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Colloidal Silver - a Wealth of Benefits? |
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Written by M.D. Hamilton
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Let me say at the outset that there continues to be much discussion about colloidal silver's benefits or lack of benefits. Nonetheless, the USFDA's recent steps make such discussion important.
Colloidal silver has a wealth of reputed health benefits. In the 19th Century, colloidal silver's benefits were thought to range from skin infection cures to common cold cures. It was used to treat all manner of illness and disease. This universal use continued until 1983.
In 1983, the FDA launched an attack against the use of medicinal silver. Perhaps the FDA was pressured to protect the highly lucrative pharmaceutical industry, which colloidal silver might negatively affect. Whatever the motives, all silver-based products had to be classified as pre-1938 drugs until recently.
Now, the FDA has begun to approve of certain uses of medicinal silver,
making room for a growing number of colloidal silver benefits.
Colloidal Silver Benefits Confirmed
In the late 1970s, Robert O. Becker, M.D., author of The Body Electric, was studying the regeneration of spinal cords, limbs, and organs. In his study, he discovered that silver ions promoted bone growth and killed surrounding bacteria. The Science Digest reported in its March 1978 issue,
"Thanks to eye-opening research, silver is emerging as a wonder of modern medicine. An antibiotic kills perhaps a half-dozen different disease organisms, but silver kills some 650. Resistant strains fail to develop. Moreover, silver is virtually non-toxic."
'Our Mightiest Germ Fighter"
A biochemist and pioneering silver researcher who worked with the late Carl Moyer, M.D., chairman of Washington University's Department of Surgery in the 1970s, is quoted at the conclusion of that article:
"Silver is the best all-around germ fighter we have."
Dr. Harry Margraf
In other words, professional, highly-respected researchers admit to great colloidal silver benefits.
Sample Benefits
Various studies have listed colloidal silver benefits that are as far-reaching as the ability to kill over 650 micro-organisms. This does not necessarily mean that taking colloidal silver will cure diseases caused by such germs, but look at a few colloidal silver benefits.
Colloidal Silver Benefits - Cure
Colloidal Silver has been reported effective in fighting:
- acne
- AIDS
- allergies
- arthritis
- athletes foot
- boils
- burns
- candida
- cystitis
- diabetes
- eczema
- hay fever
- indigestion
- parasitic infections
- psoriasis
- ringworm
- warts
- yeast infections
Such colloidal silver benefits need to be studied in depth.
Colloidal Silver Benefits - Application
Colloidal silver benefits extend to the way it is applied, also. It can be taken orally or topically.
- Orally: place droplets directly under the tongue, or mix them in water and drink.
- Topically: spray on cuts, burns, skin infections, or acne.
Colloidal silver benefits also include the lack of side effects. The one known side effect is a tendency for the skin to take on a bluish-gray tint, but this is limited to cases in which usage is too heavy or prolonged.
More Research
Additional research is needed, but it seems safe to say that colloidal silver benefits are great, and have been down-played too long.
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