Correct Way To Drink Water From Copper Vessels And Its Health Benefits

When water is stored in a copper vessel overnight or for over eight hours, a very small amount of copper ions gets dissolved into the water. This process is called Oligodynamic effect which has the ability to destroy a wide range of harmful microbes, molds, fungi etc.

Ayurveda states that when you drink water stored in a copper vessel, it has the ability to balance all the three doshas in our body Vata, Pitta and Kapha and also has many health benefits (to know more about the 3 doshas and how they affect your personality and body, read my older post on this topic, click here ). This happens because copper vessel positively charges the water. The therapeutic water from a copper vessel is called Tamra jal in Sanskrit.  The traces of copper in a Tamra jal are safe and in fact, healthy.

 First, it is very important to buy vessels that are made of Pure Copper     . Do not buy the ones that have other metals mixed in it. Some of the common vessels made with copper are copper water jugs or a Kalash.

Once you have bought it, rinse it out thoroughly with water. Then fill it with water and cover it. Let the water rest for 6 hours (minimum) to 8 hours (maximum) and then drink it.

Ancient Ayurvedic practice:  Keep water in a copper vessel overnight by your bedside and drink this water first thing in the morning when you wake up. This particular practice is very useful in stimulating your bowel movements in the morning. This practice will keep your digestive system very healthy and set your metabolism for rest of the day. You will feel very refreshed and light every day.

Benefits of drinking water stored in a copper vessel:

1. Prevents water-borne diseases

2. Helps the digestive system to perform well

3. Aids in weight loss

4. Slows down aging

5. Good for heart health

6. Maintains hemoglobin level

7. Regulates the working of the thyroid glands

8. Stimulates the brain

9. Its anti-inflammatory

10. Fights free radicals

How much is too much?

– Drinking water from copper vessel has numerous health benefits but this does not mean that you can drink this water all day long.

– Drinking water stored in the copper vessel once in the early morning and then in the evening is more than enough to get required amount of copper for our body.

– Remember you should not drink this copper vessel water all year long. Once you start drinking water stored in a copper vessel you can continue this practice for three months and then take a break for one month (stop drinking water stored in the copper vessel). After a one month break, you can continue drinking water again from a copper vessel for next three months. This gives our body time to remove any excess copper deposited in our body. The body has its own mechanism of eliminating the excess of anything.

 Ayurvedic rules are very precise and if we follow them accordingly we will never get any side effects.