NOTE: This was found at www.archive.org and was what Q-Ray had on their web site in 1998. It should also be noted that Rayma bracelets were available many years before the Q-Ray bracelet.

"In ancient civilizations it was common practice to wear metal bracelets or armlets in an effort to harmonize with the heavenly bodies. Ancient peoples believed that some metals influenced the vital cycles of human life -- and this belief in the power of metals endures to this day.

In 1973 Dr. Manuel L. Polo, a chiropractor living on the Spanish island of Majorca, observed that some of his patients wore rudimentary metal bracelets. This simple observation was the beginning of twelve years of extensive research into the practices of the natives and the powers of the bracelets. The natives believed the bracelets affected the way heavenly bodies influenced human beings, acting as a sort of lightning rod to free them from harmful energies transmitted from a number of sources including the moon, the magnetic storms of the sun, the radiation of other heavenly bodies, and the earth's atmospheric changes.

Convinced that the bracelets indeed had harmonizing, balancing, and curative powers, Dr. Polo experimented with every possible design variable, testing and comparing the relative effects of various bracelet forms, the sizes and shapes of terminals or condensers, numerous metal alloys in combination, and several methods of electrolytic plating. During the development process, he devised the technique of Circular Electropolarization to create a differential potential between the terminals or condensers. In principle, Circular Electropolarization facilitates access to negative energy while discharging positive energy.

Work continued until Dr. Polo was convinced that he had created the most simple and effective possible means for balancing positive and negative ions. He called the result of his work the Biomagnetic Regulator Bracelet™.

Scientists in national and international congresses have responded favorably to presentations of the Q-RAY bracelet, and today all over the world, millions of active people enjoy the benefits of the Q-RAY bracelet."

And now, just to show that we are not trying to hide anything - Fast Forward to the recent FTC lawsuit (our personal belief is that the Q-Ray works for most people in some manner, how it works we don't know).

From the FTC web site:

"The Federal Trade Commission has charged Illinois-based marketers of a purported pain- relief product called the Q-Ray Ionized Bracelet (Q-Ray Bracelet) with making false and unsubstantiated claims. In its complaint filed in federal district court, the FTC alleges that QT, Inc., Q-Ray, Company, and Bio-Metal, Inc., all operating out of one location in Elk Grove Village, Illinois, and their principals, Que Te Park and Jung Joo Park, violated the FTC Act by deceptively claiming that the Q-Ray Bracelet is a fast-acting effective treatment for various types of pain and that tests prove that the Q-Ray Bracelet relieves pain. In fact, according to the FTC, a recent study conducted by the Mayo Clinic in Jacksonville, Florida, shows that the Q-Ray Bracelet is no more effective than a placebo bracelet at relieving muscular and joint pain. A federal district court has issued a temporary restraining order (TRO) against the defendants. The TRO prohibits defendants from making any misleading or deceptive claims about the Q-Ray Bracelet and freezes defendants' assets."