The Violet Ray was recommended in the readings for a host of disorders-- poor circulation, nervous disorders, arthritis and rheumatism, hair and skin disorders, problems with digestion and elimination, female reproductive disorders, prostate disease, cataracts-even possession and schizophrenia. One of the most frequent recommendations concerned problems related to poor circulation. When the violet ray is applied, the resultant surge of blood to oxygen-starved tissues stimulates lymphatic and capillary circulation, clearing cellular toxins and strengthening body organs. Duration of treatment ranges from one to thirty minutes. Violet Ray Treatments are totally safe are similar to how in nature the sun turns oxygen into ozone. In the Violet Ray, this is done though a high-frequency (10,000-hertz), high voltage, low-current electrical source. You'll find that the current produces an agreeable tingling on your skin’s surface as it increases oxygenation in the form of Ozone (O3) in the blood.

O3 ozone is so reactive, chemically, that it constantly wants to become stable O2 oxygen by giving up O1. This reactive form of oxygen is known to chemists as "singlet oxygen." These singlet oxygen molecules are created in a gush of O1 releases. These O1s are negatively charged. They are hungry to catch something positively charged. Toxins and pathological bacteria are all positively charged. Because of the active oxygen's negative charge, it combines with the filth in the body, oxidizing it, then to be flushed out in the bloodstream.

All the wastes your body excretes - whether through urination, bowel movements, sweating, spitting, skin particles that are sloughed off your body's outer surface - are composed mainly of four basic elements - hydrogen, carbon, nitrogen and sulfur. If combined with oxygen, natural oxydation processes will turn these into H2O, CO2, NO2 and SO2. These are, respectively, just the chemical names for water, gaseous carbon dioxide, the toxic gas nitrogen dioxide, and the acidic gas sulphur dioxide. In this way additional toxins leave the body. Applying the Violet Ray stimulates this vital “detoxification” process.

The Violet Ray was originally developed by the famous scientist Nikola Tesla. Tesla was successfully experimenting on disease and rejuvenation with ozone in the late 1800s and early 1900s. In the 1920s and 30s, Oxygen/Ozone Therapy was used in hospitals, sanitariums and clinics. Beginning in the second half of the 20th century, pharmaceutical companies started disparaging all electro-therapies as drug-oriented medicine was taking off. Consequently, electro-therapies became unpopular in the United States.

Since then, the use of the Violet Ray has declined as a medical tool, just as all non-drug therapies have. While many find that the Violet Ray is beneficial for treating signs of aging and skin conditions as well as hair loss, we are not allowed to say that it can diagnose, mitigate, treat or correct specific skin disorders or diseases.

The Violet Ray uses argon inert gas, which is what makes the violet color in the electrode.

The Violet Ray is a high-voltage, low-current source of high frequency waves in the violet region of the spectrum. High-voltage is what makes the device work. Low current (low amperage) is what makes it safe. Light, heat, electric energy and ozone are produced in each glass vacuum applicator. Through this high frequency process, the Violet Ray oxygenates and stimulates the skin and scalp. When an electrode is applied to aging, diseased or infected areas, these forces promote healing. 

One popular misconception is that Violet Rays produce ultraviolet light, and sometimes Violet Rays are erroneously called "ultraViolet Rays". Violet Rays do not produce measurable amounts of ultraviolet light, except at the point of the full-spectrum spark external to the glass electrode. With sufficient time in one spot, redness or mild burns can result from the arc's heat. The arcs do generate ozone and nitrogen oxides, giving the skin the well known "ozone smell" similar to the smell of a lightning storm or the Ocean.