As you know humans have been investigating their body and sicknesses since they were aware of it.  It's possible to blame today's life style and stress for  the cause of many sicknesses.  In my opinion the other reason is that we don't love and care for enough our bodies.  If we could love & care for our bodies the world  would become a better place to live. I think we are the only creatures who don't care about themselves and the world they live in. We behave as if we have unlimited health resources or  would never die. Sure it's not easy to rule the world!!  Alright I've just been sarcastic  now but this is the attitude of humans towards themselves and their environment. However  the tomcat who lives in our house leaks itself for hours then  purrs all night to heal its body. That's not all, if we would let it might heal us as well.

I read a very interesting articles about bioacoustics recently(1).  Bioacoustics is the study of sound in animals. It includes animal communication and associated behavior,sound production anatomy and auditory mechanisms of animals etc...The article is  about Dr. Elizabeth Von Mugganthaler's(2) research on cat family.  According to Dr Elizabeth Von Mugganthaler's hypothesis;  all cat family from domestic cat to wild cat  produce purr sound that can heal them and can heal us too!  How is  it possible!  Just let them purr and sleep with you.

The story of this discovery is quiet interesting. Dr Elizabeth had been working with wild cats at a facility, one day while passing by the cage of a wild cat, she heard that wild cat purring.  It sounded odd to her.  She  got back to her office and   kept thinking about the purr sound. She found an article in National Geographics magazine(3) about a researcher who had put chickens on vibrating plank for twenty minutes and witnessed their bones grew. Something clicked in Elizabeth's mind so she called him and asked what the anobolic frequencies for bones were. He said that they were between 20-90Hz. There is an evidence suggesting that 25 Hz and 50Hz are the best frequncies for bone growth. The next day Dr Elizabeth grabbed her artist doctor big tomcat and recorded it's purr on her computer. When she looked at the results she found that the frequencies were the same. Thereupon she recorded every domestic  cat from neigbourhood  and friends.  The type of frequencies that are found in the various cat's purr (including wild cats) are  between 20-50 Hz, but the dominant frequency for domestic cat's purr were exactly 25 Hz or 50 Hz.

Scientists have been investigating stimulation of certain frequencies for bone growth and fracture healing for a long time  and the results are published at several magazines. Dr Elizabeth put together her research and evidences from other sources then presented her hypothesis to the world: A cat family produces  purr sound between 20-50 Hz frequencies which can help to cure  bone & muscle diseases of humans.

This hypothesis was supported by many sources especially from veterenerians.(4) The vetereniarians has known for a time that cats  don't get bone diseases, and some more diseases that dogs get.There  is an old veterenarian saying and still being taught in veterinary schools:

"Put a cat in a room with a bunch of broken bones , the bones will heal."

While scientists discuss the  healing properties of cats purr, Dr Elizabeth says that there is absolutely no harm in sleeping with your cat,  it can help healing.

I have discovered another aspect of frequency healing properties  at an acupuncture session where I had been cured recently. I had a problem with my waist that I thought my  acupuncture specialist can fix... My Chinese specialist used Chinese made electro acupuncture equipment on me.(like tradional acupuncture but needlleless, works with vibrations of electric currants). The result was amazing. It felt good and relaxing and the pain had almost disappeared.  Later I made research about the frequencies of electro acupuncture. I found out that the type of frequencies of electro acupuncture  are between 5-100Hz.  It seems clear why these methods have been practised for a while.(5) Chinese and Russion researches  discovered benefits of stimulation of vibrations in certain frequencies a long time ago. When the walls of eastern block fell down, knowledge spread through the Western world where at gyms  these equipments are started to be used. Well, there had been a lot of research  about  stimulation of certain frequencies, but the healing properties Cat's purr's make this subject very exciting, since it reveals secrets about the old the four legged close friends of humans.

There is another interesting research made by medical society about cats. According to a scientist; the immune system of children who live with cats get stronger and they are protected from allergies and asthma.

Well, It is almost three thousand years since we have domesticated the cat.  We are finally solving the puzzle of  nine lives of the cat who  the symbol of moon and a god,  worshipped by the ancient Egyptians. Well, cat's secret of nine lives is reaveled by it's purr.

What about secrets of the humanbeing!  Since he  lost to ability  to even breathe deeply and rythmic, he needs to connect with himself again. We live and work under enourmous pressure and live in illusion by following careers that never suit us. We neglect our bodies and the nature. However if we can tune inside ourselves and then  to the nice vibrations of nature, we could feel much better. But if you think that is difficult or impossible since you too busy it would be  best for you to have a cat at home.

Ohh put her on your belly she puurrrrs and warms you  and relieve pains.

If your knee is aching the solution is  easy, get a cat and relax with her.

If your calcium intake is low , get a cat and sleep with her.

If you break up with your loved one, again get a cat and cuddle to it, it will warm you up but I don't think it'll relieve that kind of pain!

Every household needs a cat, of course we never let them be our specialists,  but they may help us heal.

P.s: My apologies to some of my former cats who have been chucked out of bed at various occasions while being called names like lovesick and so forth. 

(1) Secret Sounds That Heal", written by Paula Peterson. In September of 2002 she interviewed Elizabeth Von Muggenthaler, a research scientist and bio-acoustic specialist.

How purrs are secret to cat's nine lives By David Harrison, Environment Correspondent, www.telegraph.co.uk

(2)Dr Elizabeth Von Muggenthaler,Scientists at the Fauna Communication Research Institute in North Carolina

(3)(National Geographic January, 2001 p. 11).

(4)The Journal of the American Veterinary Medicine Association for example (J Am Vet Med Assoc 99; 214(9): 1336-41),

(5)(Chen et al, ‘The Effects of Frequency of Mechanical Vibration on Experimental Fracture Healing’. Chinese Journal of Surgery, 32 (4), 217-219, 1994).