This invention provides a germanium-containing health promoting appliance
which is used by making it into contact with the skin, which is produced
at low cost without requiring the after-machining. The health promoting
appliance is made of a sintered material composed of 2 to 20% by mass of
germanium and the remainder of stainless steel, the fine pores of which
are desirably sealed up by a resinous material and it is produced by
sintering a green compact of desired shape of powder mixture of the above
composition, under the rate of temperature rise of 10.degree. C. per
minute or less from 800.degree. C. to the retaining temperatures of
sintering at 1000 to 1300.degree. C.