How Germanium Benefits Your Health
Germanium possesses semiconductor properties. It has a small band gap that allows it to efficiently respond to infrared light. The two important characteristics of Germanium that bring about healthy function effects are its natural ability to remove harmful positive ions and the assistance in penetration of Far Infrared Rays (FIR) into the human body.

1.  Removing Harmful Positive Ions and Effect of Negative Ions
Germanium atom has thirty-two electrons with four of them constantly moving unsteadily in its outermost shell. These four electrons are negative-charge carriers. When approached by a foreign substance, one of these four electrons is ejected out of its orbit once the temperature is above 32 degrees Celsius. This semiconductor phenomenon is known in electronics as 'the positive hole effect'. The remaining three electrons seize an electron each from other atoms in order to maintain balance.

In essence, once in contact with the human skin, the negatively charged ions from the millions of Germanium atoms will attract the harmful positively charged ions from the Body. This process is also known as the dehydrogenation effect where oxygen’s atoms combine with hydrogen ions which have accumulated in the body, to remove them. A hypothetical supposition is that the physical semiconductor phenomenon is similar to the physiological effect of dehydrogenation.

The metabolism of the human cell is an extremely important process as it pushes waste out of the body while acquiring nutrients from the blood. With more negative ions in the body, the body's metabolism process also increases in its efficiency. Conversely, with more positive ions in the body, metabolism becomes less efficient and slower.

2.  Effect of Far Infrared Rays (FIR) from Germanium
What is FIR and Human Body FIR
Far Infrared Rays (FIR) are a form of energy wave and emanate from the Sun. The wave length ranges from 4 μm to 1,000 μm. FIR possesses extremely low energy that causes no harm to the human body. An important property of FIR is that it does not belong to the radioactive ray category.
The human body is organic and is also an FIR source with the wavelength of approximately 9 microns.

How Far Infrared Rays (FIR) Transmit Radiation
Far Infrared Rays (FIR) have activity characteristics like those of the normal light source. Light energy does not require other mediums to transfer its energy to objects. For example, the Sunlight can travel a very long distance without any medium to the Earth. Far Infrared Rays (FIR) have similar radiation properties.

Penetration
The difference between FIR and normal visible light is that FIR has a unique characteristic that enables it to penetrate solids. It can travel as deep as 4 to 10 centimetres inside human body and assist in warming up of the body from inside.

Far Infrared Rays (FIR) from Germanium
Germanium has the ability to emit a high percent of Far Infrared Rays (FIR) of between 4 to 14 microns. As the FIR from Germanium overlap the wavelength of 9 microns emitted by the human body, the resulting resonance with the water molecules in our body helps in improving blood circulation. When Far Infrared Rays (FIR) are absorbed into the various organs of the human body, they activate, revitalize, develop and strengthen those organs. They also increase temperature under the skin and promote micro circulatory flow within the human body as well, thus improving one’s overall health condition.

Benefits of Germanium

• Protects against radiation.
• Germanium stimulates the body's immune system, making it effective in the treatment of cancer as well as other degenerative diseases.
• Strengthens one's immune system.
• Increases blood circulation
• Raises oxygen levels
• Speeds up metabolism of body cells
• Regulates positive and negative ions within the body
• Removes harmful toxins
• Relieves joint and muscle pain
• Alleviates physical stress, stiffness, cramps or discomfort
• Controls swelling
• Reduces water retention
• Relieves fatigue and tiredness
• Promotes quality sleep
• Slows down aging
• Increases and maintains body warmth
• Accelerate blood circulation:
  Germanium utilizes the fundamentals of Far Infrared Rays (FIR) and helps in increasing deep skin temperature, expand micro vascular openings, accelerate blood circulation, consolidate blood and cell metabolism

• Adjust blood pressure:
  High blood pressure and arteriosclerosis are usually caused by contraction and narrowing of small arteries. This condition directly affects the nervous system, endocrine system and kidneys. Far Infrared Rays (FIR) help to expand micro vascular openings and thus helps in maintaining proper blood pressure. FIR, thus is very effective in controlling hypertension.

• Relief from arthralgia:
  Far infrared Rays (FIR) can reach deep muscle joints and warm inner body, relaxed muscles facilitate a higher degree of exchange of oxygen and nutrients of micro vascular system. This directly helps in relieving joint pains in the affected area. All these ensure that the accumulation of toxins and fatigue-causing substances like lactic acid are pushed out of the system.

• Adjust autonomic nerve:
  Autonomic nerve mainly regulates visceral functions. Humans are usually in the state of anxiety. When the autonomic nerve stays tense, humans experience low levels of immunity, headaches, insomnia, fatigue and cold extremities.

• Reduce fat:
  It has been observed that far infrared therapy results in increasing the rate of metabolism in the human body. This is in direct conjunction with an increase in process of cell activation, and thus promotion of adipose tissue metabolism. This process results in burning and decomposition of excess fat, thereby resulting in losing weight effectively.

• Strengthen liver function:
  The deep heat reaction from deep body warming caused by far infrared activates cells; enhances tissue regeneration capacity and promote cell growth. It also assists to strengthen liver’s ability to detoxify the blood. This directly helps in keeping the body in good physical condition as pure blood ensures that we feel better and more oxygen is supplied to all our organs.

• Promote metabolism:
  Far infrared Rays (FIR) help in building up a strong metabolic system by improving upon the micro-circulatory network in the human body. Resultantly, metabolic waste is rapidly pushed out from body, reducing the burden on liver and kidneys. Such waste includes heavy metals that can cause cancer, lactate, free fatty acids and subcutaneous fat that can cause fatigue and aging.

• Balance body's PH degree:
  Far infrared can purify blood and improve the quality and texture of skin, giving you a glowing skin.

Germanium is also employed in curing various medical disorders. A few of them are:

• Prevention of tumour
  Germanium helps in activating the cells that defend the body against infection and foul particles. This in turn helps in boosting immunity. It has been observed that this boost in immunity has shown considerable resistance to tumour and Cancer causing agents.
  
• Treatment of senile dementia
  Germanium has ability to strengthen immunity system, anti-lipid peroxidation and enrich oxygen. This process results in an increase in the ability of oxygen-supplying of cerebra, improve neural networks function, starve aging, and thus improve the ability to work more effectively with a better memory.
  
• Prevention and treatment of atherosclerosis
  Germanium helps in increasing oxygen-supply ability of the body, thus, accelerating blood circulation and reducing blood viscosity. This property helps in effective prevention and treatment to atherosclerosis.

• Prevent rheumatoid arthritis
  Rheumatoid arthritis is related to disorder of immune system. Germanium helps immune system to find and deal with abnormal cells in the human body. Furthermore, Germanium can regulate the functioning of the endocrine system and resolves issues with acesodyne and antiphlogistic functions.

• Reduce the hypertension
  As Germanium helps in accelerating blood circulation, it results in effectively reducing the systolic blood pressure and diastolic blood pressure, and relieve the patient from hypertension.

• Treatment of osteoporosis
  Germanium can improve activity of osteoblast, reduce the chance of fracture, and effectively cure osteoporosis.

• Treatment of diabetes
  Germanium helps to adjust internal secretion of insulin, helps in transporting abundant oxygen to pancreas that produces insulin and thus, ensures that the pancreas are in a good functional state.

• Treatment of AIDS
  Organic Germanium has been widely used in the cure of AIDS.
  

It should be noted that the above benefits experienced may vary from individual to individual.