HYDRATION COMPOSITIONS FOR HUMAN OR ANIMAL BODIES

Abstract: A hydration composition for the body is provided which essentially includes the synergistic combination of: (a) Hydrastis canadensis (common name: Golden Seal), b) Ulmus fulva (common name: Slippery Elm), and (c) Smilax ornata (common name: Salsaparilla). The above hydration composition may be prepared in homoeopathic or non-homoeopathic form. The homoeopathic hydration composition may be prepared by any one of the following methods comprising: (i) forming separate homoeopathic preparations from components (a, b and c) mentioned hereinabove, and subsequently mixing said homoeopathic preparations; (ii) mixing extracts of components (a, b and c) and forming the resultant mixture into a homoepathic composition; and (iii) preparing a first homoeopathic composition as in (i) and (ii) above (with optional additional ingredients), and further diluting said first composition to form a second homoeopathic composition.

Description: HYDRATION COMPOSITIONS FOR HUMAN OR ANIMAL BODIES FIELD OF THE INVENTION This invention relates to hydration compositions for human or animal bodies (hereinafter referred to as "body or bodies"). "Hydration" in this context may be defined as a state of optimal water management in the body. BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION It is well accepted and established that water is the most abundant nutrient found in the body, accounting for roughly two-thirds of the adult body weight. It is also the most important nutrient and is the primary transporter of other nutrients throughout the body. It is necessary for all building functions and all body processes including digestion, absorption, circulation brain function and excretion. Energy and vitality depend on how well the body breaks down, assimilates and converts food to energy. Simply eating well or taking nutritional supplements will make little difference if the body is not able to digest and fully absorb all the nutrients consumed. It has accordingly been recognised that all processes in the body depend on water. However, this does not mean just water intake, but rather water utilization or absorption at the cellular level. Should the body's hydration become compromised, fatigue may be one of the first and most obvious signs. Others include depression, poor digestion, joint problems, aging skin and general skin problems, Candida difficulties, constipation, difficulty concentrating and an aversion to drinking water or unsatisfied thirst. OBJECTIVES OF THE INVENTION It is the primary objective of the present invention to provide hydration compositions to enhance hydration in the body. It is a further objective of the invention to provide compositions which enhance oxygen uptake at a cellular level. SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION Accordingly, the invention provides a hydration composition for the body essentially including the synergistic combination of:- (a) Hydrastis canadensis (common name - Golden Seal) (b) Ulmus fulva (common name - Slippery Elm), and (c) Smilax ornata (common name - Sarsaparilla). Preferably, the above composition is prepared in homoeopathic form. The above composition may be prepared by any one of the following methods comprising: (i) forming separate homoeopathic preparations from components (a), (b) and (c) mentioned hereinabove, and subsequently mixing said homoeopathic preparations; (ii) mixing extracts of components (a), (b) and (c) and forming the resultant mixture into a homoeopathic composition; and (Hi) preparing a first homoeopathic composition as in (i) and (ii) above (with optional ingredients mentioned hereinbelow), and further diluting said first composition to form a second homoeopathic composition. PREFERRED FEATURES OF THE INVENTION Advantageously, the hydration compositions may comprise one or more additional ingredients selected from homoeopathic and non-homoeopathic preparations, e.g., vanilla, "nervacomp", chlorophyll, echinacea augustifolia, opuntia vulgaris, micellized alpha-tocopherol, and iodine. The term "nervacomp" is a homoeopathic mixture comprising: Ignatia 8c Hyoscyamus nig 8c Oenanthe crocata 8c Passiflora 8c Stramonium 8c Zincum met 8c The compositions may also advantageously contain essential oils, e.g., French organic lavender and frankincense; Australian bush flower essences, e.g., Peach Flowered Tea Tree, Sturt Desert Rose, Slender Rice Flow, Alpine Mint Bush, Tall Yellow Top, Green Spider Orchid, Red Helmet Orchid and Wedding Bush; Bach Flower Essences, e.g., Oak, Larch, Chinese Plumbago, Aspen, Clematis, Water Violet, Beech, Rock Water; and amino acids, e.g. histidine, glutamine, arginine, glycine, lysine, leucine, isoleucine, vali methionine and aspartic acid. The compositions are preferably formulated so as to be (i) gender specific and (ii) time-of-day specific (i.e. upon-rising, upon-retiring) to account for (i) the known differences in water metabolism in men and women in response to sex hormones and (ii) optimisation of the support of water management in the sleeping and waking cycles of metabolism. The upon-retiring compositions support the transport of oxygen into cells further improving the clearance of metabolic waste products and enhancing cellular energy production. Advantageously components (a) to (c) mentioned hereinabove are present or are used in the homoeopathic compositions, in approximately equal proportions by volume. EXAMPLES ILLt -TRATING THE INVENTION The inventi. <vill now be described with reference to the following non- limiting examples. Example 1 H dration compositions for females, upon-rising (20 ml) Hydrastis canadensis 30c 4.5 ml Ulmus fulva 30c 4.0 Smilax ornata 30c 4.5 Vanilla tincture 1 :2 4.5 nervacomp .75 Filtered spring water 1.75 * Peach Flowered Tea Tree 1 drop * Sturt Desert Rose 1 drop The above composition was prepared as follows:- The indicated volumes of all ingredients with the exception of tr ower essences are combined and mixed. The appropriate number of drop of the flower essences are added to this mixture. Alternatively the ingredients are combined in appropriate proportions to a final volume of, for example, 1 litre and mixed. Flower essences are added to this mixture. In this case, the volume of the flower essences are 1.5 ml Peach Flowered Tea Tree and 1.5 ml Sturt Desert Rose. Example 2 Hydration compositions for female, upon-retirinα (20 ml) Smilax ornata 11 x 5.5 ml Ulmus fulva 11 x 5.0 Hydrastis canadensis 11 x 5.0 Chlorophyll 1 :5 1.7 Echinacea augustifolia 1 :1 1.0 Filtered spring water 1.8 'Slender Rice Flower 1 drop 'Alpine Mint Bush 1 drop The composition was prepared as in Example 1 except that the volumes for flower essences for 1 litre are 1.5 ml Slender Rice Flower and 1.5 ml Mint Bush. Example 3 Hvdration composition for males, upon-rising (20 ml) Hydrastis canadensis 30c 3.5 ml Ulmus fulva 30c 3.5 Smilax ornata 30c 3.5 Vanilla tincture 1 :2 6.0 Opuntia vulgaris 12x 3.5 * Tall Yellow Top 2 drops "Green Spider Orchid 1 drop The composition was prepared as in Example 1 except that the volumes for flower essences for 1 litre are 2 ml Tall Yellow Top and 1.5 ml Green Spider Orchid. Example 4 Hydratign composition for males, upon-retiring (20 mi) Hydrastis canadensis 30c 4.0 ml Smilax ornata 30c 4.0 Ulmus fulva 30c 4.0 Micellized α-tocopherol 10c 4.0 Iodine 12x 4.0 French Organic Lavender 7 drops/litre • Red Helmet Orchid 1 drop 'Wedding Bush 1 drop Micellized -tocopherol 3 drops The composition was prepared as in Example 1 except that for 20 ml bottles, micellized α-tocopherol dded singly with the flower essences. For 1 litre, volumes of flower essencβc are 1.5 ml Red Helmet and 1.5 ml Weddinc Bush, and micellized α-tocopherol - 3 mis. Example 5 Hydration compositions for females, upon rising (20 ml) Hydrastis canadensis 30c 4.5 ml Ulmus fulva 30c 4.0 Smilax ornata 30c 4.5 Vanilla tincture 4.5 Nervacomp 0.75 Filtered spring water 1.75 'Oak 1 drop 'Larch 1 drop 'Chinese plurbago 1 drop The cc -position was prepared as in Example 1 except that the volumes for flower essences for 1 litre are 1 ml Oak, 1 ml Larch and 1 ml Chinese plumbago. Example 6 Hydration compositions for males, upon rising (20 ml) Hydrastis canadensis 30c 3.5 ml Ulmus fulva 30c 3.5 Smilax ornata 30c 3.5 Vanilla tincture 1 :2 6.0 Opuntia Vulgaris 12x 3.5 'Aspen 1 drop The composition was prepared as in Example 1 except that the volumes for flower essences for 1 litre are 1.5 ml Oak and 1.5 ml Aspen. Example 7 Hydration compositions for females, upon retiring (20 ml) Hydrastis canadensis 11 x 5.5 ml Ulmus fulva 11 x 5.0 Smilax ornata 11x 5.0 Chlorophyll 1 :5 1.7 Echinacea augustifolia 1 :1 1.0 Filtered spring water 1.8 'Clematis 1 drop 'Water Violet 1 drop The composition was prepared as in Example 1 except that the volumes for flower essences for 1 litre are 1.5 ml Clematis and 1.5 ml Water Violet. Example 8 Hvdration compositions for males, upon retiring (20 ml) Hydrastis canadensis 30c 4.0 ml Ulmus fulva 30c 4.0 Smilax ornata 30c 4.0 Micellized α-tocopherol 10c 4.0 Iodine 12x 4.0 French Organic Lavender oil 7 drops/litre 'Beech 1 drop 'Rock Water 1 drop The composition was prepared as in Example 1 except that for 20 ml bottles micellized α-tocopherol is added singly with the flower essences. For 1 litre the volumes for flower essences are 1.5 ml Clematis and 1.5 ml Water Violet and micellized α-tocopherol 3 mis. * Flower essences to be added individually to each 20 ml bottle 1 drop = 0.0625 ml. This may be changed where the volume is one litre. The homoeopathic preparations referred to above are prepared as follows: The herbal source material is ground or macerated and infused with alcohol (ethanol) to obtain a first extract called the mother tincture. The homoeopathic is prepared by successive dilutions of this mother tincture. For the x series the dilutions are 1 in 10; for the c series the dilutions are 1 in 100. Thus an 11x preparation is eleven 1 in 10 dilutions of the mother tincture. For a 30c preparation, thirty 1 in 100 dilutions of the mother tincture are required. The dilutions are made in alcohol with each new mixture being vigorously shaken and then impacted on a hard surface - a process known as succussion. RESULTS OBTAINED BY THE INVENTION The hydration compositions of the present invention are considered to enhance and facilitate the passage of water and water-borne nutrients at the level of initial absorption through the small intestine and subsequently at the level of cellular absorption. The mechanisms by which this occurs is yet to be specifically identified but is likely to include opening water-transport pores in the cell membrane. The gender specificity of the preferred compositions correlates with the known differences in water metabolism in men and women in response to sex hormones. The time-of-day specificity of t i preferred compositions have been designed to optimise the support of watf management in the sleeping and waking c cles of metabolism, in addition the upon-retiring compositions support the transport of oxygen into cells further improving the clearance of metabolic waste products and enhancing cellular energy production. It is impossible to break down the action of each of the components of the compositions in the conventional way it is done in pharmacolcgy because it is believed that the components interact and operate synergistically. Thus the removal of one component may dramatically alter the efficacy of the compositions. The compositions are not comparable with existing "hydration drinks" such as Gatorade™ or Sports Plus™ in that they do not provide hydrating liquid, nutrients or electrolytes. They cannot be compared to pharmacologically active substances such as diuretics or membrane permeabilisers which operate at specific sites (i.e. kidney and gut) and in general only affect the traffic of water in one direction. Rather they must be compared with any product which seeks to optimise the management of water via increased uptake, increased clearance and better distribution at a general cellular level.

Claims: THE CLAIMS DEFINING THE INVENTION ARE AS FOLLOWS: 1. A hydration composition for the body essentially including the synergistic combination of: (a) Hydrastis canadensis (common name - Golden Seal) (b) Ulmus fulva (common name - Slippery Elm), and (c) Smilax ornata (common name - Sarsaparilla). 2. A hydration composition for the body essentially including the synergistic combination of: (a) Hydrastis canadensis (common name - Golden Seal) (b) Ulmus fulva (common name - Slippery Elm), and (c) Smilax ornata (common name - Sarsaparilla), said composition being in homoeopathic form. 3. The composition of claim 1 or claim 2 including additional ingredients selected from homoeopathic and non-homoeopathic preparations such as vanilla, nervacomp (as herein defined), chlorophyll, echinacea augustifolia, opuntia vulgaris, micellized α-tocopherol, and iodine. 4. The composition of any one of the preceding claims including additional ingredients selected from: (1 ) essential oils such as French Organic Lavender and Frankincense; (2) Australian bush flower essences such as Peach Flowered Tea Tree, Sturt Desert Rose, Slender Rice Flower, Alpine Mint Bush, Tall Yellow Top, Green Spider Orchid, Red Helmet Orchid and Wedding Bush; (3) Bach Flower Essences such as Oak, Larch, Chinese Plumbago, Aspen, Clematis, Water Violet, Beech, Rock Water; (4) Amino acids such as histidine, glutamine, arginine, glycine, lysine, leucine, isoleucine, valine, methionine and aspartic acid. 5. A hydration composition for a female body (upon rising) comprising: Hydrastis canadensis 30 c 4.5 ml Ulmus fulva 30c 4.0 Smilax ornata 30c 4.5 Vanilla tincture 1 :2 4.5 nervacomp .75 Filtered spring water 1.75 Peach Flowered Tea Tree 1 drop Sturt Desert Rose 1 drop 6. A hydration composition for a female (uf Smilax ornata 11 x 5.5 ml Ulmus fulva 11x 5.0 Hydrastis canadensis 11 x 5.0 Chlorophyll 1 :5 1.7 Echinacea augustifolia 1 :1 1.0 Filtered spring water 1.8 Slender Rice Flower 1 drop Alpine Mint Bush 1 drop 7. A hydration composition for a male body Hydrastis canadensis 30c 3.5 ml Ulmus fulva 30c 3.5 Smilax ornata 30c 3.5 Vanilla tincture 1 :2 6.0 Opuntia vulgaris 12x 3.5 Tall Yellow Top 2 drops Green Spider Orchid 1 drop 8. A hydration composition for a male body (upon retiring) comprising: Hydrastis canadensis 30c 4.0 ml Smilax ornata 30c 4.0 Ulmus fulva 30c 4.0 Micellized α-tocopherol 10c 4.0 Iodine 12x 4.0 French Organic Lavender 7 drops/litre Red Helmet Orchid 1 drop Wedding Bush 1 drop Micellized α-tocopherol 3 drops 9. A hydration composition for a female (upon rising) comprising: Hydrastis canadensis 30c 4.5 ml Ulmus fulva 30c 4.0 Smilax ornata 30c 4.5 Vanilla tincture 4.5 Nervacomp 0.75 Filtered spring water 1.75 Oak 1 drop Larch 1 drop Chinese plumbago 1 drop 10. A hydration composition for a mal Hydrastis canadensis 30c 3.5 ml Ulmus fulva 30c 3.5 Smilax ornata 30c 3.5 Vanilla tincture 1 :2 6.0 Opuntia Vulgaris 12x 3.5 Oak 1 drop Aspen 1 drop 11. A hydration composition for a female (upon retiring) comprising: Hydrastis canadensis 11 x 5.5 ml Ulmus fulva 11 x 5.0 Smilax ornata 11x 5.0 Chlorophyll 1 :5 1.7 Echinacea augustifolia 1 :1 1.0 Filtered spring water 1.8 Clematis 1 drop Water Violet 1 drop 12. A hydration composition for a male boc Hydrastis canadensis 30c 4.0 ml Ulmus fulva 30c 4.0 Smilax ornata 30c 4.0 Micellized α-tocopherol 10c 4.0 Iodine 12x 4.0 French Organic Lavender oil 7 drops/litre Beech 1 drop Rock Water 1 drop 13. A hydration composition as claimed in any one of claims 1 to 4 wherein components (a) to (c) are present or are used in the homoeopathic compositions in equal proportions by volume. 14. A method of preparing the hydration composition claimed in claim 2 essentially comprising forming separate homoeopathic preparations from components (a), (b) or (c) as defined in claim 2, and subsequently mixing said homoeopathic preparations. 15. A method of preparing the hydration composition claimed in claim 2 essentially comprising mixing extracts of components (a), (b) and (c) and forming the resultant mixture into a homoeopathic composition. 16. A method of preparing the hydration composition claimed in claim 2 essentially comprising preparing a first homoeopathic composition as claimed in claim 14 or claim 15 (with the addition of optional ingredients as claimed in claim 3 or 4), and further diluting said first composition to form a second homoeopathic composition.

Inventors: BOUBLIK JAROSLAV H, HIBBERT LEONIE JENNIFER, KILLEN DIANA JOY, SPALDING GEOFREY MELVILLE, BOUBLIK, JAROSLAV, H., HIBBERT, LEONIE, JENNIFER, KILLEN, DIANA, JOY, SPALDING, GEOFREY, MELVILLE
Applicants: AQUA CONNEXIONS PTY LTD, BOUBLIK JAROSLAV H, HIBBERT LEONIE JENNIFER, KILLEN DIANA JOY, SPALDING GEOFREY MELVILLE, AQUA CONNEXIONS PTY. LTD., BOUBLIK, JAROSLAV, H., HIBBERT, LEONIE, JENNIFER, KILLEN, DIANA, JOY, SPALDING, GEOFREY, MELVILLE
Application year: 1995
Main classification: A61K35
IPC codes: A61K8, A61K36, A61P3, A61Q19