A CAT'S HEALING PURR/OT

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A CAT'S HEALING PURR

by Lev G. Fedyniak, MD

 

 

We’ve always intuitively felt that a cat somehow knows when we’re not

feeling well and even where it hurts. Got a headache and a cat just seems to

wrap around your head. A stomachache and a cat can’t seem to get off your

abdomen. And purrs and purrs and purrs!

 

It was always believed that a cat’s purr was relaxing or stress reducing and

that led to any number of healthful benefits. While that may be so, science

has shown that the cat’s purr is much more than just relaxing. Remember that

it’s not just the sound of purring that’s important but more the tremor or

vibration it produces.

 

Interestingly, science has known for many years that vibrations at specific

levels or frequencies cause healing changes in the body. They can, for

example, induce bone growth and regeneration. Bone fractures heal faster and

weakened bones begin to strengthen and rebuild.

 

It was also known through various veterinary studies, such as the one

reported in The Journal of the American Veterinary Medicine Association that

cats rarely suffer bone or joint related diseases, including hip dysplasia,

arthritis and ligament problems. Even bone cancers, such as myeloma or

osteosarcoma, are almost unheard of in cats.

 

But it took researcher Elizabeth von Muggenthaler of the Fauna

Communications Research Institute in North Carolina (FCRI), a specialist in

the field of bioacoustics, to put it all together. Bioacoustics is the study

of the frequency, pitch, loudness, and duration of animal sounds as it

relates to the animal’s behavior. Based on her research, she proposes that

nature has endowed all kinds of felines with an evolutionary healing

advantage in the simple act of purring.

 

But it’s the cat’s “healing by association” that most people find

interesting: that ability of a cat to sympathetically help cure illnesses in

people simply by being around them. Studies have also shown that owners,

especially senior citizens, who have cats have lower blood pressure and can

live longer than humans who don’t own pets.

 

Many individuals swear they can ease or completely eliminate their migraine

headaches simply by lying down with a purring cat next to their head.

 

So, go get a cat. Keep it happy and purring. You’re likely to be healthier

and you’ll have a great friend who truly understands how you’re feeling.

 

About the Author: Lev G. Fedyniak, MD, based in Ukraine began his medical

career in alternative medicine, studying acupuncture, herbs and other

healing traditions in China, Hong Kong, Canada, Ukraine and other parts of

the world.

 

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