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) · 2014
View Original AbstractHigh-power microwave radiation damaged rat hearts at the cellular level, disrupting mitochondria and electrical signaling pathways.
Plain English Summary
Chinese 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 powerhouses). When they treated some rats with a traditional 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.
Why This Matters
This study adds to growing evidence that microwave radiation can damage the cardiovascular system through mechanisms we're only beginning to understand. The researchers found that exposure caused not just surface-level changes like altered heart rhythms, but deep cellular damage to mitochondria - the energy factories that keep heart cells functioning. What makes this research particularly valuable is that it identifies specific biological pathways involved in microwave-induced heart damage, including disruption of proteins essential for normal heart cell communication. While the study used high-power microwave exposure levels likely exceeding typical consumer device emissions, the underlying biological mechanisms it reveals could be relevant at lower exposure levels over longer periods. The reality is that our hearts are constantly exposed to microwave radiation from cell phones, WiFi, and other wireless devices, and this research suggests we should take that exposure seriously.
Exposure Information
Specific exposure levels were not quantified in this study.
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_the_compound_chinese_medicine_2703,
author = {Zhang X and Gao Y and Dong J and Wang S and Yao B and et al. (2014)},
title = {The Compound Chinese Medicine “Kang Fu Ling” Protects against High Power Microwave-Induced Myocardial Injury.},
year = {2014},
url = {https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/24992449/},
}