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and Balance your Body's Energy Field
Introducing the .
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Ionic Body
Balancer™
Frequently Asked Questions
We receive many
phone calls each day with questions about the Ionic Body
Balancer™. Answers to our most frequently asked questions
appear below. If you need additional assistance, please do not
hesitate to contact us, either by telephone at (520) 219-2550, or via email at pimacotton@aol.com (Michael's personal email).
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How quickly
can I expect my order to arrive?
What do the
colors in my water after a
treatment mean?
How do I clean my array?
Do you ever run promotions or specials? How can I stay up-to-date on
your products?
During the
detoxification process, some people will leech acid into
the foot spa water (especially during your first 10-15
treatments). The body's natural pH should be
slightly alkaline to fight infections and toxins most
effectively. (In chemistry, 'alkaline' means 'cool and
slow,' whereas 'acid' means 'hot and fast.' You can
compare an acidic car battery, which needs to run hot
and fast to start your car, to an alkaline battery in
your TV remote control, which you would want to stay
cool, and run for a long time.)
However, some toxins
and disease can cause our body to become more acidic.
The acidity that is released into the foot bath water is
being released by your body as part of the
detoxification process. (Please note that the absence of
this rash is not necessarily a sign that the Ionic Body
Balancer has failed to work. Each person will detoxify
differently.)
If you do get this
rash, be sure to wash your feet thoroughly with soap and
warm water after each treatment. You can also gently rub
baking soda (which is an alkaline) on the affected area
to help neutralize the rash, and then rinse the area
well. If the rash becomes itchy, you can try applying
calamine lotion. Appearance of this rash does not mean
you should stop treatments. If it makes you
uncomfortable to continue treatments, then wait a few
days before resuming. Appearance of this rash can be a
good thing- it means that the detox treatments are working.
However, our goal is to reduce pain and
discomfort- not add to it!!
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How much
salt is enough? How
much is too much? Can I use any salt, or do I have to
use the salt you provide?
We recommend starting
with 1 teaspoon of salt (if you are using sea salt).
If you have a tingling sensation around your ankles when
you turn on the machine, you need to turn off the unit,
remove some of the water, and replace it with fresh
(warm/hot) water to reduce the salinity of the water. If
you do not see any bubbling action around the array
after approximately 10 seconds, add another 1/2 teaspoon
of salt. It may be necessary to add additional salt
throughout the treatment to keep the reaction going.
You can use ANY kind
of salt you wish. Table salt is perfectly acceptable. A
word of caution: due to variability in the size of
different types of salt (sea salt is a physically larger
grain than table salt), you may need to add LESS salt if
you are using table salt. If you are using table salt,
start with 1/4 teaspoon .
Due to variability in
local water supplies, as well as each person's
sensitivity to the Ionic Body Balancer™,
more or less salt may be necessary. Salt is required for
the detoxification process to happen - salt is what
drives the chemical reaction in the foot spa water that
creates the ions in the water.
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If you are going through power supplies like toilet
paper, decrease the amount of salt that you are using.
Too much salt over many treatments can create a drain on
the power supply and cause it to short out.
There is too much
salt in your foot bath water. If you have a tingling
sensation around your ankles when you turn on the
machine, you need to turn off the unit, remove some of
the water, and replace it with fresh (warm/hot) water to
reduce the salinity of the water. If you do not see any
bubbling action around the array after approximately 10
seconds, add another 1/2 teaspoon of salt.
Some people are more
sensitive to the current in the water than others. If you are one of these
lucky ones, shake in salt a little bit at a time until there is some fizzing
at the array. You can always add more salt throughout your session as
needed.
Yes, tap water is
fine. Hard water does not affect the detox process. (Here at the home of the Ionic Body Balancer™,
we only use warm/hot tap water straight from our
bathtub. We have very hard water and have found that hard
water does not affect the detoxification process.) However,
if you have a water softening system in your house, you will need LESS salt.
Water softening systems add sodium (salt) to your water to negate the
effects of other minerals in the water.
If you have a water
softening system, or if your local water company adds
salt to the water supply, you may find it helpful to
keep a bottle of distilled water on-hand to reduce the
salinity of your foot bath water. You will need to heat
the water prior to adding it to your foot bath. You can
contact the manufacturer of your water softening system
if you have questions about the amount of salt that has
been added to your water. Due to the wide variability in
these systems, we are unable to answer any specific
questions about any water softening system you may have
installed in your home or workplace.
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If you live in the
U.S., you can find information about your local water
supply on the EPA's website.
How
fast will I detox?
Everyone will detox
at different rates. At the end of your treatment, the
total amount of "gunk" in your foot spa water is only
about 10% of the total detox that your body will
undergo. About 90% of the detox you will experience
happens inside your body.
The Ionic Body
Balancer™
kick-starts your lymphatic system, which ultimately
empties into your Excretory System. (The function of your lymph
and lower GI tract is to rid the body of waste.) Because
of this, you may feel the effects of the detox
system for several days following each treatment. However, each
person is different; some people will not experience any side-effects,
while others will.
If you are using the
Ionic Body Balancer™ every day, be sure to supplement your
increased water intake with a good electrolyte mix, such as Emergen-C.
If you are having healing
reactions (search:Herxheimer Effect), cut back your use of the Ionic Body Balancer™
to every other day, twice per week, or once per week
until your reactions have subsided. There is a good article on the
Herxheimer Effect here. The clinic that published this article
specializes in treatment for Lyme Disease, but the
Herxheimer Effect applies to many different types of
illness and both healing and detox in general.
This is the same
principle as taking many doses of an antibiotic over a
period of time, versus swallowing one really big pill;
as bacteria and the other "bad guys" in your body die
and are otherwise eliminated, they can give off
chemicals and other materials that are toxic to us (this
is how many infectious-based neurotoxins work, at a very basic
level). If
you kill too many bacteria and other parasites at once,
you are likely to feel worse than you did at the start!!
By working on the problem slowly and steadily, you are
less likely to experience the headaches, fatigue, joint
pain, and other symptoms. It also guarantees that everything you
are seeking to rid your body of will be eliminated.
That said, to fully
detoxify your body, you must also eliminate any potential toxins from
your diet and living environment. That includes (but is not limited to)
smoke, diet (meat treated with antibiotics, steroids, etc., chemical
preservatives and additives, artificial sweeteners, etc.), poor quality
water, unnecessary medications, and bad stress. Good stress is having to
work to pay your mortgage or to save for a vacation. Bad stress is
allowing a micro-managing supervisor drive you nuts!
Some people will experience detox in
stages. What does this mean? For an individual with arthritis, the first signs
of relief may come from decreased arthritis pain. After using the system for a
few weeks, this individual may start to see more brown in their water, rather
than orange (arthritis). Perhaps this person used to smoke half a pack of
cigarettes per day for several years, but has been smoke-free for many years.
Why didn't the brown (lungs) show up at the same time? The body had more
pressing issues to resolve.
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Why does
one side of the array
wear faster than the other?
During a treatment, one
side of the array acts like an anode, and the other as a
cathode. Therefore, one side of the array will actually lose
material to the other side over time (this process is also
known as electroplating). You may see "pitting" of the
bars on each array, on one side only. The "pitting" that
you see is where the anode side is losing material to
the cathode side of the array.
Eventually, this is
why the entire array will need to be replaced. Our 10th generation
array is designed to withstand this phenomenon and extend
the life of the array and Turbo Plates by allowing the user to replace
parts in less than five minutes without tools. For
step-by-step directions on this process, click here.
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How long
will my
array last? What should
I look for before ordering a new array?
Your array should last
approximately 75 treatments. The series of photos below are
of a single array that has recently been replaced.
This array was sent to us by a customer for demonstration
purposes. This is what we mean when we say that one side of
the array will lose material to the other side!
The other obvious change is that the bars and plates have
lost their sharp angles- every edge on the array has become
more rounded, compared to when it was new.
  
You can extend the life of
your entire array by switching the gold plugs at the
level of the power supply every other treatment. The
gold plugs on your array cable are marked with either a
red band, or a black band. These correspond to the red
and black plugs on your power unit. (Treatment #1,
red-red, black-black; Treatment #2, red-black,
red-black; Treatment #3, red-red, black-black, etc.)
There is not a single part of
your array that really cares what type of energy it is
receiving. We use the same batch of Turbo Plates for
both sides of the array; all our cables come off the
same spool of wire, and all of our steel bars are made
exactly the same way. The metal parts and insulators in
our arrays don't know the difference between positive
and negative current- it is completely safe to plug a
gold plug labeled as "red" into the "black" plug on the
power unit, due to the design of our array.
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What is the
difference between
replacing an entire array and only replacing the ionizer
plates?
The ionizer plates are
part of the array. They can be easily replaced after about
40 treatments, and cost $20 (one plate) with free shipping, within the lower 48 United States.
You can order new Turbo Plates (ionizer plates) on our
website. You will only need to replace a single plate, since
only one side of the array will deteriorate (see pictures
above). Replacing only a 'bad' Turbo Plate will extend the
life of your array by an additional ~35-40 treatments
(totaling about 75 treatments). Once the steel bars
deteriorate, you will need to replace the entire array.
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I just
ordered a
new array. How do I
attach my old cable to the new array?
Step-by-step directions
with photos are available on our website,
here.
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I just ordered a
new Turbo Plate. How do I replace
the old plate?
Step-by-step directions
with photos are available on our website,
here.
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Do you ship to countries other than the US? Can I use your system in other countries?
Yes, we
ship internationally. You may need to
contact us
directly for a shipping quote.
This system
was designed for the North American power grid, which operates on 120
volts. To use this system in a country outside of North America, you
WILL need a step-down transformer. Failure to use this system with
a step-down transformer voids the two-year
warranty. The controller unit will short immediately and will
essentially be nothing more than a 10-pound paperweight.
If you live
outside of North America, we recommend purchasing a power supply
(controller unit) locally within your own country. We can help you find a
suitable unit. This eliminates the need for a transformer. We feel this
is a safer and ultimately simpler method. We are happy to provide
you with an array at our retail price, since the
array is not being purchased as part of a full system. We can include a
copy of our user manual with the array, or send it via email. Just be
sure to let us know you need one!
Don't know the voltage of your country's power grid? You can find it listed at:
Electricity Around the World. There are a handful of countries that also use 120 volts, such as Japan and Venezuela.
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How
quickly can I expect my
order to arrive?
We ship 90% of our
orders through USPS Priority Mail Service. The other 10%
of our shipping goes through UPS Ground (Ultra Pro
Systems ONLY). Generally, you can
expect your order to arrive about 4-7 business days
(within the US) after we receive your order.
International orders can take 9-15 days to arrive, depending
on the speed of the customs process, and how quickly we can process
your order once payment is received. We try to ship all of our orders
on the same or next business day regardless of destination.
For a quick estimate
on shipping times, you can visit www.ups.com (for shipping on domestic
Ultra Pro systems only), and click on "Estimate Time and Cost." Enter
your zip code, as well as ours (85704), and it will provide you with a
list of shipping options from UPS. We use UPS Ground. Shipping weight on
the Ultra Pro system is 13 pounds.
For smaller and/or international orders, visit
USPS.
You will need our zip code (85704), as well as your shipping zip code.
For international orders, only the country name is required.
If you have specific
questions about your shipment, please
email
or call our Operations Manager, Jessica. Her direct line is
520-329-8449, and can be reached by email at
jhorton@ionicbalancer.com.
Please include your name, an approximate purchase date and method of
purchase (Paypal invoice, eBay, web order, telephone sale, etc) to make it easier to
find your order.
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What do the
colors in my water
after a treatment mean?
The table below is
widely available on the internet, used by many different
companies who manufacture similar, yet less effective,
systems.
The chart is accurate for any detox foot bath that
utilizes water ionization. If you
have previously purchased a system from one of our
competitors and have yet to see these colors in your foot
spa water, try our system. You may be surprised at what you
see!
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Color of Water |
Area of the Body |
Symptoms |
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Yellow-green |
Detoxifying From The Kidney, Bladder, Urinary tract, Female/Prostate Area |
Gynecological Disorder, Prostatitis, Bloating |
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Orange |
Detoxifying From Joints, Vascular System |
Arthritis, Rheumatism, Gout, Neuropathy,
Fibromyalgia |
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Brown |
Detoxifying From Liver, Lungs, Tobacco, Cellular Debris |
Smoking, Second Hand Smoke, Air Pollution, |
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White cheese-like particles |
Yeast, GI Tract, Vaginal |
Insomnia, Migraine, Candida, Thrush |
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Dark Green to Black |
Detoxifying From Gallbladder, Liver |
Gallstones, Weak Immune System, Acid Reflux, Nausea |
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Red flecks |
Blood Clot Material |
Arterial Blockage, Hypertension, Bruising, Cold Hands/Feet |
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White foam |
Lymphatic System, Lymph Nodes |
Skin Allergy, Menses Disorder,
Tender
or Clogged
Lymph Nodes |
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Black flecks |
Heavy Metals |
Chronic Fatigue, Memory Problem | | |
't just take our word for it - here are some c
We regularly receive
phone calls and emails asking why there is still color change in the
foot spa water after it is run by itself; the reason for this has to do
with the laws of Thermodynamics.
When energy is set into motion
(turning the system on), it has no choice but to continue in that
movement, until an outside force is acted upon it, causing the energy to
cease (turning the system off). While that energy is in motion, it must
do something. What does it do? Pulls all of the minerals that
may be in your water (or salt, if it has been added), from suspension in
the water. The resulting color change is a light orange color. However,
if you dip your finger (or a rag) in this water, nothing will stick to
it. Try the same thing after you've had your feet in the water, and your
finger (or rag) will be pretty effectively coated in muck. If you are
using a rag, it will continue to be stained, no matter how many times
you may wash it.
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How do
I clean my array?
Please
check your user manual (pg 12, under "Following the
Treatment,") or click here
for step-by-step photo directions.
***** Do
NOT use a toothbrush, wire brush, Q-tips, or any other sort
of instruments to clean your array. You do NOT need to take
your array apart to clean it. If you have questions about
this, take a look at our
step-by-step photo directions, or
call us at 520-219-2550.
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Do you ever run promotions or specials? How can I stay up-to-date on
your products?
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Best Wishes and Great Health!
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