CONVENTION OF THE MAGNETIC POLES IN MEDICINAL BIOMAGNETISM

• Main Authors: Ana Clara Calegari, Sandra Raquel de Liz Calegari, Adriana Viapiana Bossa, Angela Mara Rambo Martini, Ísis Paes d' Assumpção Perez
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: Zenodo 2023
• Subjects: Medicinal Biomagnetism; Biomagnetic Pair; Static Magnetic Fields; Magnetic Therapy; Pole Convention; magnets; Magnetic Pole; South Pole; North Pole; South pole
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7921057

The Medicinal Biomagnetism (MB) technique, developed in 1988 by Isaac Goiz Durán, has particular conventions for establishing the nomenclatures of the magnetic poles of therapeutic magnets, which diverge from the current convention of classical physics. Objective: To propose a convention and standardization of the magnetic poles used in the MB technique. Method: Narrative and exploratory literature review on the physical and historical principles that underlie the MB theory on the magnetic poles of therapeutic magnets and the biomagnetic poles of Biomagnetic Pairs (BMP). In addition to articles obtained from SciELO, Google Scholar, and Lilacs, the research used book chapters and texts on MB available online and in libraries. Results: The divergence of nomenclatures, reflects negatively on the teaching and practice of MB among schools that perpetuate the method. Conclusion: We propose the use of the convention established by Isaac Goiz Durán, creator of the technique, where it is defined that the north pole of the MB magnet is the one that points to the geographic south and the south pole of the MB is the one that points to the geographic north, contrary to the convention of classical physics. In the MB, the north pole MB of the magnet is called negative and the south pole MB is called positive. The north pole MB of the magnet is applied to the accumulation of negative charges (north pole of the BMP), while the south pole MB of the magnet, to the accumulation of positive charges (south pole of the BMP). Therefore, we suggest this convention for standardization in future academic research and clinical practice.