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Colloidal Silver as a Healthy Alternative to Pharmacology

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If you’re looking for a more natural alternative therapy to common health issues, such as sinus infections or colds, you’re likely to hear about colloidal silver soon enough. As colloidal silver is increasingly being adopted by natural alternative specialists as a healthy alternative to commercial pharmacology.

A wide variety of colloidal silver brands can be found in most health food stores and pharmacies, and you can also find a lot of information on the benefits of colloidal silver online. Many sources have conflicting opinions, making the information on the Internet need to be clarified.

There are thousands of testimonials about colloidal silver helping people with almost any disease you can think of. But you will also find some well-known health websites warning about safety concerns.

The FDA – Food and Drug Administration stated in 1999 that colloidal silver has no scientific evidence to support its use.

In order to help you make an informed choice about colloidal silver uses and benefits, I would like to lend you a helping hand and provide some evidence-based information.

Colloidal Silver: What Is It?

The total silver content of colloidal silver is expressed in milligrams per litre of water, or mg/L, which is equivalent to parts per million, or PPM, in numbers.

There have been at least six thousand years of silver use to prevent microbial infections. In addition to being effective against almost all organisms tested, it also contributed to the development of radiology and wound healing, according to research by the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine.

The practice of dropping a silver coin into a container of milk as a preservative was common before the invention of the refrigerator, as silver inhibited the growth of algae, bacteria, and other undesirable organisms.

The use of silver as a natural antibiotic dates back to ancient times. Modern antibiotics replaced silver’s use as a natural antibiotic in the 1940s.

Today, people no longer need to drop silver coins into their water in order to benefit from colloidal silver. Instead, they simply need to drop a few drops from a bottle carefully.

Colloidal silver (it is said by researchers) that it can supposedly help heal the body in three ways, according to a 1996 report by Richard Davies and Samuel Etris of the Silver Institute:

The bacterial and virus sulfhydryl (H) groups around silver readily react with oxygen molecules, resulting in catalytic oxidation. As a result, this prevents life-preserving cellular processes such as cellular respiration from occurring, which involves a series of metabolic reactions and processes in an organism’s cells, converting nutrients into adenosine triphosphate (ATP) and then releasing waste products.

Silver ions will attach to bacteria cell membranes directly and block respiration.

Approximately 12 percent of silver has been found in Pseudomonas aeruginosa, showing that it enters bacteria DNA. The exact mechanism by which silver binds to DNA without destroying the hydrogen bonds that hold it together remains unclear. However, it prevents DNA from unraveling, a crucial step in cell replication.

If you are curious about colloidal silver water and would like to find more information, you might like to check out our FAQ Colloidal Silver Frequently Asked Questions, and possible ask a question of your own about colloidal or ionic silver water.

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Colloidal Silver Stops Termites

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Recently, a reader wrote that she sprayed termites under her house with homemade colloidal silver. For a week, she sprayed the affected area several times, and the termites disappeared. Despite no sign of them, she’ll keep spraying every few days for several weeks in case they’ve laid eggs.

Is Silver Effective in Stopping Termites?

I’m not surprised that colloidal silver can stop termite infestations. The federal government investigated silver particles as a wood preservative back in the late 1990s and early 2000s in order to prevent termite infestations and mold contamination from wood.

They found that when ionic silver was pressure-treated into the wood as a wood preservative, it inhibited termite damage “with 100 percent termite mortality.”

The authors of one study on this topic explain why silver is so effective against these insects, even though silver has always been thought to kill only single-celled organisms like germs, viruses, and fungi.

How does silver water kill termites?

Termites’ digestive systems contain protozoa that help break down cellulose into carbohydrate molecules that can be easily metabolized. In termites, silver’s antimicrobial properties can destroy these organisms in the gut, disrupting the digestive cycle and resulting in their death.

Silver kills the bacteria in termites’ guts when they eat silver-treated wood. These bacteria are essential to the termites’ ability to process wood into nutrients that sustain their lives.

As an example, in the gut of a termite, microbes help break down cellulose, a major constituent of wood and other plant fibers, into carbohydrates and then into short-chain fatty acids.

As a result, if the wood is drenched in silver, and the termites eat it, it kills the bacteria in their tiny guts that convert food into nutrition. Without nutrition, they die.

Another study examined the use of silver against termites by treating different blocks of wood with five different concentrations of silver – 0.1 ppm, 1 ppm, 5 ppm, 10 ppm, and 15 ppm. The blocks of wood were then placed near various colonies of termites for two weeks.

Upon examining the treated blocks of wood and the termite colonies, the researchers found that the 15ppm block killed the most termites, the fastest. Indeed, it achieved a 100% kill rate within the first 9 days.

The lower concentrations also killed the termites, but it took longer. The 0.1 ppm (one-tenth of one ppm) concentration caused the least damage.

According to the researchers:

The study concluded that mycosynthesized silver nanoparticles protect wood against termites and wood-deteriorating fungi. Further studies should be undertaken to bring this approach to the commercial scale.

The authors of a study titled “Performance of New Silver-Based Wood Preservatives” concluded:

A study conducted independently by US Forest Products Laboratory (Madison, WI) found that… biocidal silver formulations repel termites. In soil and water environments, these products have low leaching propensities and work in almost all naturally occurring pH levels.

One study found that silver nanoparticles killed 100% of termites in just three days.

Last but not least, according to a white paper produced by the London Bullion Market Association (which tracks silver’s wide variety of commercial uses):

Researchers at the Department of Agriculture’s Forest Product Laboratory in Madison, Wisconsin, have found that silver-embedded treatments improve wood’s resistance to termites.

Termite bait traps and barrier treatments using silver are already being used in countries like India.

A silver-treated piece of wood in a plastic container with holes for termites to crawl through is usually buried in shallow holes around a wooden house’s perimeter.

Silver-embedded wood is quite popular in India for termite “bait traps” and “barrier treatments.” The traps must be buried in shallow holes around the perimeter of the wooden home. If termites enter the trap to eat the wood, the silver kills them. Thus, the traps function as an effective barrier against termites.

The use of silver-embedded wood for termite “bait traps” and “barrier treatments” is quite common in India. Silver traps are buried around the perimeter of wooden homes. When termites enter the trap to eat the wood, the silver kills them.

It is well known that silver is effective against termites.

In spite of the fact that silver has been studied for several decades as a replacement for toxic chemicals used in pressure-treating wood against termites, the cost – it is a precious metal, after all – has prevented it from being used more widely by the lumber industry, which has opted for less expensive copper chemical treatments instead.

If you have a small termite infestation in your home, you might consider spraying the affected area with colloidal silver several times a day, for about a week, like a lady I mentioned.

Maybe you’ll find that you’ve saved a lot of money on termite treatments, too!

 

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Colloidal Silver and Ionic Silver

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Let’s take a look at colloidal silver and ionic silver. What is colloidal silver and what is ionic silver, and how do they work individually and together?

There are many types of silver products besides Silver Wain Water. The are many types of silver. In antiquity, silver pitchers, other silver food vessels, and silverware were used mostly by the upper class because of the cost to promote health and keep them from getting sick. Silver is an excellent natural antibacterial agent. There is fine silver at .999 grade, and sterling silver at .925, pre-1965 US silver dollars are 90% silver & 10% copper (0.77-0.78 troy ounces), and these silver dollars were used to place in milk to keep it from spoiling before the proliferation of refrigeration. In terms of silver water, very small particles will be in play.

Colloidal Silver

Colloidal silver is silver particles to which silver ions attach themselves and do their work from the colloidal particle. Colloids are small nano-sized particles, sometimes referred to as angstrom-sized particles, of metallic silver. These tiny particles do not mix with others, are complete, and do not combine with other compounds.

Silver colloids survive as they travel about throughout the human body enabling them to do their work. Nano-sized silver particles flow freely in the bloodstream and are not affected by hydrochloric acid found in the stomach. This freedom of movement helps colloidal silver to annihilate pathogens that may be found nearly anywhere inside the body.

Colloidal silver stays within the body for an extended period of time, which allows it to accomplish more over time. Nano-sized silver particles do not gather and build up inside the human body and are therefore considered not toxic.

There is a real benefit in knowing what kind of silver you are exposing your body to and how much silver exists in the product you are using. The metallic particles are necessary to provide the greatest benefit over time due to their particulate surface area.

Ionic Silver

Unlike metallic silver particles, colloidal silver, angstrom silver, and ionic silver is not the same as colloidal silver, and it is obvious by their nomenclature. Simply stated, silver ions are ions, not particles. Just the ions of silver. And as you might expect, they do act differently than particles.

A silver ion is a silver atom with one less electron. So, a silver atom without one of its outer electrons is no longer a complete atom, but an ion, a silver ion. In its ionic form, the silver ion will combine with other elements to produce compounds.

Within the human body, silver ions are likely to combine with chloride to form silver chloride. While silver ions are water soluble, silver chloride is not soluble, ergo this compound does not dissolve. Silver colloids do not combine with chloride and therefore do not make silver chloride.

Rather than lingering inside the body, like silver colloids, silver chloride is processed by the kidneys and leaves via the urinary tract, with no trace left behind. Therefore, concurrent infusion or ingestion of silver ions is necessary because they do not stay in the bloodstream very long.

Ionic silver is so small that there is little or no chance of contracting argyria which is the silver-related condition that can turn skin pigment blue or gray. Though high concentrations of ionic silver, say over 100 parts per million, could cause argyria.

It is that reactivity is due to the missing electron that enables silver ions to suffocate and eliminate some 650 pathogens.

Ionic silver is created by the process of electrolysis.

Left to themselves, silver ions are powerful pathogen killers.

Silver Wain Water is created by a high-energy electric source equivalent to manmade lightning based on Tesla technology that creates both electrically charged ions and silver particles.