Water Cure

Water is the most important and abundant inorganic compound in all living organisms and is considered as the elixir of life. An examination of the composition of the human body reveals that it is composed of nearly 65% of water. Even bones considered to be the driest organ have 22% water. The ability of water to form solutions, and hence its role as solvent is essential to health and survival. Taking 8 glasses of water a day or less leaves the body in a perennial state of dehydration. This results in lowering the water threshold level when body can no longer satisfy its own need either from reabsorption from kidney or from the internal water. The recommended water intake for males in the age group of 19-75 is 3.7 L/day and for females is 2.7 L/day which is roughly 15 glasses for males and 10 glasses of water for females. Most often communicable diseases can be prevented by increasing awareness about drinking water in sufficient quantity. We are starving our bodies of the most vital ingredient, namely water and rely on drugs to restore our health. Water therapy1 is the use of water externally as sponges, baths, etc to cure ailments while water cure is simply providing body with the required amount of water either through diet or by drinking water itself. The term hydropathy2 was derived from the ‘use of hot or cold water as therapy at home’ which was relatively cheap and easy and eventually lent to its popularity. Water cure is consuming water when with an awareness of the bodily needs in order to keep the body healthy and functioning normally.