Bionic Products is proud to announce that The Elanra MKII Medical Ioniser has won a silver medal in the inventors conference in Switzerland.
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Scientific Publications
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Air Ions and Health 
In places where mountains are situated to the south, the south winds that blow are parching and unhealthy; where the mountains are situated in the north, their northern winds occasion disorders and sickness... The winds which must pass over mountains to reach cities do not only dry, but also disturb the air which we breathe and the bodies of men, so as to engender diseases.
Data concerning the Intervention of air Ions in Physical Exercise
This paper represents a synthesis of the investigations made by the collective of the Hygiene Department, Medical Faculty, and of the Hygiene Institute, Cluj-Napoca, Romania, on the effects of the treatment with ionised air upon certain biological processes, or upon the performance, during the physical exercise in Man and Animal. Favourable results in physical exercise were obtained under the action of negative air ions. The treatment by ionised air was applied daily, for 2-4 weeks, using moderate ionic concentrations, not more than 20-30,000 small ions of one electric sing/ml air. The duration of the daily treatment was 15-20 mins for a seated man and 1-2- hours for animals. The results were as follows:
Artificial Ionisation of the air and its Biological significance
Controlled use of negative ion emitters has proved to benefit individuals suffering from air-borne allergies of the upper respiratory tract. If properly harnessed, controlled, and utilised, ionised air may become a valuable adjunct to other established methods of treatment in a number of disease states.
Behavioural effects of Air Ions
Electrical charges of the atmosphere are called "ions". A ion is an atom which has gained or lost an electron. If the atom loses an electron, it becomes positive, while the addition of an electron makes it a negative ion. Generally speaking, air ions are classified according to their size: small (molecules), medium (tiny particles), and large (dust). Of most immediate concern to use here are the small ions, for it is they that are the most mobile of the three categories and, for that reason play a central role in atmospheric influences upon the human system.
Effect of Negative Air Ion Treatment on Blood Serotonin...
The use of negative air ionising apparatuses has increased recently due to the enthusiastic reports of their success in the lay press (Soyka and Edmonds, 1977). Negative air ionisation has been progressively introduced in Europe for daily use. It has also been found useful in telephone exchanges, airplane cockpits, post offices, tunnels and buildings where air conditioning may produce a positive ion stream which has to be neutralised by ionisers with high negative output (Sulman, 1976).
Ions Free Nursery / Infant school group of "Snotty-Nosed Kids"
Mrs McDonald has experience of ionisers both at the school and at her home. She has used them for the past two winters. She says: "The ioniser in the schoolroom has really kept the children clear of the usual, expected infections during the past winters. In a small group of children such as ours, we expect colds to do the rounds during the winter. But since we got the ioniser, the absences during winter have dropped noticeably.
Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
The benefits of exposure to relatively high concentrations of negative ions produced by high density negative ion generators have been well documented over decades. Literally dozens of studies published in respected journals have concluded that negative ions can have a profoundly beneficial effect on both the mind and body. Listed here are some excerpts from just a few of the scientific studies on the subject of negative ions.
The Effect of Ionised Air on Work Capacity and Vitamin Metabolism
The task of hygiene, apart from sanitation of the conditions of the external medium, is to work out measures of active influence on the organism helping to increase work capacity and speed up rehabilitation processes after work. In this connection, we have conducted observations over the effect of artificially ionised air of a negative charge sign on the physical work capacity of healthy people, students of the Institute of Physical Culture and Training systematically engaging in sports (A.A. Minkh, M.A. Vytchikova, G.I. Nikiforova).
The role of Ions in Body Chemistry
The harmful positive ion (kation) is a particle that loses an electron. The healthful negative ion (anion) gains an electron in the valency orbit; that is it increases the ability to absorb and utilise oxygen and reduces any excess of harmful serotonin. These two small invisible electrified particles have an effect on our physical and mental well-being and we are constantly bombarded with negative and positive ions eg. polluted air. The negative ions make us feel good, they destroy harmful bacteria. The positive ions make us feel bad (TV. screen produces positive ions).
Negative Ion Regeneration For Youthfulness and Longevity
Approximately half-a-century ago, a certain woman living in a large, crowded city contracted tuberculosis. Doctors did what they could for her without any avail. They gave her a morbid prognosis of inevitable death and she was consigned to a gloomy existence without any hope or reason to live. Deciding that she would at least die in more pleasant surroundings, she moved from the big city to a humble log cabin in a pine forest somewhere in the State of Maine. For an entire Winter she stayed there, busying herself with things that kept her mind happy and occupied.
What are Small Air Ions?
Some reports claim that air ionisation is a vast new field of knowledge (eg Sulman 1976), it is however a phenomenon that Abbe Betholon observed as early as 1780. Bertholon noted differential responses of normal individuals and patients as a result of changes in the electrical state of the air (Krueger 1962). Over the past two hundred years there have been a number of upsurges of interest in the area. Unfortunately, little effort has been made to integrate the available information. As a result, previous research findings provide a picture of air ionisation that is at best, fragmented.
Recuperation After Exercise
I know it sounds impossible. But devices are now available that have been shown in objective studies conducted in universities, hospitals, industrial and athletic settings around the world to do all those things and more. These devices are negative ion generators (or ionisers)
