Rife Machines – Fact or Fiction?

The quote at the bottom of this post was posted to the lyme/rife group today. I want to address a few things. First, yes, there is a place where anecdotal rife user reports are posted, although it is badly in need of updating. Also, my book Lyme disease and Rife Machines has a chapter in it which includes the scientific experiment in which Doug MacLean observed spirochetes dying when exposed to electromagnetic frequencies. When you get to the website, you are interested in two links, “The Discovery” and “What is Rife Therapy,” both on the left menu bar.

There is also a DVD where you can watch Doug, inventor of the first rife machine used for Lyme disease, discuss his experineces.

Last but not least, regarding the science, check out the video included at the bottom of this post.

Fact from fiction you require. well lyme falls somewhere between
cancer and aids, politics and medicine. You, my friend, have entered
the twilight zone…
Alternative medicine usually leaves one unharmed but occasionally
someone dies. Regular health care is the number 1 killer in USA, and
have a very bad batting avg. We don’t hear from the victims. They’re
dead, maimed, bankrupted, etc. The killers are protected by law. There
is little incentive to heal, but fat bonuses when the hospitals is at
full occupancy. If you survive in spite of the quackery, feel lucky.
It’s like professing your sanity and getting thrown into the loony
bin, when the cell door slams shut and you turn and face your new
friends. At first they stare and the silence is deafening, but soon
they are laughing hysterically and pointing towards their belly
buttons….time to regroup.
Your RF questions…

1. Harmonics

2. Low skin effect in non-conductors

3. Rife machines have no antennas

Shep

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 Like all of you I am wading through alternative treatments for Lyme
 and trying to seperate fact from fiction. I am new to this group so
 forgive me if you have discussed this already. I am finding it
 really hard to tell if Rife machines actually help people. Has
 there ever been an informal survey done in the Lyme and Rife group
 asking folks if they actually were helped by using Rife machines,
 and on a scale of 1-10, how much? (10 being, all my symptoms went
 away.) I realize that it is a bit over symplistic because most
 people are doing a lot of other stuff besides Rife that could
 contribute to healing, and people have different manifestations of
 the disease. Still, if Rife machines are really as wonderful as
 some authors would make you believe, but adequate research has not
 been done, how can I know if it is helpful without spending $3000 or
 more, or worse yet, experimenting on myself and actually doing
 damage to my cells ? Below is an excerpt of an e-mail I
 received illustrating reasons why Rife may not work. What are your
 responses? Also, on a scale of 1-10 how would you rate the
 effectiveness of your Rife experiences?

 theres also a LOT of valid info refuting it as well…here is an excerpt

 [There are three technical reasons that prove why Rife can’t work:

 1) The RF (Radio Frequencies) that are used have resonate
 wavelengths measured in feet and yards. There is no way that
 frequencies that long can resonate with microscopic bacteria.

 2) RF has a skin effect phenomenon. It penetrates even good
 conductors like copper only a few thousandths of an inch. That’s not
 even deep enough to have any effect on infections of the skin or
 skin structures.

 3) There is no RF radiated, or a vanishingly small amount measured
 in micro-watts. If there was any significant RF emitted the FCC
 (Federal Communications Commission) would shut them down for causing
 RFI (Radio Frequency Interference) and operating an unlicensed radio
 station. ]end quote

 HOW can some claim it works? well, other than good old placebo
 effect–it may be that many use it AFTER trying all else and that
 finally their body is healing-from previous tx=-for those who do
 Rife with NO other tx–there are cases documented of getting over
 Lyme without any tx!!

 Be VERY careful about any/all alternative methods–look into them
 and if there are discrepancies, be even more wary. IF for example
 they claim that the treatment “knows the difference between good and
 bad bacteria”–ask yourself HOW and if it makes no sense…it
 probably cant do that.If you see photos where a poor defenseless
 paramecium is being shattered–and claims that its a pathogen–ask
 yourself ” why would they lie about that just to advertize this
 treatment”
 and ” what will it do to MY cells?”

 Then if you find several of these “problems” with hype ( or to be
 nice ” definitions and descriptions of how something works”) then
 ask yourself ” why do they have to exaggerate, why do they have to
 mis state, and what else are they ‘fudging”???

 When you hear that diluted bleach water can “tell” whats a good vs
 bad bacteria due to charges on the cell–and then you look up a good
 bacteriology text and find that to be hogwash–and then you read
 that a treatment attacks only gram negative bacteria or anerobic
 bacteria and again look up and see that?Borrelia isnt really gram
 negative nor is it “anerobic” you have to start to question the
 validity of that treatment!! and read that same product has
 eradicated Malaria in some country in Africa but you KNOW thats
 blatantly false–again ask why lie????

 Also on the various “themed” sites and chat boards–IF theyre
 behaving all “cult” like and you see NO negative effects or risks or
 warnings–and they refuse to “allow” discussion of these
 discrepancies- -thats a big red flag–theres always some risks,
 negative effects etc and by silencing those to make it look more
 effective, that leads ME to question the ethics and truthfulness of
 all they say!!

 theres a lot of desperate people and a lot of others thinking its ok
 to make money off of them–one gal on another site posted ” well, if
 someone has $150 an hr to give a Lyme coach who are you to say if
 that person has credentials or even qualifications to answer
 questions, that they shouldnt be charging others” !!!

 what makes me tell everyone to be VERY careful – especially on sites
 devoted to a particular “cure” is this willingness to accept and
 embrace those treatments out there with faulty science and proven
 risks and expensive costs and its all “ok”.