Colloidal Silver
An Effective Alternative to Ineffective Antibiotics
Colloidal silver is a solution of silver in distilled water. That's it – only two ingredients but very potent against bacteria.
Because silver is an organic element, not a biological compound, germs are unable to evolve immunity to it. While all the hospitals, doctors and pharmaceutical labs in the world have run out of options for combating CC5 MRSA, colloidal silver works as well today as it ever has to destroy bacteria and promote health naturally.
The history of colloidal silver for medicinal
and bactericidal purposes is as compelling as it is fascinating:
- The first report appeared in Egypt around 3500 BC, indicating silver was used as a preservative by the Ancient Greeks and Romans by placing liquids in silver jars. Aristotle apparently told Alexander the Great (335 BC) to store water in silver vessels and to boil it before use when he transported water into battle.
- In the old west, American settlers were seen placing silver dollars in milk as a preservative. Silver plates, utensils, goblets and pans were also used in cooking and dining, because of silver's antiseptic effects. Yet it wasn't until the late 1800s that Western scientists began discovering what Eastern medicine had known for thousands of years: Silver is an effective germ fighter.
- According to a report published by the U.S. National Library of Medicine, National Institutes of Health, it was J. Ravelin in 1869 who first discovered the incredibly small amount of silver and other derivatives it took to produce an antimicrobial effect.
- In 1881, the surgeon B.C. Crede recommended the use of silver in the prevention of eye infections in children. Using a drop of 1% silver nitrate in each eye, Crede's use of silver virtually eliminated the incidence of disease-causing blindness in newborn babies. Nearly 16 years later, Crede also used a colloidal silver solution for the treatment of skin infections and as a wound antiseptic.
- Additional studies conducted during this time included metal preparations made from electrolytic or chemical reduction. These preparations were shown to be lethal to pathogenic bacteria, while remaining nontoxic to the host. At the same time, E.A. von Behring used a 1:4,000 concentrate of silver nitrate to destroy typhoid bacilli within two hours and a 1:10,000 solution to kill anthrax spores in 48 hours.
MRSA is, of course, just one of many killer infections at large. We are facing the reemergence of infectious diseases once thought to be all but eradicated, like tuberculosis and malaria. Meanwhile we are now facing the emergence of new, more powerful strains of disease such as Hantavirus, Ebola, Legionnaire's disease and the deadly strain of E. coli, O157:H7.
Even cases of influenza, diarrhea, and food poisoning are rising due to attacks by bacteria, viruses, fungi, yeast, and parasites. We also have rising levels of infection brought on by the introduction of Third World diseases by globetrotting "Typhoid Marys" and by the flood of immigrants, especially illegal immigrants.
Colloidal silver is thought to be effective against many if not all of the microorganisms that cause these diseases.
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