Abstract

Copper is the essential trace mineral that acts as a cofactor for enzyme systems related with the red blood cell formation, iron transport and metabolism, and immune function. The aim of this study was to determine the effect of The Trivedi Effect^®-Energy of Consciousness Healing Treatment on the physical, thermal, and spectral properties of copper chloride. In this study, the copper chloride sample was divided in two parts, in which one part was kept untreated and termed as control sample. Another part was termed as Biofield Energy Treated sample and it was treated remotely with The Trivedi Effect^®-Biofield Energy Healing Treatment by the renowned Biofield Energy Healer, Mr. Mahendra Kumar Trivedi. Consequently, both the samples were analyzed with the help of PXRD, TGA/DTG, DSC, UV-Vis, and FT-IR analytical techniques. The PXRD analysis of the treated sample showed the significant changes in the relative peak intensities and crystallite sizes from -27.67% to 153.49% and 0.126% to 30.03%, respectively along with 4.49% decrease in average crystallite size compared with the control sample. Besides, The TGA/DTG analysis showed that the weight loss of Biofield Energy Treated sample in 1^st, 2^nd, and 3^rd step was altered by 0.33, -17.79, and 3.64%, respectively, along with 1.45% increased total weight loss as compared to the control sample. The treated sample also showed significant increase in the maximum degradation temperature (T_max) for every peak by 6.92, 1.32, and 1.77%, respectively, compared to the control sample. The DSC analysis revealed that the melting point of the treated copper chloride was slightly reduced by 1.31% with a reduced latent heat of fusion (ΔH) by 3.78% compared to the control sample. However, the decomposition temperature of the treated sample was increased by 9.12% with a significant reduction of the enthalpy of decomposition by 43.45% compared with the control sample. Moreover, the FT-IR studies also revealed some alterations in the spectrum of the treated sample, as the peaks at 892 and 1154cm^-1 in the control spectra were not observed in the treated sample and the peak at 1588cm^-1 in the control sample spectra was shifted to higher frequency at 1601cm^-1 in the spectra of treated sample. The overall study represents that The Trivedi Effect^®-Energy of Consciousness Healing Treatment may help in the production of a polymorphic form of copper chloride, which would be having better bioavailability and improved thermal stability compared to the control sample.

Keywords: Copper chloride; The Trivedi effect^®; Energy of consciousness healing treatment; PXRD; FTIR; DSC; TGA

Abbreviations: NCCIH: National Center of Complementary and Integrative Health; PXRD: Powder X-Ray Diffraction; TGA: Thermo Gravimetric Analysis; DSC: Differential Scanning Calorimetry; DTG: Differential Thermogravimetric Analysis