Metal healing is an ancient form of ayurvedic medicine. Metals like gold, silver, copper, iron, and others have been used to treat numerous health issues. The metal utensils are used for eating and serving food, as well as for storing and drinking water. Ayurvedic scriptures recommend drinking purified and ionized water from a copper vessel. The copperized water taken from a copper vessel is known as Tamra Jal, or copperized water.
This Tamra jal according to ayurveda helps to balance the following doshas
- Vata
- Pitta
- Kapha
as it is a natural antioxidant.
Copper in general & copperized water
Copper is an essential trace mineral that is vital to human health. It has anti oxidant, antimicrobial, anti carcinogenic and anti inflammatory properties. It helps to neutralise toxins. Human body cannot synthesize copper, so it is a need to get it from dietary sources like meat, shellfish, seeds, legumes, nuts, whole grains, potatoes and chocolates.
The electromagnetic energy of this copper metal makes the water ionic which helps to maintain body’s pH (acid- alkaline) balance. The Tamra recharges the vitality of the drinking water, making the water ‘alive’ again. This energized water better absorbed by cells and therefore enhances hydration.
Copper is one of the those nine minerals that are recognized as essential nutrients for humans, as it plays a crucial role in different physiological normal processes in basically all human tissues as well as in the skin. The body of a 70 kg healthy individual has about 110 mg of copper 50% of which is found in the bones and muscles, 15% in the skin, 15% in the bone marrow, 10% in the liver and 8% in the brain. Copper is naturally found in many food sources and is recommended daily intake of copper for adult is ~1mg.
Many different civilisations throughout human history used copper. The ancient Greek culture (1300-323 B.C.) used copper preparations for purifying drinking water and for treatment of various coetaneous and eye diseases, pulmonary, vaginal and gastrointestinal disorders and copper bracelets for arthritis. Ancient Egyptians used copper vessels to keep water fresh.
oligodynamic effect – sterilizing effect of copper
Very few quantities of copper get dissolved in the water when it is stored in a copper vessel for over eight hours, by the process called as ‘oligodynamic’ effect i.e., the sterilizing effect of metals. This ‘oligodynamic effect’ was discovered by Swiss K.W Nageli in 1893. This water has ability to destroy a wide range of harmful microbes, moulds, fungi, algae, spores, prokaryotic and eukaryotic micro organismsetc due to toxic effect it has on living cells.
This Article does not constitute medical advice and is based on the following article:
(cf. Author: Dr.Manisha Nikam; Source name: A Review on Tamra Jal or Copperized Water Being Useful in Today’s Lifestyle; year:2020)
