Electrical behavior of plant based material

Rudraksha considered as a versatile material due its religious, cosmetic and medicinal application. There are more than 360 species available, Elaeocarpus Ganitrus Roxb. the mostly available species of Rudraksha. Several studies reported impressive results in cardiovascular, neuronal, microbial, cancerous, hypertension, diabetes, nephro toxicity studies of Rudraksha. Wearing of Rudraksha helps to streamline the bio-electromagnetism of human body that provide rhythmicity and helps to maintain the normal physiology by the virtue of its electromagnetic characteristics, although scientific evidences about its electrical properties are missing. The present study aims to investigate the electrical properties of three types (Three Mukhi, Four Mukhi and Five Mukhi) of Rudraksha beads abundant in India. The main study questions were a) whether Rudraksha beads owe any electrical property as defined in traditional system of medicine, b) If yes, then what type of electrical property it displays, c) does their electrical property varies due to variation in Mukhi. The electrical characteristics of selected types of Rudraksha represented through the changes in impedance, phase angle, electrical modulus, and dielectric constant behaviour as a function of frequency. Results show presence of electrical properties in all three types of Rudraksha material as defined in the traditional system of medicine. It shows resistive capacitive and conductive behaviour in all three types of Rudraksha material. There are significant variations in the electrical behaviour in term of resistance and capacitance 5MR showed highest capacitive nature followed by 4MR and 3MR of all three types of Rudraksha material and shows gradual transformation from resistive to capacitive and conductive behaviour.