The neuromodulative role of earthing

Sokal, Paweł; Sokal, Karol

doi:10.1016/j.mehy.2011.07.046

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“…The present study showed that earthing influenced corticosterone secretion and stress-related behavioral changes such as anxiety and learned helplessness. These results suggest that connecting the whole body to the earth can free electrons and diurnal electrical rhythms to enter the body, setting the biological clocks for hormones that regulate stress responses, consistent with previous studies proving that Earthing stabilizes the physiology, reduces inflammation and pain and improves sleep [43][44][45][46][47]58,59]. Another study reported that through the electrodynamics of red blood cells earthing significantly reduced blood viscosity and cardiovascular disease [60].…”

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“…Our result also showed that the earthing mat decreased anxiety-like behavior compared to the Control group. Another pilot study showed that grounding improves measurements of mood within 1 h, suggesting a potentially positive effect on health [43][44][45][46][47][48]. Therefore, it can be assumed that earthing mat may be effective against stress-related anxiety.…”

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The Effect of Earthing Mat on Stress-Induced Anxiety-like Behavior and Neuroendocrine Changes in the Rat

Park

Jeong

et al. 2022

Biomedicines

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Grounding is a therapeutic technique that involves doing activities that “ground” or electrically reconnect us to the earth. The physiological effects of grounding have been reported from a variety of perspectives such as sleep or pain. However, its anti-stress efficacy is relatively unknown. The present study investigated the stress-related behavioral effects of earthing mat and its neurohormonal mechanisms in the Sprague–Dawley male rat. Rats were randomly divided into four groups: the naïve normal (Normal), the 21 days immobilization stressed (Control), the 21 days stressed + earthing mat for 7 days (A7) or 21 days (A21) group. The depressive-and anxiety like behaviors were measured by forced swimming test (FST), tail suspension test (TST) and elevated plus maze (EPM). Using immunohistochemistry, the expression of corticotrophin-releasing factor (CRF) and c-Fos immunoreactivity were analyzed in the brain. In the EPM, time spent in the open arm of the earthing mat groups was significantly increased compared to the Control group (p < 0.001), even though there were without effects among groups in the FST and TST. The expression of CRF immunoreactive neurons in the earthing mat group was markedly decreased compared to the Control group. Overall, the earthing mat reduced stress-induced behavioral changes and expression of c-Fos and CRF immunoreactivity in the brain. These results suggest that the earthing mat may have the potential to improve stress-related responses via the regulation of the corticotrophinergic system.

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confidence: 86%

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The Effect of Earthing Mat on Stress-Induced Anxiety-like Behavior and Neuroendocrine Changes in the Rat

Park

Jeong

et al. 2022

Biomedicines

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“…Decades of research are beginning to show just how healing grounding is [24]. Studies on the neuromodulative role of grounding have shown that grounding immediately shifts brains waves, boosting alpha brain wave patterns on EEG within milliseconds [25], deepens sleep [26] and significantly improves mood [27]. These results suggest that connecting our electrical central nervous system with the earth's electrical field can have such a supportive impact on our brain it not only supports brain function it can even improve our outlook and how we feel.…”

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“…Going one-step further and making conductive contact with the earth -touching the surface of the planet directly with the body, even just a fingertip or a toe -grounds our electrical system and provides a host of health benefits to our electrical function. Grounding improves heart rate variability (HRV) [31], increases blood perfusion [32] decreases blood viscosity [33] support muscles contraction during exertion [34][35][36] instantaneously shifts brain wave patterns and reduces ambient stress levels [37] along with supporting deeper, more restorative sleep at night [38], improving sleep quality [39] and optimizing our body's autonomic nervous system function through vagal tone support [40].…”

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Cerebrospinal Fluid and Brain Health: Optimized By Grounding

Koniver¹

2023

American J Neurol Res

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“…Probably, it could be the reason for rising incidences of fatigue, stress, poor sleep, chronic pain and inflammation in our modern society. Current evidences propose that reconnecting the body to earth can restore ANS dysfunction [7,8,9,10,12,13,14], reduce inflammation, chronic pain, muscle stiffness [10], improve sleep, alleviate stress [11,14], regularize circadian secretion of cortisol [15] and blood viscosity [16].…”

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An experimental Study on immediate effect of direct barefoot contact with earth on prehypertension

Teli

Paramasivam

et al. 2015

Int J Med Res Rev

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Background and Objective: Though many factors are involved in the regulation of arterial blood pressure (BP), autonomic nervous system (ANS) plays a crucial role in acute, short-term control. Any imbalance in ANS activity leads to dysregulation of BP and increases the risk of prehypertension. Recently, a few studies have shown that when the body is connected to the earth's surface using conductive patches or wires, there will be an immediate correction of ANS dysfunction. Expecting similar results, the present study was designed to evaluate the short-term effects of direct barefoot contact with the earth, i.e. without using patches or wires, on prehypertension. Methods: After screening 150 participants, 53 prehypertensives were selected for the study. They were randomly assigned into a study group (n=28) and control group (n=25). Each participant from the study group remained barefooted; i.e. in contact with the ground, for a period of an hour, whereas the control group did not have ground contact. Blood pressure was recorded again at the end of one hour and compared. Data were analysed by paired and unpaired 't' test. A 'P' value less than 0.005 was considered significant. Results: There was a significant decrease in SBP (P<0.0001), DBP (P<0.0014) and MBP (P<0.0001) of study subjects after an hour of barefoot contact. However, there was no significant change in the control group. Conclusion: Our study results indicate that direct barefoot contact with the earth reduces blood pressure in prehypertensive individuals. Remaining barefoot, whenever possible, can be a simple, cost-effective and innovative method in preventing hypertension.

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The neuromodulative role of earthing

Cited by 5 publications

References 10 publications

The Effect of Earthing Mat on Stress-Induced Anxiety-like Behavior and Neuroendocrine Changes in the Rat

The Effect of Earthing Mat on Stress-Induced Anxiety-like Behavior and Neuroendocrine Changes in the Rat

Cerebrospinal Fluid and Brain Health: Optimized By Grounding

An experimental Study on immediate effect of direct barefoot contact with earth on prehypertension

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