawh tidanglam thei
a ni tih hriat ni tawh mah se thirhipthei
khâwlin mipa 10 an enchhin zingah na
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engmah a chhâwk lo tih M.I. Fernandez te thirhipthei a chak poh leh an \hatpui niin
ho chuan British Journal of Anaesthesia an ngai vek, thirhipthei tel lo bânbun bun
(2007)-ah an puang. Lu na leh rilru hnual hovah pawh. Chuvângin a \hatpui nia
(depression) enkawlna bik thirhipthei chak insawi te pawh placebo effect-ah an ngai.
transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) Ruhseh benvawn nei mi 95-a khûp hrên
khâwl pawh University of Sheffiled, UK- thirhipthei an enchhinna Journal of Joint
a mi Anthony Barker-an 1985-a a siam and Bone Surgery (2008)-a S.J.
chhuah a\ang khan ram changkângah MacDonald te hmuhchhuahah pawh
chuan an hmang rim hle. Experiment tam damlovin an \hatpuina engmah an hmu lo.
tak a awm tawh hial a, a \henin a tidam an
Thirhipthei tihdamna lama experiment
tih laiin a \henin engmah a ni lo an ti a.
Chung zinga a (publication) ziktluak zualbeih tawh zinga kherkhiap ber Anaesthe-
paruk Jennifer L. Couturier-i zir chikna,sia & Analgesia (2007)-a an chhuahah
pawh na chhâwkna/hnimhlum daktawr
Journal of Psychiatry and Neuroscience
specialist rual M.S. Cepeda kaihhruai
(2005)-a chhuakah chuan TMS hian chuan zai zawh na (postoperative pain) nei
tihdamna a nei lo tih a lang leh bawk. Ar-
mi 165 an finfiah tawhnaah thirhiptheiin
chives of Physical Medicine and Rehabili-na a chhâwk chhete eih lo tih a lang. An
tation (2007)-a R. Defrin-a te experiment-ah chuan mi 165 zinga 81 te
hmuhchhuahah pawh zâng ruh thazâm chu thirhiptheiin an enkawl a, a dang 84 te
(spinal cord) na mi 11 zingah TMS leh pla-
chu thirhipthei tel lo, a ang tak si (sham
cebo-a enkawl te na a chhâwk vek; pla- magnet)-in an enkawl thung (placebo
cebo effect a ni tih an târ lang. Ram hrang
tihna). Thirhipthei leh sham hmang zingah
hrang daktawr tena an khaikhawmna na an tawrh dân a inang reng tih an finfiah
tharlâm Brain Stimulation (2008)-a bâkah thirhipthei hmangte chu an na a
chhuakah pawh TMS hmanga na chhâwk zualkai zâwkin nachhâwkna (morphine)
hi a la rin tlâk loh tih an puang. 1.5 mg lai an mamawh belh zâwk tih an
hmuchhuak bawk. Chuvângin hetiang
Bânruh tliak a tidam chak em tih an natna ril bikah phei chuan hman loh tawp
zirnaah C. Constantino te chuan mi 41 tûr an ti nghe nghe.
ban ruh tuamnaah thirhipthei \ha chi an
telh a, chung hovah chuan a khaikhinna US sawrkâr hnuaia damdawi lam zirna
(standard time) aiin 35% laiin ruh tliak chhawmdâwltu ber National Institutes of
a dam har zâwk (Acta Biomedica, 2007). Health pêng khat, thirhipthei damdawi zirna
C.G. Graeves leh T.N. Harlow ten ruhseh atâna sum pe chhuak hnem ber, National
enkawl nana an hman thirhipthei bânbun Center for Complementary and Alternative
an zirnaah pawh ruhseh nei mi 116-ah Medicine (NCCAM) in March 2008-a ex-
enchhinin Complementary Therapies in periment beih tawh zawng zawng
Medicine (2008)-a an thu chhuahah khaikhâwmna thuchhuah an siamah pawh
chuan thirhipthei hnathawh a lang lêm zir chianna inang lo tak tak awm mah se,
lo. Chu ahnêkin damlote chuan thirhiptheiin natna engmah a tihdam theihna
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âwm a la lang lo tiin thu tlûkna a siam hial a ni.
Lehlamah nghawng \ha lo a neih hriat ni chuang
lo mah se, damlo lung tihphûtna hmanrua
(pacemaker leh defribrillator) hmang te tân
chuan a hlauhawm ngei a ni a la ti zui bawk.
“Hretu dang engah nge kan ngaih tawh
ang?” tih chi a ni em, nge mi ten rinna nena
dampui nia an in hriat phawt ahnu hmanah,
\henkhat tân eizawnna hlâwk ni bawk kan
ti zêl dâwn? A eng apawh chu ni se
thirhiptheiin timûr chhûngah thil tidanglam
thei pawh ni se taksaah nghawng nasa –
tihdam emaw tihnat emaw – a neih hriat a
la ni chuang lo va, mahse sum leh pai
dinhmun erawh a tihhek theih dân a tira kan
sawi sumdâwnna lenzia a\ang khan a lang.
He tihdamna ring tlatte tân chuan electronic
thil siamna dâwrah thirhipthei hlui dil ta mai
se, an hluihlâwn tawhte a thlâwnin an pe
phal tûrah ngai ila, an hrisêlnain hma a sâwn
loh vêk pawhin an sahmim talin ngai a awh
ang chu. Tichuan pawisate chu science
malsâwmna kan dawn damdawi lei nan
hman theuh tûr! Chubâkah heng electronic
siamtute hi thirhipthei nêna inchiahpiah reng
an ni a, an hrisêl âwm bik kan hre lo.
Chuvângin natna neite chuan thirhipthei hi
pumpelh rih phawt a \ha ber; sum khawhral
nan bâk a \angkaina an la hmuchhuak si lo.
I sahmim tihphai hrim hrim i duh chuan
pachhiate hnênah pe rawh.
Khatia sumdâwng pa-ina kâwnghrên sep-
raw-tui a, zunthlum tân phei chuan pancreas
a\anga insulin a hip chhuak theia an dam
hmiah thei tia duhthawh lutuk tak maia min
fah mawlh mawlh phei kha chu ka mumang
a ni êm tiin ka insik ka insik a! Lâwmman
themlem tak ka lo dawn phah ve tawhnaa
pancreas leh insulin ka hriat ve te kha
mumang lam a\anga ka dawn a ni ta ang tiin
ka ringhlel rum rum. Mahse ka thu hriat
beitham te te kha scientist-te hriat dân ngei a
ni si tih ka’n ngaihtuah chuan kan kehme leh
zumthlum tihte hi a lo inang hlawm niau khâk
lo a nih dâwn hi ka ti ta.
Ni khat thil thua millionaire ni duh tân phei
chuan hetiang thirhiptheiin insulin a hip
chhuak, a tidam tih thuartham leh science
dân kalphung a\anga ni thei lo thil eng
pawh, ti thei si te chuan an ti thei ngei a ni
tih an entir theih chuan James Randi edu-
cational Foundation, Florida, USA
(www.randi.org) chuan dollar maktaduai
khat eng tik lai pawhin a pe thei a nia.
Kâwnghrên tih vel zuar hah lova zu dil
theih reng a ni. Thilmak ti thei nia inchhâl
tam takin an beisei tawh a, tuman an la
hlawh chhuak ta lo. Chutianga fiahna
meipui a paltlang hma chuan kei chuan
kâwnghrên hlai hliap hluap, thirhipthei
I pawisa chauh a hip nasa
inbel Rs. 1,500/-a lei ai chuan êk fûn zawrh
pawh a la \angkai zâwk maithei – lei \ha
atân. An kâwnghrên te lah chu a to to nên
chuan inpenparh chu sawi loh intihdangdai
nan takngial pawha iaiawm pâwl tak a la
ni ta dah rual a – dul kiar hrên thêp nan
chuan a \ha mai âwm mang e, chu ka ti.