Annual Flu Article

The hard sell for flu shots has reached a new level this year. One can’t walk into a pharmacy or even a big department store without being solicited to get one. That’s a shame. Imagine if that type of advertizing muscle was spent on reminding people to eat well, get appropriate exercise and take immune enhancing nutritional supplements instead. Imagine even further if those dollars were spent on educating people about the specifics of eating well – like avoiding sugar, artificial additives, excess carbohydrates, etc – and what nutritional supplements might be most appropriate to avoid the flu – like Vitamin D, fish oils, and good quality antioxidants.

Animal Nature

One of the most remarkable homeopathic consultations that I have ever experienced was of a woman who was a panther. With a long history of extreme mood swings, periods of deep physical lethargy and a few other relatively minor complaints, the conventional medical diagnosis bestowed on her was ‘bipolar disorder’. She was medicated accordingly. But really she was a panther - in human’s clothing, so to speak. How could I tell? Well, it really wasn’t that hard. Once we got past the niceties of discussing some medical history and facts about her life, and began to explore how she experienced life, her nature just about pounced on me - so to speak.

For instance, it wasn’t five minutes into the interview before she mentioned a deep animosity she felt toward a particular person and started making gestures of clawing at her own throat. We spoke for nearly two hours, and at every turn of the conversation she spoke of competition to survive, being attacked with no warning, issues of physical safety, self-preservation, protecting her young, and repeated images of pouncing - ”a coiling up, ready to strike feeling”, or “crouching, ready to spring, powerful like a big cat with teeth.”

Alternating with this state of high alert were periods of profound lethargy, when, catlike, she would just wanted to lie around. And like the felines, nighttime was when she came alive. No matter how hard she tried to adjust herself to the early to bed and early to rise rhythm of her husband, it just never felt natural.

This is the panther, or more accurately the panthera pardus, commonly known as a leopard. (The Black Panther, with which this woman mostly closely identified is basically a leopard with a black coat.) Not as large as a lion, nor as fast as a cheetah - both of which are of the same genus, it is distinguished by its agility, tremendous strength for its size, powerful hind legs and capacity to pounce on its prey - sometimes even from a perch.

So, I prescribed a dose of a homeopathic preparation made from a drop of leopard’s blood. It acted fairly quickly to even out her moods and increase her energy. A year after initially meeting with her and several doses of the remedy at various intervals, she is feeling quite well, physically and mentally. The moods are stable, her marriage is working better, her social anxiety is gone as is the arthritis in her fingers.

Cases like this are pretty enthralling for the homeopath to experience and captivating for the layperson to hear about. They have what might be called ‘homeopathic sex-appeal’, attracting attention and stimulating interest in the energetic magic of homeopathy.

During a consultation when patients manifest their nature in such a direct fashion, when their core inner state rises to the surface, it is called ‘going to the source’. ‘Source’ meaning the source from which the remedy is made. More often than not, it takes time for a patient to ‘go to source’. It may take minutes or hours or not happen at all depending on any number of factors: the nature of the patient, how quickly it is possible to get beyond the superficial day-to-day activity of the conscious mind, how strongly the intellect imposes its rational perspective, the trust level, and the skill of the homeopath at establishing a rapport and facilitating the process.

Recently I saw a video of a case taken by a colleague where she sat with a patient for hours upon hours. The man was a highly educated and accomplished professional, but my colleague couldn’t get him to reveal anything more of himself than the facts about his illness and most rudimentary information about his own person. To her great credit, she was relentless and not easily intimidated, questioning and probing for some clue about his inner state. He sat virtually motionless, parrying every inquiry with a bland response that carried no energy whatsoever.

But at some point, something truly remarkable began to happen. The patient began to nod off. Still motionless except the heavy blinking of his eyes, one could see him start to fade away. Perhaps inspired by the image before her, the homeopath asked him about what type of animals he liked or disliked.

For the very first time, one could see him respond with a spark of true interest. He began to talk about snakes in great detail accompanying his words with mildly animated gestures. In a flash the entire case became clear: for hours this patient had lay hidden, refusing to be provoked into showing himself until finally falling into a reptilian stupor. It was just at this point, stimulated by the appropriate question that he finally revealed himself. And his pathology resolved with a dose of venom from the Coral Snake.

In contrast, when a patient goes fairly quickly and effortlessly to source - like our panther lady - it is very exciting and feels like a true gift. Unfortunately, not all cases are so exciting. Not all patients have such dramatic animal natures. Actually, relatively few do. The majority of patients don’t need remedies made from animal sources at all. There mineral sources, plants sources, and sources derived from diseased or health tissues. Somehow, taking a case of someone needing a dose of homeopathic cadmium usually just doesn’t have the same flare as a panther or snake or eagle...

Often, it is much more difficult to recognize the source language of these mineral and plant remedies. Identifying cadmium or bismuth or digitalis or aloe expressing itself in human form can be a more demanding task.

Recently, at a seminar I was teaching, a student asked why it was that particular remedy sources manifested in particular humans. Was it genetics, karma, the will of God, or just random fate? It was a good question. I have thought about it myself and heard it asked of my teachers too - but the answer is a mystery. Fortunately, that doesn’t stop us from doing our work.

A Nobel Laureate Weighs In

Nothing raises the hackles of homeopathic disbelievers more than the way in which the medicines are made. The process involves diluting the original substance from which the medicine is derived to such an extent that not even a single molecule of that substance remains in the homeopathic solution. (To learn more about the specifics of the dilution process, look at the following webpage: http://www.centerforhomeopathy.com/homeopathy.php?page=4) It is easy to understand why some people unfamiliar with the theory behind the dilution process or who have neither personally experienced nor witnessed the effect of a homeopathic remedy might be disinclined to believe that a medicine containing nothing but water (and perhaps a little alcohol or sugar) cannot imagine how it might have any curative action beyond a placebo effect. Nevertheless, lack of understanding or experience in regard to any particular phenomenon is not a refutation of it, just an indication of ignorance about it.

Unfortunately, some of the most strident voices denouncing homeopathy fall into this category. To put it another was, in the words of a physics Nobel Laureate named Brian Josephson, “many scientists today suffer from "pathological disbelief;" that is, they maintain an unscientific attitude that is embodied by the statement "even if it were true I wouldn’t believe it.”

This seems to be the reception that has greeted the publication of an interview with Dr. Luc Montagnier, a French virologist who along with two colleagues won a Noble Prize in 2008 for discovery HIV.

In December 2010 issue of Science Magazine, Montagnier announced that his research team “found that DNA produces structural changes in water, which persist at very high dilutions, and which lead to resonant electromagnetic signals that we can measure. Not all DNA produces signals that we can detect with our device. The high-intensity signals come from bacterial and viral DNA." The electromagnetic signals form a “ghost DNA” that is then replicated elsewhere.

Put another way, the signals imprint the DNA structure on other molecules, which is then projected from one cell to the next. Conjuring up Star Trekkian imagery, some have dubbed this phenomenon “teleportation”.

The experiment basically consisted of two test tubes, isolated in a chamber to insulate them from the natural electromagnetic field of the earth, and placed in a copper coil the emanates a small electromagnetic field. In one tube were fragments of DNA, in the other nothing but pure water. A few hours later, testing indicated that there were DNA fragments in both tubes.

This is exciting news for anyone seeking validation of homeopathy. As Montagnier himself puts it, “I can’t say that homeopathy is right in everything. What I can say now is that these high dilutions are right. High dilutions of something are not nothing. They are water structures which mimic the original molecules.”

Decades ago, the eminent French immunologist discovered that water retains an imprint or a ‘memory’ of things that had been highly diluted. He was roundly vilified for his claim, even though it was supported by a great deal of research. Montaigner now considers Benviniste to be a “modern Galileo” for having the courage to publish findings that go against orthodox thinking and then having to endure attacks on his integrity and credibility.

Researchers at the Indian Institute of Technology, considered the MIT of India, found similar results. They demonstrated through electron microscopy that ‘nanoparticles’ of the original substance remained when they test homeopathic dilutions of gold, copper, tin and zinc.

In the interview, Montagnier goes on to convey his concern that an unscientific attitude toward controversial topics like homeopathy is prevalent in the scientific community. “I am told, he says that some people have reproduced Benveniste's results, but they are afraid to publish it because of the intellectual terror from people who don’t understand it.”

For his part, Montagnier, at the age of 78, is seeking greener pastures in a more welcoming environment, China. An institute named after him has been created been created at a Shanghai university that is also commonly considered to be ‘China’s MIT’. He will continue his research on the electromagnetic waves produced in water by DNA, and will investigate the application of this phenomenon in medicine.

India and China. It certainly is not a coincidence that these two emerging superpowers are receptive to this research while the scientific community of the western dinosaurs proves inhospitable. Another sign of the times.

References: http://www.naturalnews.com/031210_Luc_Montagnier_Homeopathy.html#ixzz1duGOq7db

Enserink, “French Nobelist Escapes "Intellectual Terror" to Pursue Radical Ideas in China”, Science 24 December 2010: 1732.DOI:10.1126/science.330.6012.1732

Proposed Changes to Vermont's Vaccination Law

Recently legislation was introduced in the Vermont legislature that would amend the law regulating vaccinations.  Currently, the state permits children entering school to be exempted from vaccinations for medical, religious or philosophical reasons.    The bill, Senate 199 and House 527, would revoke the philosophical exemption, forcing parents to either vaccinate or find another means to educate their child. This bill was proposed at the behest of the public health and conventional medical establishments, which invoked the concept of ‘herd immunity’ as a rationale for its implementation.  Simply put, it postulates that if enough people in a certain group or community are immunized against a specific disease, then the germ that carries the disease cannot find enough carriers to spread amongst the non-immunized, and presumably outbreaks of the disease disappear.

Understanding Alkaline Antioxidant Water - Ionized Water

By Hidemitsu Hayashi, M.D., Heart Surgeon and Director of the Water Institute of Japan          http://heartspring.net/water_science.html The bodies of all living organisms are composed largely of water. About 70 to 90 percent of all organic matter is water.

The chemical reactions in all plants and animals that support life take place in a water medium. Water not only provides the medium to make these life sustaining reactions possible, but water Itself is often an important reactant or product of these reactions. In short, the chemistry of life is water chemistry.

Water, The Universal Solvent Water is a universal solvent due to the marked molecule and its tendency to form hydrogen bonds with other molecules. One water molecule, expressed with the chemical symbol H20, consists of 2 hydrogen atoms and 1 oxygen atom.

Standing alone, the hydrogen atom contains one positive proton at its core with one negative electron revolving around it in a three dimensional shell. Oxygen, on the other hand, contains 8 protons in its nucleus with 8 electrons revolving around it. This is often shown in chemical notation as the letter "0" surrounded by eight dots representing 4 sets of paired electrons.

The single hydrogen electron and the 8 electrons of oxygen are the key to the chemistry of life because this is where hydrogen and oxygen atoms combine to form a water molecule, or split to form ions.

Polar attraction between water molecules Hydrogen tends to ionize by losing Its electron and form single H+ ions which are simply isolated protons since the hydrogen atom contains no neutrons. A hydrogen bond occurs when the electron of a single hydrogen atom is shared with another electronegative atom such as oxygen that lacks an electron.

In a water molecule, two hydrogen atoms are covalently bonded to the oxygen atom. But because the oxygen atom is larger than the hydrogen's, its attraction for the hydrogen's electrons is correspondingly greater so the electrons are drawn closer into the shell of the larger oxygen atom and away from the hydrogen shells. This means that although the water molecule as a whole Is stable, the greater mass of the oxygen nucleus tends to draw in all the electrons in the molecule including the shared hydrogen electrons giving the oxygen portions of the molecule a slight electronegative charge.

The shells of the hydrogen atoms, because their electrons are closer to the oxygen, take on a small electropositive charge. This means water molecules have a tendency to form weak bonds with other water molecules because the oxygen end of the molecule is negative and the hydrogen ends are positive.

A hydrogen atom, while remaining covalently bonded to the oxygen of its own molecule, can form a weak bond with the oxygen of another molecule. Similarly, the oxygen end of a molecule can form a weak attachment with the hydrogen ends of other molecules. Because water molecules have this polarity, water is a continuous chemical entity. These weak bonds play a crucial role in stabilizing the shape of many of the large molecules found in living matter. Because these bonds are weak, they are readily broken and reformed during normal physiological reactions. The disassembly and rearrangement of such weak bonds is in essence the chemistry of life.

To illustrate water's ability to break down other substances, consider the simple example of putting a small amount of salt in a glass of tap water. With dry salt (NaCI) the attraction between the electropositive sodium (Na+) and electronegative chlorine (Cl- ) atoms of salt is very strong until it is placed in water. After salt is placed in water, the attraction of the electronegative oxygen of the water molecule for the positively charged chloride Ions, and the similar attraction of the electropositive hydrogen ends of the water molecule for the negatively charged chloride ions, are greater than the mutual attraction between the outnumbered NA+ and CL ions. In water the ionic bonds of the sodium chloride molecule are broken easily because of the competitive action of the numerous water molecules.

As we can see from this simple example, even the delicate configuration of individual water molecules enables them to break relatively stronger bonds by conveying on them. This is why we call water the universal solvent. It is a natural solution that breaks down the bonds of larger, more complex molecules. This is the chemistry of life on earth in water and on land.

Oxidation - reduction reactions Basically, reduction means the addition of an electron (e-), and its converse, oxidation means the removal of an electron. The addition of an electron, reduction, stores energy in the reduced compound. The removal of an electron, oxidation, liberates energy form the oxidized compound. Whenever one substance is reduced, another is oxidized. To clarify these terms, consider any two molecules, A and B, for example:

Ae-  Electron Donor + B Electron Receptor

- A Oxidized Reduced (lost an electron) + Be- Reduced(Gained an electron)

When molecules A and B come into contact, here is what happens:

* B grabs an electron from molecule A.

* Molecule A has been oxidized because it has lost an electron.

* The net charge of 8 has been reduced because it has gained a negative electron (e-).

In biological systems, removal or addition of an electron constitutes the most frequent mechanism of oxidation-reduction reactions. These oxidation-reduction reactions are frequently called redox reactions.

Acid and Bases

An acid is a substance that increases the concentration of hydrogen ions(H+) in water. A base is a substance that decreases the concentration of hydrogen ions, in other words, increasing the concentration of hydroxide ions OH- . The degree of acidity or alkalinity of a solution is measured in terms of a value known as pH, which is the negative logarithm of the concentration of hydrogen ions:

pH=1/log[H+] =-Iog[H+]

What is pH? On the pH scale, which ranges from 0 on the acidic end to 14 on the alkaline end, a solution is neutral if its pH is 7. At pH 7, water donations equal concentrations of H+ and OH- ions. Substances with a pH less than 7 are acidic because they contain a higher concentration of H+ ions. Substances with a pH higher than 7 are alkaline because they contain a higher concentration of OH- that H+. The pH scale is a log scale so a change of one pH unit means a tenfold change in the concentration of hydrogen ions.

Importance of balancing pH Living things are extremely sensitive to pH and function best (with certain exceptions, such as certain portions of the digestive tract) when solutions are nearly neutral. Most interior living matter (excluding the cell nucleus) has a pH of about 6.8. Blood plasma and other fluids that surround the cells in the body have a pH of 7.2 to 7.3. Numerous special mechanisms aid in stabilizing these fluids so that cells will not be subject to appreciable fluctuations in pH. Substances which serve as mechanisms to stabilize pH are called buffers. Buffers have the capacity to bond ions and remove them from solution whenever their concentration begins to rise. Conversely, buffers can release ions whenever their concentration begins to fall. Buffers thus help to minimize the fluctuations in pH. This is an important function because many biochemical reactions normally occurring in living organisms either release or use up ions.

MICROWATER THEORY

Why we get sick? - Oxygen: Too much of a good thing? Oxygen is essential to survival. It is relatively stable in the air, but when too much is absorbed into the body R can become active and unstable and has a tendency to attach itself to any biological molecule, including molecules of healthy cells. The chemical activity of these free radicals is due to one or more pairs of unpaired electrons. About 2% of oxygen we normally breathe becomes active oxygen, and this amount increases to approximately 20% with aerobic exercise.

Superoxide an ion radical Such free radicals with unpaired electrons are unstable and have a high oxidation potential, which means they are capable of stealing electrons from other cells. This chemical mechanism is very useful in disinfectants such as hydrogen peroxide and ozone which can be used to sterilize wounds or medical instruments. Inside the body these free radicals are of great benefit due to their ability to attack and eliminate bacteria, virus and other waste products.

Active oxygen in the body Problems arise, however, when too many of these free radicals are turned loose in the body where they can also damage normal tissue. Putrefaction sets in when microbes in the air invade the proteins,peptide, and amino acids of eggs, fish and meat. The result is an array of unpleasant substances such as:

  • Hydrogen sulfide
  • Ammonia
  • Histamines
  • Indoles
  • Phenols
  • Scatoles

These substances are also produced naturally in the digestive tract when we digest food, resulting in the unpleasant odor evidenced in feces. Putrefaction of spoiled food is caused by microbes in the air, this natural process is duplicated in the digestive tract by intestinal microbes. All these waste products of digestion are pathogenic, that is, they can cause disease in the body.

Hydrogen sulfide and ammonia are tissues toxins that can damage the liver. Histamines, contribute to allergic disorders such as a topic dermatitis, urticaria (hives) and asthma. Indoles and phenols are considered carcinogenic.

Because waste products such as hydrogen sulfide, ammonia,histamines, phenols and indoles are toxic, the body's defense mechanisms try to eliminate them by releasing neutrophils a (type ofleukocyte, or white corpuscle). These neutrophils produce active oxygen, oddball oxygen molecules that are capable of scavenging out and disintegrating tissues by gathering electrons from the molecules of toxic cells.

Problems arise, however, when too many of these active oxygen molecules, or free radicals, are produced in the body. They are extremely reactive and can also attach themselves to normal, healthy cells and damage them genetically. These active oxygen radicals steal electron from normal, health biological molecules. This electron theft by active oxygen oxidizes tissue and can cause disease.

Effects of Oxidation on Vital Organs

Oxidized Tissue Leads to:

Liver Hepatitis, cirrhosis, cancer

Pancreas Pancreatitis, diabetes, cancer

Kidney Nephritis, nephrosis, cancer

Because active oxygen can damage normal tissue, it is essential to scavenge this active oxygen from the body before it can cause disintegration of healthy tissue. If we can find an effective method to block the oxidation of healthy tissue by active oxygen, then we can attempt to prevent disease.

Hydrogen sulfide, ammonia, histamines, indoles, phenols, and scatoles present in the digestive tract of the human body.

In order to protect the body from damage by hydrogen sulfide, ammonia, histamines, indoles, phenols and scatoles, neutrophils (leukocytes) produce active oxygen to oxidize these waste products.

Excess production of active oxygen occurs.

Excess active oxygen can damage normal, healthy biological cell molecules and alter their genetic codes.

Antioxidants block dangerous oxidation

One way to protect healthy tissue from the ravages of oxidation caused by active oxygen is to provide free electrons to active oxygen radicals,thus neutralizing their high oxidation potential and preventing them from reacting with healthy tissue.

Research on the link between diet and cancer is far from complete, but some evidence indicates that what we eat may affect our susceptibility to cancer. Some foods seem to help defend against cancer, others appear to promote it.

Much of the damage caused by carcinogenic substances in food may come about because of an oxidation reaction in the cell. In this process,an oddball oxygen molecule may damage the cell's genetic code. Some researchers believe that substances that prevent oxidation - called ANTIOXIDANTS - can block the damage. This leads naturally to the theory that the intake of natural antioxidants could be an important aspect of the body's defense against cancer. Substances that some believe inhibit cancer include vitamin C, vitamin E, beta-carotene, selenium, and glutathione (an amino acid). These substances are reducing agents. They supply electrons to fee radicals and block the interaction of free radical with normal tissue.

How we can avoid illness

As we mentioned earlier, the presence of toxic waste products such as hydrogen sulfide. ammonia, histamines, indoles, phenols and scatoles impart an offensive odor to human feces. In the medical profession, it is well known that patients suffering from hepatitis and cirrhosis pass particularly odoriferous stools.

Excessively offensive stools caused by the presence of toxins are indicators of certain diseases, and the body responds to the presence of these toxins by producing neutrophil Ieukocytes to release active oxygen in an attempt to neutralize the damage to organs that can be caused by such waste products. But when an excess amount of such active oxygen is produced, it can damage healthy cells as well as neutralize toxins. This leads us to the conclusion that we can minimize the harmful effect of these active oxygen radicals by reducing them with an ample supply of electrons.

Water - the natural solution

There is no substitute for a healthy balanced diet, especially rich in antioxidant materials such as vitamin C, vitamin E, beta-carotene, and other foods that are good for us. However, these substances are not the best source of free electrons that can block the oxidation of healthy tissue by active oxygen.

Water treated by electrolysis to increase its reduction potential is the best solution to the problem of providing a safe source of free electrons to block the oxidation of normal tissue by free oxygen radicals. We believe that reduced water, water with an excess of free electrons to donate to active oxygen, is the best solution because:

* The reduction potential of water can be dramatically increased over other antioxidants in food or vitamin supplements.

* The molecule weight of reduced water is low, making it fast acting and able to reach all tissues of the body in a very short time.

Microwater is the product of mild electrolysis which takes place in the Microwater unit. The production of Microwater, its properties, and how it works in the human body are described in the next section. Microwater is treated tap water that has not only been filtered, but has also been reformed in that it provides reduced water with a large mass of electrons that can be donated to active oxygen in the body to block the oxidation of normal cells.

THE MICRO WATER UNIT

Tap water - What it is and isn't Normal tap water, for example, with a pH of 7 is approximately neutral on the pH scale of 0 to 14. When measured with an ORP (oxidation potential) meter its redox potential is approximately +400 to +500 mV. Because it has a positive redox potential, it is apt to acquire electrons and oxidize other molecules. Reduced microwater, on the other hand,has a negative redox potential of approximately -250 to -350 mV. This means it has a large mass of electrons ready to donate to electron thieving active oxygen.

Before discussing the properties of microwater further, let's take a look at what happens inside the Microwater unit.

How the Microwater Units Works The Microwater unit, slightly taller and thicker than a large dictionary on end, is an electrical appliance connected to your kitchen water supply to perform electrolysis on tap water before you drink it or use it in the kitchen for cooking or cleaning.

A special attachment redirects tap water out of the faucet through a plastic hose into the Microwater unit. Inside the Microwater unit, the water is first filtered through activated charcoal. Next, the filtered water passes into an electrolysis chamber equipped with a platinum-coated titanium electrode where electrolysis takes place.

Cations, positive ions, gather at the negative electrodes to create cathodic water (reduced water). Anions, negatively charged ions gather at the positive electrode to make anodic water (oxidized water).

Through electrolysis, reduced water not only gains an excess amount of electrons (e-), but the cluster of H20 seem to be reduced in size form about 10 to 13 molecules per cluster to 5 to 6 molecules per cluster.

The reduced water comes out of the faucet, and the oxidized water comes out of a separate hose leading into the sink. You can use the reduced water for drinking or cooking. The oxidation potential of the oxidized water makes it a good sterilizing agent, ideal for washing hands, cleaning food or kitchen utensils, and treating minor wounds.

What the Microwater Unit Produces - Redox potential comparison After electrolysis of the water inside the Microwater unit, reduced water comes out of the cathodic side and oxidized water comes out of the anodic side. Compare these measurements of these three types of water tap water before electrolysis, the reduced water, and the oxidized water.

Reduction-oxidation (redox) potential

Water Type Redox Potential pH What it Means

Tap Water +400 to +500 mV 7 Slight oxidation potential

Reduced Water -250 to -350 mV 8 Strong reduction potential, contains a mass of electrons that can be donated to free radicals.

Oxidized Water +700 to +800 mV 4 Strong oxidation potential, a shortage of electrons giving it the ability to oxidize and sterilize

Redox potential, not pH, is the crucial factor

Traditionally we have judged the properties of water from the standpoint of pH, in other words whether water is acidic or alkaline. According to Dr.Yoshiaki Matsuo Ph.D., the inventor of the Microwater unit, "in my opinion, redox potential is more important than pH. The importance of pH is over emphasized. For example, the average pH of blood is 7.4 and acidosis or alkalosis are defined according to deviation within the range of 7.4 + -0.05. But nothing has been discussed about ORP, or oxidation-reduction potential."

The pH of tap water is about pH 7 or neutral. When tap water is electrolyzed into microwater, its reduced water has a pH of about 9 and the oxidized water a pH of about 4. Even if you make alkaline water of pH 9 by adding sodium hydroxide or make acidic water of pH 3 by adding hydrogen chloride, you will find very little change in the ORP values of the two waters. On the other hand, when you divide tap water with electrolysis you can see the ORP fluctuate by as much as + -1,000mV. By electrolysis we can obtain reduced water with negative potential that is good for the body.

USING MICROWATER -

What Microwater Does The microwater unit produces two kinds of water with different redox potentials, one with a high reduction potential and the other with a high oxidation potential.

Reduced water When taken internally, the reduced microwater with its redox potential of-250 to -350 mV readily donates its electrons to oddball oxygen radicals and blocks the interaction of the active oxygen with normal molecules.

A biological molecule (BM) remains intact and undamaged.

BM-e || MW-e + AO -> MW + AO-e

Undamaged biological molecules are less susceptible to infection and disease. The microwater gives up an extra electron and reduces the active oxygen (AO), thus rendering it harmless. The AO is reduced without damaging surrounding biological molecules. Substances which have the ability to counteract active oxygen by supplying electrons are called scavengers. Reduced water, therefore, can be called scavenging water.

When taken internally, the effects of reduced water are immediate. Microwater inhibits excessive fermentation in the digestive tract by reducing indirectly metabolites such as hydrogen sulfide, ammonia,histamines, indoles, phenols and scatoles, resulting in a cleaner stool within days after reduced water is taken on a regular basis. In 1965 the Ministry of Welfare of Japan announced that reduced water obtained from electrolysis can prevent abnormal fermentation of intestinal microbes.

Oxidized water with its redox potential of + 700 to + 800 mV is an oxidizing agent that can withdraw electrons from bacteria and kill them. The oxidized water from the Microwater unit can be used to clean hands,kitchen utensils, fresh vegetables and fruits, and to sterilize cutting boards and minor wounds. Tests have shown that oxidized water can be used effectively to treat athlete's foot, minor burns, insect bites,scratches, and so on.

Dr. Yoshiaki Matsuo, Vice Director of the Water Institute of Japan, has developed another apparatus capable of producing hyper-oxidized water with a redox potential of +1,050 mV or more and of pH lower than 2.7. Tests have shown that this hyper-oxidized water can quickly destroy MRSA (Methecillin Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus).

Although hyper-oxidized water is a powerful sterilizing agent, it won't harm the skin. In fact, it can be used to heal. Hyper-oxidized water has proven effective in Japanese hospitals in the treatment of bedsores and operative wounds with complicated infections.

But perhaps the most exciting future application of hyper-oxidized water is in the field of agriculture where it is has been used effectively on plants to kill fungi and other plant diseases. Hyper-oxidized water is non-toxic, so agricultural workers can apply it without wearing special protective equipment because there is no danger of skin or respiratory damage. An added benefit of using hyper-oxidized water to spray plants is that there is no danger to the environment caused by the accumulation of toxic chemicals in the ground.

Microwater superior to antioxidant diet Today we read much about correct dieting principles and paying attention to what we eat in order to stay healthy. This is a sensible practice, but it is surprising that many of us don't realize that the bulk of what we eat is composed of water. Vegetables and fruits are 90% water; fish and meat are about 70% water as well.

Even advocates of the importance of vitamin C in diet staples have to admit that its potency, namely, the redox potential of this important vitamin, rapidly diminishes with age and preparation for the dining table. Carbohydrates, the main consistent of vegetables and fruit, has molecular weight of 180 whereas water has a much lower molecular weight of 18.

Molecular Weight Compared

Substances Molecular Weight

  • Microwater 18
  • Beta-carotene 150
  • Vitamin E 153
  • Vitamin C 176

Microwater, with its low molecular weight and high reduction potential,makes it a superior scavenging agent of active oxygen. But electrolysis inside the Microwater unit not only charges the reduced water with electrons, it also reduces the size of reduced water molecule clusters.

NMR (nuclear magnetic resonance) analysis reveals that tap water and well water consists of clusters of 10 to 13 H20 molecules. Electrolysis of water in the Microwater unit reduces these clusters to about half their normal size - 5 to 6 water molecules per cluster.

The NMR signal that measures cluster size by line width at half-amplitude shows 65 Hz for reduced water and 133 Hz for tap water, revealing that the reduced water clusters are approximately half the size of tap water clusters.

This is why microwater is more readily absorbed by the body than untreated tap water. Microwater quickly permeates the body and blocks the oxidation of biological molecules by donating its abundant electrons to active oxygen, enabling biological molecules to replace themselves naturally without damage caused by oxidation that can cause diseases.

Summary and Conclusions

Upstream and downstream theory - Prevent disease at the source

According to Dr. Hidemitsu Hayashi, Director of the water Institute of Japan , "To eliminate the pollutants in a large stream that is contaminated as its source, we must work on the problem upstream at the headwaters - the source of the pollution - not downstream where we can only try to treat the evidence of damage caused by the pollution. Microwater's contribution to preventative medicine is essentially upstream treatment."

We consider the digestive tract upstream where we intake water and food. Although many people today in developed countries are growing more skeptical about what they eat, they tend to concentrate more on what the food contains rather than the metabolized products of foods in the digestive tract.

Reduced water Indirectly reduces hydrogen sulfide, ammonia, histamines, indoles,phenols, and scatoles and changes them into harmless substances.

Defecation of cleaner stools.

For example, consider the typical balanced diet of meat and vegetables. Meat protein is metabolized into amines while nitrates form fertilizers used to grow vegetables metabolize into nitrites in the digestive tract. These amines and nitrites combine to form nitrosamine, a recognized carcinogen.

Vegetables Meat

Nitrates Protein

Nitrites Amines

Nitrosamine (carcinogen)

We've already discussed that odoriferous feces are evidence of excessive fermentation in the digestive tract, so reduced water performs a very important function upstream in the digestive tract by reducing this excessive fermentation as evidence by cleaner stools within days of starting a steady regimen of reduced water.

Reduced water supplies electrons to excess, active oxygen free radicals produced as a result of aerobic metabolism and reduces them,rendering them harmless.

The oxidation of normal, healthy cell molecules by active oxygen is blocked. The biological molecules remain intact.

Diseases linked to excessive oxidation of normal biological molecules are prevented.

Downstream from the digestive tract, starting at the liver, reduced water quickly enters the liver and other organs due to, first, its lower molecular weight, and, secondly, the size of its clusters. At tissue sites throughout the body, reduced water with its safe, yet potent reduction potential readily donates its passenger electrons freely to active oxygen and neutralizes them so they cannot damage the molecules of healthy cells. Normal cells are protected from the electron thievery of active oxygen and allowed to grow, mature, function and regenerate without interference from rogue, oddball oxygen radicals which tend to steal the electrons from he molecules of normal, healthy biological molecules.

The water boom

We are now in the midst of a water boom. In Japan and other countries consumers are buying various kinds of bottled and canned water even though water is one of our most abundant vital resources. Research data reveals that mineral waters have an CRP of +200 mV, slightly lower than the +400 mV measured for ordinary tap water. We can say that at least mineral water is marginally better than tap water from the viewpoint of ORP. Compared to any processed water for sale, however, microwater with its reduction potential of -250 to -300 mV is beyond comparison due to its ability to scavenge active oxygen radicals.