Evaluation of the Impact of Biofield Energy Healing Treatment (The Trivedi Effect<sup>®</sup>) on the Physicochemical, Thermal, Structural, and Behavioral Properties of Magnesium Gluconate

Abstract

Magnesium gluconate is a classical organometallic salt used for the prevention and treatment of magnesium deficiency diseases. The objective of the current research was to explore the influence of The Trivedi Effect ® -Energy of Consciousness Healing Treatment on the physicochemical, thermal and behavioral properties of magnesium gluconate using PXRD, PSD, FT-IR, UV-vis spectroscopy, TGA, and DSC analysis. Magnesium gluconate was divided into two parts -one part was control without any Biofield Energy Treatment, while another part was treated with the Biofield Energy Healing Treatment remotely by eighteen renowned Biofield Energy Healers and defined as the Biofield Energy Treated sample. The PXRD analysis exhibited significant alteration of the crystal morphology of the treated sample compared with the control sample. The crystallite size of the treated sample was remarkably changed from range -33.33% to 66.65% compared with the control sample. The average crystallite size was increased in the treated sample by 6.13% compared with the control sample. Particle size analysis revealed that the particle size at d 10 value was significantly reduced in the treated sample by 13.20% compared with the control sample, although the particle size at d 50 and d 90 values were increased in the treated sample by 2.75% and 3.72%, respectively. The treated sample's surface area was significantly enhanced (6.96%) compared with the control sample. The FT-IR and UV-vis analysis showed that the structure of magnesium gluconate remained similar in both the treated and control samples. The TGA analysis revealed that the weight loss of the first and second degradation steps in the treated sample was significantly decreased by 2.89% and 8.43%, respectively compared with the control sample, whereas at the third degradation step, the weight loss was enhanced by 14.80% compared with the control sample. The DSC analysis revealed that the melting point of the control and treated samples were 170.23°C and 170.25°C, respectively. The latent heat of fusion was significantly decreased by 6.15% in the treated sample compared with the control sample. The current study infers that The Trivedi Effect ® -Energy of Consciousness Healing Treatment might lead to a new polymorphic form of magnesium gluconate, which could be more soluble and bioavailable compared with the untreated compound. Hence, the Biofield Energy

Evaluation of the Effect of the Energy of Consciousness Healing Treatment on Physicochemical and Thermal Properties of Pyridoxine Hydrochloride

“…The data was collected in the form of a chart of the Bragg angle (2θ) vs. intensity (counts per second), and a detailed table containing information on peak intensity counts, d value (Å), relative intensity (%), full width half maximum (FWHM) (°2θ), area (cts*°2θ) using X'Pert data collector and X'Pert high score plus processing software. The crystallite size (G) was calculated from the Scherrer equation following the literature [22][23][24]30]. The crystallite size (G) was calculated by using the following equation 1:…”

“…The particle size analysis of pyridoxine hydrochloride was conducted on Malvern Mastersizer 3000, UK with a detection range between 0.01 µm to 3000 µm using wet method [22][23][24]. The sample unit (Hydro MV) was filled with a dispersant medium (Toulene) and operated the stirrer at 2500 rpm.…”

“…The DSC thermogram of pyridoxine hydrochloride was achieved in a DSC Q2000 differential scanning calorimeter, USA under the dynamic nitrogen atmosphere with the flow rate of 50 mL/min with a sample mass of 2.72 mg using the aluminium pan at a heating rate of 10°C/min from 30°C to 400°C [22][23][24]. The % change in melting point (T) was calculated using following equation 5: …”

“…Thermogravimetric Analysis (DTG) TGA/DTG thermograms of Pyridoxine Hydrochloride were obtained in a TGA Q500 themoanalyzer apparatus, USA under the dynamic nitrogen atmosphere (50 mL/min) using a platinum crucible at a heating rate of 10°C/min from 25°C to 900°C with the recent literature [22][23][24]. The % change in weight loss (W) was calculated using following equation 7:…”

“…The Trivedi Effect ® -Energy of Consciousness Healing Treatment significantly altered physicochemical properties such as crystalline structure, crystallite size, particle size, surface area, and thermal stability through introducing a polymorph of the pharmaceutical/nutraceutical compound. It was suggested that Biofield Energy Treated pharmaceutical/nutraceutical compounds could have more bioavailable and thermally stable compared with the untreated compounds [22][23][24][25][26]. The physicochemical and thermal properties etc.…”