Drinking water formulation and method and article relating to same

#FIELD

#The present disclosure relates to drinking water formulations containing homeopathic ingredients, to beverage articles including such drinking water formulations, and to methods for making and using such drinking water formulations and beverage articles.

#Consumers have been increasingly attracted to specialty waters and water formulations for drinking purposes. Natural spring waters and carbonated waters are ubiquitous, and in recent years a variety of enhanced water beverages have been commercialized. Such water products include formulations containing a variety of flavors and aromatic ingredients.

#FIG. 1 is a schematic representation of a process of preparing a homeopathic composition of a mother tincture starting material, involving successive dilution and sucession steps, to achieve homeopathic potentization of a homeopathic component.

#FIG. 2 is a perspective view of a beverage article according to one embodiment of the disclosure.

#FIG. 3 is an enlarged, partially broken-away view, in perspective, of the cap of the FIG. 2 beverage article.

#The present disclosure relates to drinking water formulations containing homeopathic ingredients, to beverage articles including such drinking water formulations, and to methods for making and using such drinking water formulations and beverage articles. The homeopathic water formulations and beverage articles of the present disclosure are useful in healthful consumption of drinking water and for homeopathic applications for which homeopathic ingredients are effective.

#In contrast to many homeopathic remedies made by traditional methods, homeopathic ingredients in the formulations of the present disclosure can be made for subsequent consumption in an alcohol-free form, to produce drinking water formulations that are usefully constituted at the time of use for consumption, as well as drinking water formulations that can be bottled in beverage containers to provide packaged water formulations useful for general consumer use.

#Homeopathic ingredients have been developed in various disciplines, to provide remedies for maladies and physiological conditions such as fatigue, feminine ailments, undesired hair conditions, excessive or deficient appetite, immunological deficiency, joint and muscle pain, undesired skin conditions, stress, anxiety, and accumulation of toxins in the body.