(2014) The Compound Chinese Medicine “Kang Fu Ling” Protects against High Power Microwave-Induced Myocardial Injury.
Zhang X, Gao Y, Dong J, Wang S, Yao B, et al. · 2014
View Original AbstractHigh-power microwave radiation caused measurable heart damage in rats, including abnormal rhythms and cellular injury that could be prevented with protective treatment.
Plain English Summary
Researchers exposed 100 rats to high-power microwave radiation and found significant heart damage, including abnormal heart rhythms, cellular swelling, and damaged mitochondria (the cell's power plants). When they treated some rats with a Chinese herbal compound called Kang Fu Ling, the heart damage was largely prevented. This suggests that microwave radiation can harm the cardiovascular system at the cellular level, but protective compounds may help mitigate these effects.
Why This Matters
This study adds to growing evidence that microwave radiation can cause measurable biological harm beyond simple heating effects. The researchers documented specific cardiovascular damage including disrupted heart rhythms and mitochondrial dysfunction - the kind of cellular-level injury that could accumulate over time with chronic exposure. While the study used high-power microwaves rather than typical consumer devices, it demonstrates clear biological mechanisms by which EMF exposure can damage heart tissue. The fact that a protective compound could prevent this damage confirms that the effects were real and biologically significant. What this means for you: your heart, like other organs, contains the same cellular machinery that was damaged in this study, suggesting cardiovascular effects deserve serious consideration in EMF safety standards.
Exposure Information
Specific exposure levels were not quantified in this study. Duration: 7d
Study Details
This study investigated the cardiovascular protective effects of compound Chinese medicine “Kang Fu Ling” (KFL) against high power microwave (HPM)-induced myocardial injury and the role of the mitochondrial permeability transition pore (mPTP) opening in KFL protection.
Male Wistar rats (100) were divided into 5 equal groups: no treatment, radiation only, or radiation ...
At 7 days after radiation, rats without KFL treatment showed a significantly lower heart rate (P<0.0...
Microwave radiation can cause electrophysiological, histological and ultrastructural changes in the heart. KFL at 1.5 g/kg/day had the greatest protective effect on these cardiovascular events. mPTP plays an important role in the protective effects of KFL against microwave-radiation-induced myocardial injury.
Show BibTeX
@article{x_2014_2014_the_compound_chinese_1721,
author = {Zhang X and Gao Y and Dong J and Wang S and Yao B and et al.},
title = {(2014) The Compound Chinese Medicine “Kang Fu Ling” Protects against High Power Microwave-Induced Myocardial Injury.},
year = {2014},
url = {https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0101532},
}