Colloidal silver
Introduction
How to take / use colloidal silver
What is Colloidal Silver?
Risks in using Colloidal Silver
Buying / storing colloidal silver
Introduction
Colloidal silver (CS) is a natural and well-proved antibiotic, antifungal, antiviral and antibacterial liquid. It heals or relieves an extraordinary number of infections and diseases, and helps burns and injuries to heal without scarring. It has no known side-effects when high quality CS is used properly.
CS is the only antibiotic known to kill all types of bacteria, in addition to viruses and fungi. It is a highly effective natural home remedy antibiotic that does not harm your body when used properly.
In contrast, pharmaceutical antibiotics can damage your liver, kidneys, digestive system and many other parts of the body. Pharmaceutical antibiotics devastate the digestive tract, indiscriminately killing all the microorganisms that have taken a lifetime to build up and get into symbiosis. This leaves you open to poor digestion, a variety of infections, inflammation, allergy, IBS, candida and other degenerative diseases caused by bacterial imbalance as opportunistic bacteria and fungi multiply to take advantage of the lack of competition from other microorganisms.
Each of the pharmaceutical antibiotics will only kill a few types of germs, with some germs becoming resistant to all these antibiotics (Super Bugs). CS kills the lot.
CS can also be used to provide protection against infections, diseases, contagious outbreaks and serious burn toxicity.
CS has a wide range of veterinary uses, is effective and cheap for swimming pool purification, and is an effective fungicide for gardening and hydroponics. It makes an effective underarm deodorant.
How to take / use colloidal silver
An initial dose is about 20 ml per day at a concentration of 15 ppm - more or less, depending on the state of your immune system and the ailment you are treating. When you are taking CS, you should not get colds, 'flu or other infections. Increase the dose if you do, and lower it if you seem to be protected. You may need to increase this dose by several times when treating some types of infections. Use half the adult dose for children, and a few drops for infants (preferably externally).
Do NOT swallow the CS immediately. Rather, hold it in your mouth and swirl it under your tongue for as long as you can (several minutes). This is the best way for your body to absorb the colloidal particles. The objective is to get the CS into your bloodstream or the injury/infection/problem area, rather than into your digestive tract.
If you take the CS at the same time as eating a probiotic, or fermented / living food like sauerkraut or kefir, it will kill the microorganisms in the food. For this reason I take CS at the most distant time possible from living food meals.
CS can be applied directly anywhere - to infections, burns or open wounds on your skin, fungus affected nails, and as eye, ear and nose drops. It is particularly effective if a dressing is used to keep the underlying wound or infection wet with CS.
To treat infections of teeth or gums, hold the CS for as long as you can in your mouth - perhaps 20 minutes.
CS kills pathogens rapidly, so your body's eliminatory systems (liver, kidneys, skin, bowels, lungs) may become temporarily overloaded. The resulting toxic overload may mean you feel ill - a healing crisis. Drink lots of water, litres every day, to help flush out the dead microorganisms. Enemas also help.
What is Colloidal Silver?
CS is made from pure water and silver, using electrolysis. The word colloidal means that microscopic-sized solid silver particles are suspended in the water. These silver ions have a positive charge, therefore they repel each other and remain permanently suspended in the water. CS looks like water, though it may sometimes have a yellow tint. You can test that it contains colloidal particles by shining a laser pointer light through it in a darkened room. You can clearly see a pencil of light through the liquid. If you cannot see this pencil of light, then there are no colloidal particles and it is not safe to use. If the edges of this light pencil have a sparkle, then the colloidal particles are large. If there is less sparkle and a clear edge to the light, the particles are small and the CS is of a high quality.
The concentration of silver in the water is usually measured in parts per million (ppm). CS is typically between 5 and 40 ppm. You can measure the ionic portion (the strength) of the CS with a total dissolved solids (TDS) meter.
Risks in using Colloidal Silver
Destroying your digestive bacteria
Your digestive system and especially the large colon contain hundreds of different types of beneficial bacteria. Can CS destroy them, in the same way that pharmaceutical antibiotics can ruin your digestive system. So be careful. If you drink CS in small quantities (less than a small mouthful), nearly all of it will be absorbed through the membranes in your mouth, and particularly under your tongue. Swirl each mouthful around under your tongue, and hold it for as long as you can, rather than swallowing. That way most of it will be absorbed before it reaches your stomach. Your small intestine is also very effective at absorbing CS, and for most people little will pass on to the large intestine where the majority of your beneficial bacteria reside. CS will destroy microorganisms, good and bad, in your mouth, throat and stomach. In summary, if you gulp down a large quantity of CS, this is a real risk. It is also a good reason not to use CS for long periods as an ongoing preventative.
Argyria
When you have silver salts in your bloodstream, they have a strong tendency to bind (plate) with any silver particles they meet. If you have sufficient CS particles in your blood, that is good - the salts bind with these particles. The silver particles do their job in your body and are then excreted. However, if you have no CS particles in your blood, the silver salts turn into silver molecules in your skin. The action of light on your skin is similar to the photographic process that occurs when you take a picture (with a film camera). If the level of silver salts is sufficiently low, the silver molecules are swept out of your skin by the blood flow and everything is fine. However if the level of silver salts in your blood is over some minimum level the molecules will increase in size as the salts plate out on them, growing so rapidly that they become stuck in your skin. The skin takes a permanent black or blue cast. This is called argyria, the result of taking silver compounds without any colloidal component. This is why it is important that you only use high quality CS, and that you use it correctly. The CS should have a high level of fine colloidal particles.
Buying / storing colloidal silver
You can buy bottles of CS in chemists and health food shops. Look for a clear liquid made from 99.98% pure (or better) silver, at a concentration of 15-20 parts per million.
Store CS in a dark place, away from electromagnetic fields. It does not matter whether it is kept cold or warm. Light can damage a CS solution, so it should be kept in a dark amber or cobalt blue glass bottle, in a dark cupboard. Electromagnetic fields can destroy the colloidal particles, so keep it away from electric wiring, microwaves, radiation etc. This is why it should not be stored in a refrigerator.
It is possible to make your own CS. Many different CS generation kits are sold on the internet. There is no control or regulation of the industry, and some kits are sold by charlatans. In my book Grow Youthful I detail the features to look for in a CS generator, and how to avoid making a harmful CS solution.