Reduction in Surface Tension of Water Due to Pranic Healing

I Ananthakeshava; N J Srikanth; K Nagendra Prasad; V Vinu

doi:10.17485/IJST/v14i26.488

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Reduction in Surface Tension of Water Due to Pranic Healing

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Indian Journal of Science and Technology

DOI: 10.17485/IJST/v14i26.488

Year: 2021, Volume: 14, Issue: 26, Pages: 2175-2179

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Reduction in Surface Tension of Water Due to Pranic Healing

I Ananthakeshava¹, N J Srikanth^2*, K Nagendra Prasad³, V Vinu⁴

¹Research consultant, World Pranic Healing Foundation India Research Centre, Mysore,
India
²Research Head, World Pranic Healing Foundation India Research Centre, Mysore, India
³Senior Research consultant, World Pranic Healing Foundation India Research Centre,
Mysore, India
⁴Research Associate, World Pranic Healing Foundation India Research Centre, Mysore, India

*Corresponding Author
Email: [email protected]

Received Date:29 March 2021, Accepted Date:14 July 2021, Published Date:30 July 2021

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

Abstract

Objective: To study the effects of Pranic Healing (PH) on surface tension of water. Methods: This study involved the application of the PH on water and observing the changes in the surface tension (ST) values. ST was measured in the Pranic and Control using the Capillary rise method and the data were analyzed using Mann- Whitney U test. Findings: The results showed that the ST of water reduced significantly, after 20 minutes in the PH-treated samples, when compared to control. Additionally, contact angle also reduced due to PH, showing an increase in wettability. It has given indications that the Pranic healing could be used in modulating the physical property of water. Novelty: Pranic Healing, reduces the ST of water, which would be beneficial since it directly affects the absorption of nutrients by living beings from the fluid medium.

Keywords: Biofield; Complementary therapy; Energy Healing; Prana; Water

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