Mineral functional water

Abstract

Provided is a method of producing mineral function water showing beneficial effects, such as antioxidant effects, or the like. The water including contains mineral-containing water (A) and mineral-containing water (B) according to a ratio of 1:5 to 1:20 (weight ratio), the mineral-containing water (A) containing first mineral components eluted from mineral-imparting material (A) containing: vegetation raw material, woody plant raw material, and sulfur raw material, the mineral-containing water (B) containing second mineral-containing water (B) containing the mineral component eluted from inorganic mineral-imparting material (B).

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         4 . Mineral functional water produced by a method comprising:
 producing first mineral-containing water (A) according to a first process (1):   producing second mineral-containing water (B) according to a second process (2): and   mixing the first mineral-containing water (A) and the second mineral-containing water (B) according to a ratio within a range of 1:5-1:20 (weight ratio), thereby producing the mineral functional water,   wherein the first process (1) includes:   immersing a conductive wire covered with insulator and mineral-imparting material (α) into water, the mineral-imparting material (α) containing: woody plant raw material; and vegetation raw material;
 wherein the vegetation raw material includes vegetation belonging to Asteraceae and vegetation belonging to Rosaceae, and 
 wherein the woody plant raw material includes at least one kind selected from a group consisting of  Maple, Betula platyphylla, Pinus , and  Cryptomeria japonica;    
   conducting DC electric current to the conductive wire to generate water flow around the conductive wire in the same direction as the DC electric current, applying ultrasonic vibration to the water, thereby forming raw mineral water solution (a); and   irradiating rays (wavelength of 6-14 micrometers) to the raw mineral water solution (a) to form mineral-containing water (A),   wherein:   the immersing in the first process (1) is performed to produce water that contains 10 to 15 weight % of the mineral-imparting material (α); and   the DC electric current conducted to the conductive wire has 0.05-0.1 A of a current value and 8000-8600 V of a voltage value,   wherein:   Asteraceae plant processed product and Rosaceae plant processed product are used as the mineral-imparting material (α);   the Asteraceae plant processed product is produced by:   mixing 10 weight % of  Cirsium japonicum  (leaf parts, stem parts and flower parts thereof), 60 weight % of  Artemisia indica  (leaf parts and stem parts thereof) and 30 weight % of  Farfugium japonicum  (leaf parts and stem parts thereof), to produce first mixture thereof; making the first mixture dry; and then pulverizing the dried first mixture;   the Rosaceae plant processed product is produced by:   mixing 20 weight % of  Rosa multiflora  (leaf parts and flower parts thereof), 10 weight % of  Geum japonicum  (leaf parts and stem parts thereof), and 70 weight % of  Rubus  L. (leaf parts, stem parts, and flower parts thereof), to produce second mixture thereof; making the second mixture dry; and then pulverizing the dried second mixture;   the Asteraceae plant processed product and the Rosaceae plant processed product are mixed according to 1:1 (weight ratio) to obtain vegetation raw material (α1);   the woody plant raw material (α2) is produced by:   mixing 20 weight % of  Maple  (fallen leaf parts and stem parts thereof), 60 weight % of  Betula platyphylla  (fallen leaf parts, stem parts, and bark parts thereof), and 20 weight % of  Cryptomeria japonica  (fallen leaf parts, stem parts, and bark parts thereof) to produce third mixture; making the third mixture dry; and then pulverizing the dried third mixture; and   sulfur raw material is composed of volcanic sulfur (α3); and   mineral-imparting material (α′) is obtained by:   mixing the vegetation raw material (α1) and the woody plant raw material (α2) according to 1:5 (weight ratio) to produce vegetation-woody plant raw material; and   based on 100 pts.wt. of the vegetation-woody plant raw material, mixing 2-8 weight % of the volcanic sulfur (α3)   wherein the second process (2) includes:   preparing a first water-passing container, a second water-passing container, a third water-passing container, a fourth water-passing container, a fifth water-passing container, and a sixth water-passing container;   filling first mineral-imparting material (β1) into the first water-passing container, the first mineral-imparting material (β1) including 70 weight % of lime stone, 15 weight % of fossil coral, and 15 weight % of shell of a shell fish;   filling second mineral-imparting material (β2) into the second water-passing container, the second mineral-imparting material (β2) including 40 weight % of lime stone, 15 weight % of fossil coral, 40 weight % of shell of a shell fish, and 5 weight % of activated carbon;   filling third mineral-imparting material (β3) into the third water-passing container, the third mineral-imparting material (β3) including 80 weight % of lime stone, 15 weight % of fossil coral, and 5 weight % of shell of a shell fish;   filling fourth mineral-imparting material (β4) into the fourth water-passing container, the fourth mineral-imparting material (β4) including 90 weight % of lime stone, 5 weight % of fossil coral, and 5 weight % of shell of a shell fish;   filling fifth mineral-imparting material (β5) into the fifth water-passing container, the fifth mineral-imparting material (β5) including 80 weight % of lime stone, 10 weight % of fossil coral, and 10 weight % of shell of a shell fish;   filling sixth mineral-imparting material (β6) into the sixth water-passing container, the sixth mineral-imparting material (β6) including 60 weight % of lime stone, 30 weight % of fossil coral, and 10 weight % of shell of a shell fish; and   making water pass through the six water-passing containers to form the mineral-containing water (B).   
     
     
         5 . The mineral functional water as defined in  claim 4 , wherein, in the mixing, the first produced mineral-containing water (A) and the second produced mineral-containing water (B) are mixed according to a ratio within a range of 1:10 (weight ratio). 
     
     
         6 . The mineral functional water as defined in  claim 4 , further including antioxidant effects. 
     
     
         7 . The mineral functional water as defined in  claim 4 , further including scavenging activity on superoxide. 
     
     
         8 . Composition containing the mineral functional water as defined in  claim 4 . 
     
     
         9 . The composition as defined in  claim 8 , wherein the composition is used as medicinal composition. 
     
     
         10 . The composition as defined in  claim 9 , wherein the composition is used as prophylactic therapeutic agent for diseases caused by active oxygen and/or free radicals. 
     
     
         11 . The composition as defined in  claim 9 , wherein the composition is used as a prophylactic therapeutic agent for skin diseases. 
     
     
         12 . The composition as defined in  claim 8 , wherein the composition is used as cosmetic material composition. 
     
     
         13 . The composition as defined in  claim 8 , wherein the composition is used as additives for food and/or drink.