Glossary of terms.

Oxygen-feeding micro-organisms.

To raise pH toward the alkaline (basic) end of the scale. A higher pH is generally protective and supportive of healing; a lower (acidic) pH is corrosive.

Non-oxygen-feeding micro-organisms; they do not live or grow in the presence of oxygen. Schweitzer Formula is designed to stop their growth.

A substance that relieves pain. Schweitzer Formula provides mild analgesic relief.

A substance incapable of being electrified by friction.

Carrying a negative electrical charge. An anion is a negatively charged ion; the formula behaves as an anionic surfactant.

An agent that kills or inhibits the growth of micro-organisms. Unlike antibiotics, the formula works without harming the body's healthy flora.

An antimicrobial substance applied to living tissue or skin to reduce the possibility of infection.

A micro-organism's ability to change shape or form in response to its environment — a mechanism behind antibiotic resistance that the formula avoids triggering.

A mild mineral antiseptic; one of the prepared components used to form the crystal.

Early names for the Schweitzer Formula crystalline compound, first created in Germany in 1915 and later renamed after its steward, Dr. L. E. Schweitzer.

An essential trace mineral element (symbol B). Pure mineral zinc-boron helps maintain the integrity of blood and tissue cells.

Describing a solid whose atoms are arranged in a highly ordered, repeating structure — the form the formula's minerals take.

Water purified by distillation to remove impurities; the pure base in which the crystal is suspended.

A general term for microorganisms — bacteria, viruses, fungi and parasites — that can cause illness.

A class of bacteria that retain the crystal-violet stain used in Gram testing.

A temporary intensifying of symptoms during detoxification, as the body works to restore itself.

The body's own natural process of repairing, rebuilding and restoring injured tissue, which the formula is designed to stimulate.

The body's biological defenses that identify and neutralize pathogens and foreign substances.

Electromagnetic radiation experienced as gentle heat; central to the formula's thermotherapy concept.

The moist linings of body passages — mouth, nose, sinuses, throat and digestive tract — which the formula soothes and helps heal.

A change in an organism's genetic sequence. Conventional antiseptics can drive resistant mutations; the formula is designed not to.

Atoms or molecules carrying a negative electrical charge, which the formula uses to neutralize disease-causing positive ionization.

Not poisonous; safe for its intended use. Schweitzer Formula is non-toxic, odorless and 100% natural.

A solution able to pass through cell membranes by osmosis, allowing the formula to penetrate deeply and work at the cellular level.

Therapeutic use of oxygen. When blood oxygen rises above 85%, anaerobic organisms are destroyed — so oxygen therapy and the formula work well together.

An immune cell that engulfs and destroys bacteria and foreign matter; the formula has been observed to increase phagocytic activity.

A fundamental constant of quantum physics — one of the scientific frameworks underlying the formula's discovery.

Chemical reactions involving the transfer of electrons; central to the body's oxidation-reduction cycles and cellular energy.

A naturally derived compound (originally from willow bark); one of the three active minerals in the crystal.

Professor Paul Ehrlich's foundational theory of immunology — one of the three scientific principles behind the formula.

The universal physical constant (c); referenced in the formula's description of negative ions traveling at the speed of light.

A compound that lowers surface tension. Schweitzer Formula behaves as an anionic (negatively charged) surfactant.

Therapy using non-frictional heat to support healing — an early-20th-century concept central to how the formula works.

Applied directly to the surface of the skin or body.

Einstein's framework seeking to unify the forces of physics; cited among the scientific roots of the formula.

An agent that destroys or neutralizes a broad range of infectious organisms without harming healthy cells.

A substance able to dissolve and carry away a wide range of materials; the formula helps thin and purify the bloodstream.

Electrons that occur on the surface of metal oxides; referenced in the formula's hi-tech, infrared-energy description.

An essential trace mineral element (symbol Zn) and a core component of the zinc-boron-salicylate crystal.