Catalyst Water?

[WindyCityMom]

Anyone know anything about Catalyst Water?  When I was younger, my grandma had hairspray bottles filled with something called "catalyst water".  She told me that it was for burns- whenever she'd burn her finger on the stove she'd put catalyst water on it.  My mother always had a bottle of catalyst water around for burns (I'm sure my grandmother gave it to her, lol).  Once, I was cooking, and I spilled a little hot oil on my foot.  My mom told me to get the catalyst water.

I've tried googling and all I can pull up are articles about it written in a very scientific way- I'm looking for a straightforward answer.. what [i]is[/i] catalyst water?  anyone know?

[bremen]

a quick googling lead me here:

http://www.cancer.org/Treatment/TreatmentsandSideEffects/ComplementaryandAlternativeMedicine/DietandNutrition/willard-water

http://www.dr-willardswater.com/

i have never heard of this stuff. does it have any effect on burns?

[Panserbjorne]

I'd assume it's willard water.  I think that's been around for about 50 or so years...but don't quote me.

I believe it's water and the catalysts are a few inorganic minerals plus castor oil...there's other stuff too but I can't recall.  It's used for all kinds of things and there are some people with crazy experiences that swear by it.

[WindyCityMom]

Ah, thanks :)  I'm assuming it's a scam as I've read that no one has ever been able to replicate what Willard said he did to the water.