Knowledge Base

What copper does for you, where it comes from and how to enjoy it every day.

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What copper is, what has been measured on it and how to recognise the real thing.

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Copper water and Ayurveda

The tamra jal ritual: fill at night, drink in the morning, and everything that goes with it.

Drinkware

Body and material knowledge

What copper does in your body, what has been measured about bacteria and why the metal conducts so well.

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Energy, shape and tradition

Pyramids, tensor rings, cubits and the traditions that give copper a place in the house.

Energizers

Choosing and caring

Which size, smooth or hammered, what a price difference means and how to polish copper back.

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Garden and electroculture

Copper antennas in the soil: where it comes from, what has been measured and how to place them.

Electroculture

All articles

The French doctor who accidentally discovered that copper kept cholera away

Paris, 1852: a doctor notices something strange among copper foundry workers during a cholera epidemic. The story of Victor Bur...

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3500 years of copper as medicine: from the Edwin Smith Papyrus to now

From ancient Egypt to the Roman Empire and Ayurveda: copper has played a role in medicine for 3500 years. A timeline through hi...

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Tamra Jal: the Ayurvedic tradition of drinking water from copper

Discover Tamra Jal, the centuries-old Ayurvedic practice of storing water in copper. The origin, the text and why people still ...

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Copper deficiency: how common is it really (and when should you pay attention)

Copper deficiency sounds scary, but with a normal diet it's rare. We explain how much copper you need and when it's worth payin...

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Iron, copper and fatigue: the connection nobody tells you about

Feeling tired despite getting enough iron? Copper plays an essential role in your iron balance. Here's how the mechanism behind...

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Can copper really kill bacteria? The evidence, from the EPA to Southampton

EPA registration, research from Southampton and a drinking water study from India: this is the evidence behind copper's antibac...

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Copper and your body: what can you actually say? The 8 official EU claims

What can you really say about copper and your body? We list the 8 EU-approved health claims, clearly and without exaggeration.

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