How Does Amber work?
Many people believe that the use of Baltic Amber to sooth a baby's teething pain is something new. In actual fact, Amber necklaces have been used for hundreds of years in some European countries. In Austria, Switzerland andGermany, Amber teething necklaces are often sold in local pharmacies, where it is a widely excepted fact, that Amber soothes teething pains.
Baltic Amber, also known as Succinite or Succinate, contains high levels of Succinic acid. When Amber is warmed against our bodies, it releases natural oils that have been locked in the resin for millions of years. These oils are absorbed through our skin, and contain high levels of succinic acid.
Recent scientific research has proved that Succinic Acid has a beneficial affect on the human body: by stimulating the thyroid glands to help reduce drooling and soothe red inflamed cheeks as well as having calmative, analgesic (Pain relief), antispasmodic, anti-inflammatory, expectorant, and febrifuge (anti-fever) functions.
The effects of wearing a Baltic amber necklace grow stronger with time, as the succinic acid accumulates in the body.
Succinic acid was analysed (1886) by the pioneer of modern bacteriology, Nobel-prize winner Robert Koch. Robert Koch confirmed its positive influence, discovering that there is no risk of the accumulation of surplus amounts of succinic acid in the human organism, even after the introduction of considerable amounts into the body.
As Baltic Amber is a fossil resin, not a mineral stone, it is lightweight, warm and comfortable to wear.
In Rudolf Steiner philosophy, amber is said to help strengthen the life force of a child.
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Succinic acid and Baltic amber in modern science.
Natural Baltic Amber is high in Succinic Acid, containing as much as 8 percent by weight. Succinic Acid is also a natural constituent of plant and animal tissues.
Baltic amber differs from other amber types, by the amount of succinic acid it contains. Other types of amber contail little or no succinic acid.
Succinic acid is very important to your body. It is used in the Krebs Cycle which is involved in the intermediary metabolic process. (Another name for the Krebs Cycle is the Citric Acid Cycle).
Succinic acid is a powerful anti oxidant that helps fight toxic free radicals and disruptions of the cardiac rhythm. Succinic acid has been shown to stimulate neural system recovery and bolster the immune system, and helps compensate for energy drain in the body and brain by boosting awareness, concentration and reflexes, and reducing stress.
European scientists and military doctors lead the way in following up on the ancient knowledge. They found that it would help improve a persons immune system after exposure to radiation from industrial accidents.
It has also been found to help the immune system combat infections.
It helps cure hangovers and work against toxins in general.
Recent Research at the University of Hamburg, Germany confirms the safe and positive effects of succinic and fumaric acids in cellular metabolism.
Succinic acid is now being produced commercially. And it is approved for use by the United States Food and Drug Administration.
Dr. Veniamin Khazanov of the RAS' Institute of Pharmacology at the Tomsk Scientific Center says "For aged people, succinic acid has proved to be indispensable. It is capable of restoring the energy balance at the cellular level, which is often upset as the years go by, and helps the patient regain his youthful energy." He says also that it has proven the equal or better of many commercial drugs and is significantly less expensive.
You can see clinical test information at Clinical studies on succinic acid (succinates) antixodant effects.
And once again following up on what the Europeans have known from their use of amber for centuries, science has found that it helps cure a hangover by helping the body rid itself of the toxins that cause the hangover.
Baltic amber in history. 
Even before human kind knew that there were things called acids antibiotics, people of Europe recognized that amber had magical curative powers. They employed it’s use when we today would use an antibiotic.
Amber was used in many forms. Amber bracelets, necklaces, powder, chips, stones, oils and smoke were all common methods..
Since modern science has discovered what succinic acid can do, they have confirmed what the people of Europe have known for centuries.
A Dominican Monk, Albert The Great, born 1193, called Natural Baltic Amber ‘Succinium’ and said that it was the most effective of the leading medicines of the time. He listed them in order of effectiveness as Succinium, ocastoreum, mors, camphor, tartarus, and aurum. Amber tinctures were made also, from beer, wine and water. People found them to be effective against everything from stomach aches to rheumatism.
When the plagues devastated Europe during the middle ages, amber was used for fumigation. Burning amber is both aromatic and irritating. And that is due to the high content of succinic acid in the smoke.
The Prussian Priest Matthaus Praetorius recorded that in 1680, "During the plague not a single amberman from Gdansk, Klaipeda, Konigsberg or Liepaja died of the disease"
Even today aroma therapists use Amber smoke to cure people.
The people of Europe have for centuries, used the curative properties of amber in many ways.
Recognizing its properties as an antibiotic, they have used, and continue to use it, for amber baby teethers, baby teething necklaces, spoons and pipe mouthpieces.
European scientists and military doctors lead the way in following up on the ancient knowledge. They found that it would help improve a persons immune system after exposure to radiation from industrial accidents.
It has also been found to help the immune system combat infections.
It helps cure hangovers and work against toxins in general.
Recent Research at the University of Hamburg, Germany confirms the safe and positive effects of succinic and fumaric acids in cellular metabolism.
Succinic acid is now being produced commercially. And it is approved for use by the United States Food and Drug Administration.
Dr. Veniamin Khazanov of the RAS' Institute of Pharmacology at the Tomsk Scientific Center says "For aged people, succinic acid has proved to be indispensable. It is capable of restoring the energy balance at the cellular level, which is often upset as the years go by, and helps the patient regain his youthful energy." He says also that it has proven the equal or better of many commercial drugs and is significantly less expensive.
You can see clinical test information at Clinical studies on succinic acid (succinates) antixodant effects.
And once again following up on what the Europeans have known from their use of amber for centuries, science has found that it helps cure a hangover by helping the body rid itself of the toxins that cause the hangover.
Baltic Amber is fossil resin, which is appreciated for its colour, clarity and beauty. Although not mineralized, it is generally classified as a gemstone.
A common misconception is that Amber is made of tree sap; but it’s not. Sap is the fluid that circulates through a plant's vascular system, while resin is the semi-solid amorphous organic substance secreted in pockets and canals through epithelial cells of the tree.
Most of the world's amber is in the range of 30–90 million years old. Because it used to be soft and sticky tree resin, amber often contains insects and even small vertebrates, known in the jewellery world as ‘Inclusions’.
Semi-fossilized resin or ‘sub-fossil’ amber is known as Copal.
Amber occurs in a range of different colours. As well as the usual yellowy-orange that is associated with the colour "amber", amber itself can range from whitish through a pale lemon yellow to brown and almost black. There is also red amber (sometimes known as "cherry amber"), green amber, pink amber and even blue amber, which is rare and highly sought after.
Baltic amber is distinguished from many other ambers from all around the world, by the presence within it of high levels of succinic acid, hence Baltic amber is otherwise known as succinite.
Recent scientific research also proves that succinic acid has a very positive influence on the human organism. It strengthens the entire body, improves immunity, energy-related processes and the balance of acids. Succinic acid was analyzed (1886) by the pioneer of modern bacteriology, Nobel-prize winner Robert Koch, who confirmed its positive influence, discovering that there is no risk of the accumulation of surplus amounts of succinic acid in the human organism, even after the introduction of considerable amounts into the body.
In present-day times many effective medicines containing succinic acid have been manufactured and patented, most especially in the USA and Russia. Of particular value are pharmaceuticals that help prevent the aging of human cells. Of which, use Succinic acid as an inhibitor as well as antioxidant. Therefore, the acid may be called a scientifically described, modern elixir of youth. Succinic acid is also a valuable product for sportsmen and women. It is not a stimulant improving one’s effort on a single event basis, but rather a stimulator of balanced, comprehensive development. Succinic acid is found in many contemporary plants and is a common and indispensable food ingredient. However, deficiencies of succinic acid are quite frequent as it is rarely found in nature today. Even unripe gooseberries and rhubarb stalks, which are the richest known plants in the acid, contain a thousand times less of the acid than in Baltic amber or succinite. Surprisingly though, succinic acid isn’t found in other fossil resins similar to amber.
Succinates are extremely effective after long-lasting illnesses and severe injuries. They make it possible for a patient to rebuild their immune system as well as intellectual fitness and the ability to concentrate on problems.
The Russians promote succinic acid as an important anti-alcohol medicine reducing the desire for alcohol. What is even more interesting is, it quickly eliminates the effects of excessive alcohol consumption. . A 0.1 gram pill brings back the ability to work within a quarter of an hour.
All cultivated plants tested, react in an excellent way to even very small amounts of a solution of succinic acid; vegetable crops increase to 40%, while the plant growth rate is much faster than usual. Shoots and leaves of plants become resistant to fungal and bacterial diseases.
Amber oil is another universal medicine recognized as very effective, most especially for rheumatic diseases. Amber oil permeates the skin very fast, penetrating deep into the tissue and exerting a positive influence leading to the introduction of the majority of negative ions. It improves blood circulation and eases muscle pains.
The existence of several thousand-year-old amber amulets is evidence that people believed in the power of the stone since the earliest prehistoric times. Amber was also used as a foundation stone, to ensure health and good luck for inhabitants of a dwelling.
This belief in the effectiveness and power of amber continues today. As in ages ago, amber is still perceived to be an exceptional stone. It smells nice when warmed in your hand, gives out a resinous scent and aromatic smoke when burnt, electrifies when rubbed and attracts small pieces of paper. It sinks in fresh water, but floats on the surface in saltwater.
The first records concerning ambers use as medicine, date back to antiquity. Initially medicines were made only from ingredients available in the natural environment: Plants, animals and minerals. It was also believed that the more ingredients a medicine contained, the better the final results. An original formula by Nicolaus Copernicus, kept in Sweden, specifies 22 ingredients, including amber.
Albert the Great (1193-1280), a Dominican and philosopher, identifies amber as the first among the six most effective medicines; succinum, ocastoreum, mors, camphor, tartarus, and aurum. Tinctures originating from the same period in time were based on beer, wine or water and were effective cures for stomach and rheumatic aches.
In the middle Ages plagues swarmed across towns, leaving many dead in their wake. Fumigation with the smoke of burning amber was recommended as an effective preventive measure. As recorded by Matthaus Praetorius, “During the plague not a single amberman from Gdansk, Klaipeda, Konigsberg or Liepaja died of the disease” (1680). Amber smoke is often used in aromatherapy today.
Amber was for centuries perceived as a bactericidal agent hence amber baby teethers, spoons, cigarette holders and pipe mouthpieces.
We are surrounded by all sorts of electrical devices: radios, television sets, microwave ovens, hair-driers, shavers, computers and mobile phones, which affect our bodies in a negative way. Modern research proves that wearing protective amber jewelry, necklaces, bracelets, brooches, rings or pendants, or carrying a raw amber figurine or nugget in our pocket is beneficial. When warming up, amber changes ionization, positively influencing our frame of mind and rebuilding the disturbed electrostatic field. We will be happy and full of energy once again.
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