Coppercan stimulate the flow of energy and hence move psychic energies thereby helping the wearer overcome lethargic tendencies, resulting in a more vitalized person with amplified thoughts. Copper is also believed to enhance the powers of communication, channeling, cleansing, purification, increasing self-esteem and freeing the wearer of mental burdens. Beginning in the 1970s, the use of copper as a healing agent began to increase. Some believe it as a very powerful assistant with arthritic and rheumatic diseases, but also look to it for its healing properties in improving the circulation of blood, increasing energy and detoxification.