Water is one of the most important components of the human body and contributes to all physiological processes. It helps in digestion, keeping the body in a normal state. However, tap water has quite a lot of impurities, including the well-known chlorine. Although it is added for disinfection, it is a “deadly” poison for the human body. The water we use should be healthy and beneficial.

The amazing properties of water were discovered in the 60s of the last century. It turned out that the liquid obtained by electrolysis has incredible healing properties. Such a liquid was called activated water, and was divided into two types: anolyte and catholyte, in the literature: acidic – dead water and alkaline – living water, respectively.

Dead water is a clear liquid, without sediment, sour in taste, slightly astringent. It has antiseptic, anti-allergic, drying, anti-inflammatory properties. According to the disinfecting effect, it corresponds to treatment with iodine, brilliant green, hydrogen peroxide, etc. Its acidity ranges from 2.5 to 3.5 mV.

In the process of electrolysis, chlorine and oxygen radicals, hydrogen peroxide are concentrated in the anode zone. It is they who help macrophages (the protective cells of our body) to destroy the viruses, microbes, and fungi that have come across. Therefore, the contact of the anolyte with a microbial cell leads to the destruction of the cell wall of the microbe, the leakage of cell components into the intercellular space, and the disruption of the functions of the ribosomal apparatus.

Thus, dead water has a strong disinfectant property. With the help of this liquid, you can disinfect dishes, clothes, linen, medical supplies and other things.

When used internally, dead water lowers blood pressure in hypertensive patients, reduces joint pain, relieves insomnia and calms the nervous system. When applied externally, it kills microbes in festering wounds. This is an excellent remedy for colds: rinsing with dead water for diseases of the ear, throat, nose will speed up recovery and protect against viruses.

Living water is an alkaline solution, just as transparent, but in the first minutes after preparation with an intense flocculent sediment (the more heavy metal compounds, the more sediment), has a slight taste of baking soda, and has the ability to restore the body’s immune system. Its acidity ranges from 8.5 to 10.5 mV.

Living water has a beneficial effect on the body, accelerates metabolic processes in living tissues, heals wounds, improves metabolism and digestion, increases blood pressure, has strong antioxidant properties (prevents the formation of cancerous tumors and slows down the aging process), reduces susceptibility to adverse factors, improves general health status.

With the help of it, you can quickly heal wounds, stomach ulcers, bedsores and burns. Softening the skin, smoothing wrinkles, eliminating dandruff, improving the structure of the hair are also the merits of living water. But living water has a short shelf life. If stored in a closed vessel, it can only be used in the first two days.

Living water stimulates the transfer of oxygen from the external environment to cells, which normalizes redox and metabolic processes in cells, has high extracting and dissolving properties. Dead water, on the contrary, slows down metabolic processes, has a detrimental effect on microflora and microorganisms. It should be noted that the properties of dead water are often enhanced by living water, and vice versa.

Based on the book by E.A. Masimova, WATER: State and role of water in biological systems. Water in nature. Baku, 2018