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An Ionized bracelet, or ionic bracelet, is a type of metal bracelet jewelry purported to affect the chi of the wearer. No claims of effectiveness made by manufacturers have ever been substantiated by independent sources, and the US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has found the bracelets are "part of a scheme devised to defraud".[1][2]
Q-Ray, Balance, Bio-Ray, iRenew, Rayma, and Rico's Bio-Energy brand bracelets are considered to be of the "ionized" family.[3] Other alternative health bracelets, such as magnetic or copper therapy bracelets, are considered a different type of product.
- ^ Court rules in FTC's favor in Q-Ray bracelet case Archived August 25, 2009, at the Wayback Machine U.S. Federal Trade Commission (2006)
- ^ "Quackwear: Big Pseudoscience Wants to Sell You Wearable Metal to Improve Your Health". www.alternet.org. Archived from the original on November 26, 2022. Retrieved February 28, 2023.
- ^ "QRay Ionized Bracelets". Archived from the original on May 9, 2008.