Ionized bracelets are also known as ionic bracelets.

A bracelet is an article of clothing or jewelry, which is worn around the wrist. Bracelets can be manufactured from cloth or metal. Bracelets also sometimes contain rocks, wood and shells.

Bracelets are also used for medical and identification purposes such as ionized bracelets, allergy bracelets and hospital tags.

Ionized bracelet is a type of metal jewelry (made of copper and zinc) that is worn on the wrist.

Ionized bracelet is believed to possess pain-relieving power

Ionized bracelet is supposed to affect the chi of the wearer, though no claims to efficiency—or even the foundation for such claims—have ever been established by the manufacturers of ionized bracelets.

Chi refers to the natural energy of the Universe, which permeates everything. All matter, from the smallest atoms and molecules to the largest planets and stars, is made up of this energy. It is the vital force of life. It is the source of every existing thing.

The ionized bracelet is promoted as a natural way to keep the body's energy force, or chi, healthy. The ionized bracelet works, advocates say, by balancing chi’s negative and positive components, called yin and yang. As long as yin and yang are in balance, you remain in good health and pain-free, believers profess.

Ionization is the conversion process of the subject, either totally or partly into ions.

Ionization is the physical process of converting an atom or molecule into an ion by adding or removing charged particles such as electrons or other ions.

Very much like all other bracelets, an ionized bracelet is worn around the wrist. Size is determined by the measurement of the circumference of the wrist.

Benefits of wearing an ionized bracelet:

Wearing the ionized bracelet is primarily for health reasons.

Ionized bracelets are an alternative medical practice that many people rely on to retain the healthy balance in their body. It was developed after research in the 1970s concluded that humans benefit when certain metals are worn on their body.

Marketing claims

Western interest in the ionized bracelet rose as a result of an infomercial campaign by QT Inc. which ran from August 2000 through June 11, 2003. During this time many claims were made regarding the product's supposed effectiveness, most notably regarding relief from pain and arthritis due to manipulation of a body's chi.

These claims were the topic of a 2003 injunction by the Federal Trade Commission and later a high-profile court ruling in 2006. A major factor in these rulings was a November 2002 study by Mayo Clinic that demonstrated no significant effect by the ionized bracelet on muscle pain relative to the placebo effect.

In a Marketplace interview, Charles Park, president of Q-Ray Canada, explains that the term "ionized" does not mean ionized bracelets themselves are ionized, but rather that the term comes from their secret "ionization process" which, he asserts, affects the bracelets in unidentified ways.

Prices for an ionized bracelet can range from anything between $58 to $96 and they are widely available over the Internet.

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