JOSE INGLES: Finding the Right Mix

by Wilhelmina S. Orozco

With curly hair flowing like Einstein’s, wearing faded blue jeans, and easy gait as he walks, Jose Ingles, Inner Alchemist, Filipino Inventors society member looks every inch like any inventor who cares not whatever happens to the world except perfecting his product. He is the typical science-oriented individual whose focus is on how to extract, blend, mix and come up, voila! with a new or improved product.

Right now Ingles is very busy propagating flowering plants – ylangylang, roses, -- as well as calamansi, from which he can extract essences and market them as medicinal herbal products. Elemi, an essence that contains oils from the wild pili, citrus, rose, sampaguita and lemongrass, and has aromatherapic qualities that relax and provide a really restful feeling is his latest product. “Ipahid mo sa ilong, masarap ang tulog mo pagkatapos,” he said.

Another product of Ingles, who conducts training at the Department of Agriculture Training Institute on homemade probiotics extracts essences alchemy, is Colloidal Elixir made of a combination of two or more elements Silver. In his study, Ingles unearthed a 1940’s revelation of Dr. R. R. Rife MD that bacteria and virus are “vulnerable to suffocation from the catalytic action of Colloidal Silver, “ which then results in its having healing properties.

In another study done in Salt Lake City, Utah, Ingles mentioned that silver “is a powerful, natural antibiotic prophylactic antiseptic, known anciently and at the turn of the century as an invaluable medication.” The compound does not damage the organs of the body but in fact “accelerates healing” he said. Hence, this product has curative qualities on the skin, and treats rushes, hematoma, and when ingested, can also be anti-bacterial and anti-viral. “I am promoting this as it can cheapen the treatment of many illnesses. It is the first formulation of several mineral elements,

Actually, Ingles, a member of the Filipino Society of Inventors has traveled around the world as his father, Minister Jose Ingles during the 80’s was assigned in many places with the longest period in New York City. He finally settled down in the Philippines and got interested in chemistry when as a researcher at a Japanese okra company in Moncada, Tarlac, he discovered a distiller of ilang-ilang flowers next town and helped improved the distillation of the oils which made it more marketable as it brings a very fragrant smell. His theory which was proved to be true that ilang-ilang flowers when picked early morning, when it is most fragrant can produce the best essences.

Each 5 ml is worth P100 while 35ml is P700. With ylang-ylang, it is priced at P1,000 as the process becomes of extraction is more expensive. “It takes 5,000 kilos of rose petals to produce 1 liter, and 100 kilos of ylang-ylang to get 1 liter.

Ingles is one among so many of our inventors whose prime motivation is to increase knowledge, discover original products that can be known by the world with profit as a secondary objective. Unfortunately, the Technology Application and Promotion Institute, the agency tasked to help inventors seems to be eyeing other schemes.