Colloidal Silver. The real Silver Bullet?

The use of silver is commonplace in modern medicine and is impregnated into would dressings as a method of promoting wound healing due to its antimicrobial properties. However, its medicinal properties have long been used and known about. Colloidal silver in particular has health benefits associated with it.

Colloidal silver is a liquid suspension containing many microscopic silver particles that consist of various concentrations of ionic silver, silver colloids, ionic silver compounds, or silver proteins in purified water. Originally thought of as a panacea, colloidal silver was then superseded with the introduction of antibiotics that were cheaper and hailed as the new ‘silver bullet’.

However, silver had a resurgence in the 1970’s when it was discovered to be effective in the treatment of burns in the USA. From this, silver ions became frequently used for burn treatment worldwide. Silvers antimicrobial, antibacterial properties have led to it being used in water filtration and indeed, these properties have once again ensured that silver is seen as a viable treatment.

There is a need for antibiotics to be constantly under further development. This is because antibiotics are used with such frequency and by large numbers of people, strains become resistant therefore stronger variations need to be used. Colloidal silver on the other hand does not share this and there is no known resilience to it.

Colloidal silver has also been seen to not remove tissue cell enzymes unlike antibiotics and is even considered by some as a second immune system. Add to this the fact that there are over 650 disease-causing pathogens that colloidal silver has been shown to be effective against. Antibiotics only tackle around 12 bacteria forms and have no effect on viruses of any kind.

Due to colloidal silvers varied benefits, it can be taken hourly as a method of treating illness or infection whereas for the maintenance of all round general health, it may be taken daily. Colloidal silver can even be used as a gargle if so desired. Whichever way it is taken it is important to remember that holding it under the tongue for between 30 and 60 seconds can increase its effectiveness.

Blue Herbs stock colloidal silver in both liquid and nasal spray formats. All of the colloidal silver products on sale are made by Aquasafe and are manufactured to high standards. Using electro-colloidal silver produced using a low voltage electrolysis method; Aquasafe silver contains colloidal and ionic silver for a better overall effect.

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