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Health Benefits of Negative Ions Generated by Binchotan and Bamboo Charcoals
Please note that only those charcoals produced at temperatures above 1,000ºC can generate negative ions. All of our binchotan and bamboo charcoals can produce negative ions.
First of all, some interesting facts about charcoal:
1. A mummy was found in China during the excavation of a tomb, which was ascertained to be 2,100 years old. This mummy was a 53-year-old noble lady who died from the stricture of the heart. Upon careful examinations, the mummy was found to be as fresh as a 4-day-old corpse. Inside her stomach were more than 170 melon seeds. These seeds were planted for experimental reasons, and all of them germinated. These astonishing facts were soon explained when the excavators found 5 tons of charcoal at the bottom of the tomb. It seems all the once-living things were protected and kept fresh by the billions of negative ions made by the charcoal for over 2,000 years!
2. An increasing number of companies and individuals in Japan use charcoal for the foundations of their factories, office buildings, and homes. Reports indicate, among other things, that the people working or living above the charcoal foundations get less tired, that wood used in the structures rot less quickly, and that the durability of machinery is prolonged.
3. If you use a razor for shaving, just keep it on a piece of negative ion-generating charcoal and you can use it for months and months because it never rusts.
4. Many Japanese kitchens use charcoal inside the oil for frying, because the oil becomes rancid less quickly and can be used many days, as long as the charcoal is kept inside the oil all the time.
5. Eating charcoal powder has been found to be highly effective in promoting health. One gram per day is considered sufficient. Often, charcoal powder is put inside buckwheat flour and soba noodles are made. Some take it wrapped in a medicinal wafer. The end effect is the increase of friendly bacteria and decrease of harmful bacteria inside the intestines, thereby countering the tendency of the human body to lose friendly bacteria gradually as it ages. Many health experts now believe that whether a person develops a serious disease like cancer or ages prematurely depends almost entirely on how wasted materials inside the intestines are processed. The more the friendly bacteria are present inside the body, the more efficiently its wastes are handled, making the body less prone to disease.
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Now, some dry facts:
1. Negative Ions Convert Free Radicals into Ordinary Oxygen.
When someone tells you that negative ions are good for you, you may think that they are something really special. But this is not so, because they are abundantly available like money, but some just don't have enough.
Negative ions are merely water particles that have been made small by forces such as winds. Among water particles, those small ones tend to attract electrons by nature and are more likely to become negatively charged. By contrast, larger water particles tend to become positively charged because their electrons are taken away by smaller particles. These small water particles are called negative-charged (negative) ions, whereas the larger ones are known as positive ions.
The most important question in our mind now may be why negative ions are good for us. The answer is that most of the illnesses inflicted on us as we age are believed to be due to the oxidation of the body caused by free radicals. Oxidation means that molecules lose electrons as they bind with oxygen. This means that in order for us to stay healthy and free from illnesses, it is important for us to keep our body in a state where it is difficult to lose electrons.
Negative ions can therefore convert free radicals into ordinary oxygen by uniting with them. When this happens inside our body, the supply of oxygen increases and our head becomes clearer. As a result, our body's antioxidant power works better. At the same time, the blood flow improves, so the body's function to flush out toxic substances stored inside cells from the body improves as well.
With the heightened antioxidant power, the body can prevent excess cholesterol and triglycerides from becoming lipids peroxide. Lipids peroxide that attach themselves to the blood vessels narrow the vessels, thus causing atherosclerosis and high blood pressure. However, excess cholesterol and triglyceride that are not converted into lipids peroxide are known to come to the surface of our body and become skin fat. When the skin fat increases, the moisture retaining function of the skin improves, so the skin becomes fresher.
2. How the Human Body Benefits from Negative Ions.
Blood cleansing effect - When a negative potential is applied to the entire human body, the ionization rates of calcium and sodium in the blood rise, making the blood slightly alkalized, a healthy state.
Cell activation effect - When the air around you has more negative ions than positive ones, the cell membranes in your body show greater electrical activity, thereby producing more active metabolism; moreover, the increase of calcium in your blood ensures greater activity of muscles, particularly the heart muscles, so your heart becomes stronger.
Immune system boosting effect - An increase in negative ions surrounding you means an increase in gamma globulins in your blood, which is known to raise your body's resistance to disease.
Autonomous nervous function regulating effect - The function of the autonomous nervous system that controls all the organs working without our consciousness is improved; because of this, negative ions help the body achieve calmness, sounder sleep, better control of the perspiration function, quicker fatigue recovery, etc.
We now summarize some specific effects of negative ions on the human body.
A greater amount of negative ions entering your body will cause
your blood vessels to expand;
your blood pressure to be normalized;
your blood to be alkalized;
your bones to become stronger;
your urination to be promoted so a greater amount of uric nitrogen is flashed out;
your breathing to become calmer and you to feel better;
your pulse rate to become slower;
your fatigue recover to be faster.
3. How Can Binchotan and Bamboo Charcoals Help?
When we walk in the field under bright sunlight, we feel refreshed. This is because the sunlight evaporates moisture in the soil to create small water particles that are soon changed to negative ions. Naturally, some of the water particles thus created are large, but winds soon reduce them into small particles. However, when the humidity is high, small water particles in the atmosphere are gradually absorbed by larger particles, so the air is soon filled with only large particles, which become positive ions. This is why we feel oppressed when the air surrounding us is too humid.
In nature, the ideal state is a good balance between positive and negative ions. However, there arises a situation where positive ions increase for some reason. In such a case, negative ions are used to neutralize the air, which soon causes the atmosphere to be filled only with positive ions. Such a situation is caused by the presence of a computer, for example.
We all know that electric devices like computers, microwave ovens, and refrigerators generate positive ions. So the only way to fight against such health hazards is to create as many negative ions as possible. The latest studies have come up with the following findings to list a few:
a. A computer room will have roughly six times as many positive ions as negative ones at the end of the day even if the room was aired in the morning, unless it is aired frequently during the day.
b. Binchotan and bamboo charcoals not only dissipate "hazardous" electromagnetic waves from computer monitors but also generate negative ions. More accurately, the infrared rays emitted constantly from charcoals reduce moisture in the air into fine particles that naturally change into negative ions. This means that a certain amount of moisture must be present in the computer room if charcoal is used to increase the room's negative ion ratio.
c. The ideal degree of humidity in computer rooms is between 45 and 55%. In winter, when houses are heated, the computer room tends to be too dry. Of course, we can install a humidifier capable of controlling the degree of humidity in the air, but a few wet towels may be sufficient.
d. In order to keep a room 10 ft x 10 ft (3.2 m x 3.2 m) in an ideal ionic state, we need 9 lbs. (4 kg) of binchotan or 7 lbs. (3 kg) of bamboo charcoal.
e. According to our charcoal prices, it costs the same whether we use binchotan charcoal or bamboo charcoal. An important difference between binchotan charcoal and bamboo charcoal is that the latter tends to break easily as it is a lot more fragile. One important thing, however, is that once charcoal is placed in a room, it keeps working forever.
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