Using reflex mechanisms for self-treatment is a very good idea. And it can be used for treatment of nearly all diseases. As any irritation is transmitted in our body in the form of nerve (electrical) impulses, it should be possible to make a universal “electrical” pill, why not? That is what Alexander Karasev was thinking about in 1972…
“In Sweden doctors do not let the patient know his diagnosis. So people who came to us could not say what disease they had, they just complained of the symptoms, like migraine, pain in the stomach, constipation, chronic maxillary sinusitis, insomnia, chronic fatigue, depression, neuralgia, jammed sciatic nerve, allergy, stroke after-effects, etc. These were the problems the modern medicine could not help them with. But we already knew that SCENAR could treat diseases, as a lot of our patients had recovered after SCENAR-therapy!”
Sometimes familiar and well-known things could be seen from quite different point of view. While I have been working as a doctor of neurological ward of special-purpose physiotherapeutic hospital in Taganrog, I was rather skeptic about SCENAR series devices. Compared to the basic therapy complex used in medicine including procedures for local and general treatment, which require much time, effort and money, this small device weighing about 150g looked too unreal to believe it could produce any therapeutic effect. But after I had a chance to witness the effect SCENAR-therapy produced in several cases observed by myself, I totally changed my mind. …
