Assessment of the Ability of Ionic Foot Bath (IonCleanse®) to Remove Heavy Metals Through the Feet and Its Potential Impact on Body Burden of Heavy Metals

The Canadian College of Naturopathic Medicine

Status and phase: Completed; Early Phase 1

Conditions: Healthy

Treatments: Device: IonCLeanse Footbath

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT01125592

IonFootbath

Details and patient eligibility

About

Makers of ionic foot baths claim that their machines can eliminate heavy metals from the body. Researchers at the Canadian College of Naturopathic Medicine are evaluating the ability of an ionic foot bath to help eliminate heavy metals from the body by rigorously testing the machine under controlled conditions. The machine will first be tested without feet under normal operating conditions and again after operation under normal conditions with foot immersion.

Enrollment: 6 patients

Sex: All

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Healthy Adults

Exclusion criteria

• A wearer of a pacemaker or any other battery operated or electrical implant
• Pregnant or nursing women
• On heartbeat regulating medication
• On blood thinners (anticoagulants)
• On any drug known to have chelating properties
• Have had an organ transplant or a metal joint implant
• On a medication the absence of which would mentally or physically incapacitate them, e.g., psychotic episodes, seizures, etc.

Trial design

6 participants in 1 patient group

Footbath

Experimental group

Description:

Participants in this arm of the study will receive 4 30 minutes ionic footbath sessions, one each week for 4 weeks.

Treatment:

Device: IonCLeanse Footbath