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1.2 Boiling Process
By heating the water to boiling temperature, the water becomes non-living. In this process, the “yonis” are completely disintegrated at the boiling temperature. The dissolved air is driven out, because of its zero solubility at boiling point. Thus the water becomes non-living. It becomes devoid of free oxygen radicals also. It can, in turn, reduce the level of radicals in the user's blood-stream, just as the other de-oxidants do.
In small quantities, the free radicals fight with bacteria and virus. But in larger quantities they attack living body-cells anywhere. These oxidants are the cause of ageing. They can even cause cancers. Hence, it is desirable to remove these radicals. They can also be removed by antioxidants. 1.3 Mobile living beings (Trasakaya)
In addition to it, both the above treatments (Rub-washing & Boiling) render the other water based (water borne) microscopic mobile living beings, lifeless. In the first type of treatment, it is the basic nature (alkalinity) of the additives and their rubbing friction that destroys the mobile-type of foreign life. In the second type of treatment the foreign life, present in the water, is eliminated by the scorching heat of boiling and by driving out the dissolved oxygen from it.
Thus these treatments of water for making it a non-living mass, influence the structure of yoni and the quantum of dissolved air. It also eliminates the microscopic mobile foreign bacteria etc. from it. 1.4 Advantages of using Treated Water
It is absolutely an eco-friendly practice to use such treated water on two counts:
Firstly : When it is a routine to use treated water only, there is an automatic limit put on the daily requirement of water. Since the treated water has a short shelf-life, say 10 hours, every household has to prepare such non-living water for his projected daily consumption for the whole day. This self-imposed restriction naturally climinates the tendency of over-using, misusing or consuming without any limit of this cheap but precious natural resource.
This practice effectively changes the mindset and perception about
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