A bioelectric signal generation and application method generates a signal that comprises a succession of pulses arranged either in continuous trains or in separated bursts in which each pulse within a train or burst comprises at least three distinct intervals of time in which the first said interval of time has one definite polarity and sufficient current density and duration to cause motion of calcium ions (Ca++) in relation to less strongly charged components of a body, cell or tissue, such as proteins and especially the protein calmodulin (CaM) in which the second said interval of time has substantially zero current density and is of sufficient duration to allow any proteins or other molecules which became distorted by electric fields present during said first interval, and especially CaM, to relax back into their normal, undistorted shapes, said first and second intervals of time thus comprising a “two-step electric process.”