A biophysicist called Dr Walter Stark believes that the body absorbs ions at acupressure points. This brings us to an area of health that is rarely discussed; we talk about the health of the circulatory system, the state of the nervous system and so on, but what about the health of our electromagnetic fields?Our hearts, brains, muscles and nerves all run on a delicate form of electricity, so it follows that, while we do not need to be plugged into a socket in the wall to operate, we are still electrical beings and are surrounded by an electromagnetic field. In the 1930s a Russian named Kirlian experimented with photography which clearly showed this field. One of the first people to study what he called the L-fields or the fields of life, and how they affect health, was Harold Saxon Burr of Yale University Medical School. Dr Robert O. Becker, author of The Body Electric, and a leading modern researcher on electromagnetic pollution, believes that artificial electromagnetic fields from power lines and electrical appliances can cause depression, a depressed immune system and other health problems. Becker’s research and the work of others suggests that disturbances in the electrical field develop before illness in the physical body. This could be the medicine of the future – the prevention and treatment of illness through correcting faults in the electromagnetic field. This knowledge is not new, and similarities can be found in ancient forms of healing. Because of the work of American nurse Dolores Kreiger, a technique which clears and energizes the electromagnetic field is taught in some nursing schools; it is known as Therapeutic Touch. She describes this in her book Therapeutic Touch, How To Use Your Hands to Help or Heal, published by Prentice-Hall.*131\326\8*