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A definition of
colloidal.
What's the difference?
Where are the blue
people?
How Does
Colloidal Silver Work?
How much
Colloidal Silver do I use?
What is colloidal silver?
Everything living is naturally colloidal.
The term colloidal was coined in the late 1800's by an English chemist named
Thomas Graham. By "colloidal" he indicated the following
attributes: an element that would easily crystallize, ( form the nucleus of
a liquid crystal) would easily enter & exit membranes of animals, unlike
non-crystalline (amphous) materials, which will not, or not easily pass
through animal membranes, and therefore cannot be utilized by animals.
Amphous means not having definite form, or a distinct crystalline structure.
We are colloidal !
When a plant or animal consumes water, that water is then structured
primarily into highly organized octagonal shaped liquid crystals, very few
of the water molecules consumed remain unorganized. Living things accomplish
this by using highly charged colloids, which form the nuclei around which
the highly organized crystalline lattice forms.
In other words all the cells of the body or other living things use
"charged colloidal minerals" to organize water molecules into a
form that may set the stage for the basic building blocks of cells to form,
as well as for other processes. We are mostly water by volume. Water by
volume is the greatest component from which cells form. We are made up of a
multitude a various cells. Physically speaking, we are our cells! Our cells
serve us die and are replaced at an almost unimaginable rate every moment we
are alive. In order to be healthy our cells need the ingredients to do their
job. Our cells work tirelessly, and only ask that they be given what they
need to do their job. Although this is a simplified explanation, you can
easily speculate just how important positively charged colloidal minerals
combined with water are to all living things.
A definition for colloidal silver
Simply put, colloidal silver is pure elemental silver that is evenly
distributed into a second substance, i.e.water. The silver is not
"dissolved" but "suspended" evenly through-out the
solution as a result of the positive electrical charge that is attached to
each particle of silver as it is electrically sintered off of the silver
electrode into the water.
The charged silver particles (silver ions) form into aggregates of atoms
(micro-clusters) of silver that interact with each other and create a
synergistic effect, each electrically charged particle of the micro-cluster
has a magnetic field, together the particles create a phenomena called the
"Brownian movement", it is a sort of random oscillating motion. In
other words the micro-clusters are in motion, the clusters also have a
positive charge and repel each other, that is how they stay suspended and
evenly distributed in the water. The water appears to go through a molecular
restructuring, which means the electromagnetic field produced to create the
colloidal process, causes the water molecules to align into very small
organized chains. The water is then in a optimum state that allows a myriad
of geometric lattice structures be generated around the highly charged
collloidal silver which forms the nucleus of a specific geometrically shaped
liquid crystals. The importance of this factor cannot be over stated, as you
will see later.
When I mention colloidal silver it is electro-colloidal that I am referring
to. Properly prepared electro-colloidal silver is basically the smallest
form of elemental silver before losing it's identity as silver. The silver
particles have a positive electrical charge and there is no other element or
substance present.
In order to produce Electro-colloidal silver, at least 99.99% pure silver is
placed into water, an electrical charge is induced into the silver, as a
result particles of silver are electrically sintered off of the metallic
silver rods or wire into the water. In the water the silver forms into
sub-microscopic clusters (atomic micro-clusters) optimally .01 to .001
microns which is 10 to 100 angstroms. An angstrom is a unit of measure,equal
to one ten-billionth of a meter. This is what is referred to when
identifying how small the particle size of colloidal silver is.
Parts per million is a way of expressing how much silver there is.
The total amount or weight is identified as parts per million (PPM).
The capillaries of the body are approximately 4-9 microns, much much larger
than colloidal silver, which is why the body has no problem eliminating
properly prepared ellecro-colloidal silver. The silver micro-clusters are
larger than most molecules but smaller than cells. The silver is too small
to be filtered out of the solution but not yet considered dissolved. When
silver is completely dissolved the Brownian motion, positive charge and
strong magnetic field are no longer present. Ref. (1.,2.,3.,4-A.)
At
this point it is important to mention that there are many other forms of
silver. There are generally five production techniques used in these silver
preparations. An understanding is important because although these other
preparations are referred to as colloidal silver, in fact they are not.
There are major differences. Although there are microscopic particles of
silver present in each of these preparation types, they do not produce the
same wide range of germicidal antibiotic and other noted effects when used
in the body or in laboratory testing. Some are noted for producing adverse
reactions. For instance it is "silver salts" such as siver nitrate
that are attributed to causing the bluing of the skin not electro-colloidal
silver.
Types of Silver
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Electro-collloidal (described above)
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Mild silver Protein: (MSP) This process chemically
infuses or binds the silver to a protein. The parts per million vary
from 20 PPM to 200 PPM and concentrated as high as 5000 PPM.
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Powdered Silver: This production method was developed
in Russia. A very high voltage is used to disintegrate" the silver,
also known as water soluble silver.
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Ground Silver: This process is just like it sounds,
Silver is pulverized and ground into a fine powder. This process became
obsolete in the 1920's, because it did not create a small enough silver
particle.
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Silver salts: These are silver compounds, that cannot
truly be considered colloidal silver. They are produced chemically or
electro-chemically. They may posses a positive charge but are usually a
silver compound. Below are some examples of these silver compounds, and
their historical or present uses.
Silver Sulfadiazine: Bactericidal and anti fungal uses, particularly used in
burn cases.
Silver Nitrate: Disinfectant used in podiatry, and placed in infants eyes at
birth to prevent blindness. Ulcer treatment.
Silver Iodine: Disinfectant
Silver chloride: Disinfectant
Silver Lactate: Astringent & antiseptic.
Silver oxide: Previously used for chorea & epilepsy
Silver picrate: Uses, moniliasis & trichomoniasis.
The scare articles that have been
circulated have not involved electro-colloidal silver, the reported cases
usually involve a silver compound. This issue is examined more closly later
in "Where are the blue people? "
Unfortunately there has been a lot of misguided information going around
about colloidal silver. So let's cover a few things.
Have you heard the story about how colloidal silver allegedly turns people
blue? If not, you probably will, so here is some good information which will
enable you to form an educated perspective.
Where are the blue people, if it were true that people turn blue from too
much or improperly formulated colloidal silver? where are the documented
cases? For many years now, literally millions of people have been using
colloidal silver daily, don't you think the result of their turning blue
would by now have become a big issue? As it stands there are only a few
detractors making big efforts to site a case or two from the past, what they
neglect to make clear is that these cases involve "Silver Nitrate: or
other similar compounds and not colloidal silver produced through current
technology.
In order for particles to become lodged within tissue the particles would
have to be larger than the bodies transport system, and other tissue
components. "The capillary lumen of the human body is 4-9
microns." Much larger than colloidal silver particles. Refs.
(1,2,3,4-A)
The term Argyria describes the condition of a bluish gray color of the skin,
and Argyosis the bluing of the eye white, resulting from the use of SILVER
COMPOUNDS. To better understand the misunderstanding regarding Argyria, I
will quote from the book "the Micro Silver bullet™" by Dr. M.
Paul Farber 1996 page XII (ISBN 1-887742-00-X)
In reference to a "Journal of American Medical Association,
article,October 18 1995, volume 274 # 15," where cases of Argyria were
cited to have been caused by silver compounds (not colloidal silver)
"These Case history presentations represent biased and unprofessional
writing. The author's apparent inability to understand the difference
between a silver nitrate, sulfide, or other silver compound demonstrates
their lack of understanding basic chemical properties. The matrix,
substrate, and particle size are all critical to the varied functions and
reactions with use of these products."
Further on the same page.
"That is why there has not been a single case of Argyria from a
properly manufactured modern day colloidal sliver product. The cases of
Argyria reported in the 1920's and 1930's resulted because the technology of
the day was unable to produce a colloidal silver product with a small enough
particle size." Ref. (4-A)
The reported cases of Argyria usually involve very high and frequent doses
of silver salts/compounds such as Silver sulfate, silver nitrate or silver
chloride.
The Environmental Protection Agency's Poison Control Center reports no
toxicity listing for Colloidal Silver, it is therefore considered harmless
in any concentration. However all of the silver salts are identified as
toxic, although the only adverse effect noted is Argyria. Therefore the
concern is with silver salts not colloidal silver.
Firstly, I would like to make it clear
that the apparent positive effects of colloidal silver are not yet fully
understood, therefore the following explanation is hypothetical. With that
said, it does appear very clear that colloidal silver does work. The
observed effects that collodal silver water produces appear to be the result
of the silver micro cluster's frequency,
motion & magnetic field that the particles generate.
The "Brownian Motion" i.e. the collective magnetic field of the
colloidal silver particles, have several effects. These micro-clusters of
silver have a frequency that is apparently disruptive to pathogens, they
have a positive charge. The oscillating silver particles seemingly gyrate in
the water of the body magnetically surrounding pathogens with colloidal
silver catalyst water, and may be acually restructuring the water of the
body to a more usable form. The colloidal silver, acting as a catalyst, as a
primary function may produce structured water. This structured colloidal
silver water may then encompass and penetrate the pahogenic cells and the
structured silver catalyst water as one resulting effect disables the oxygen
metabolizing enzyme, destroying these pathogenic
particles, not by attack, but by creating an environment hostile to it's
existence.
Colloidal silver acts as a catalyst,
meaning that it creates a chemical/molecular reaction by its' presence, but
is not consumed or altered in this reaction.This may account for the reason
pleomorphic or mutated strains of the pathogens do not form, or create a
resistance to silver. And may also account for pleomorphic or mutated
strains being just as vulnerable to colloidal silver as other pathogens. The
magnetic field and Brownian movement effect may account for the apparent
selective destruction of NEGATIVE cells.
The colloidal silver micro-clusters frequency is disruptive to the
pathogenic cells' ability to manufacture the enzyme used to process oxygen.
Pathogenic (harmful) cells, as well as our healthy cells need to quickly
replace their spent oxygen used to survive, without the required enzyme
certain pathogenic cells need, they are
in effect suffocated within 6 minutes of initial contact with the silver.
Furthermore researchers have also noticed that the Herxheimer effect,
sometimes referred to as a healing crisis or healing response caused by a
reaction in the body to the toxins of the dead pathogenic cells as they
"die off" and decompose, is lessened or not as apparent with the
use of colloidal silver.
Some research indicates that the colloidal silver appears to concentrate in
the Kuppfer cells of the liver. Colloidal silver localized in the kuppfer
cells of the liver, may be allowing the body to grab and filter out the
pathogens with the help of the silver that is localized in the livers'
Kuppfer cells and sweep them from the body before the pathogen is lysed,
lysed meaning to decompose/dissolve. What appears to happen is that the dead
pathogens are immediately swept from the human body and removed by
elimination process before there is a substantial toxic build-up.
Other reportedly observed effects such as rapid cell regeneration, tissue
and bone repair and reduced inflimation, may be accounted for as an effect
of the body having an increased presence of highly charged colloidal mineral
particles used to form structured water. The body may use this highly
structured water to accomplish many tasks in the body that are beneficial,
yet not currently fully understood.
Earlier I mentioned , research by Dr. Robert O. Becker, which indicated that
during laboratory tests he conducted, cancer cells were reverted back to
normal, (not kill them, but return them to normal.) Other observations he
and others have made such as a correlation between silver deficiency and
illness, proper immune system functioning, soft tissue and bone repair
acceleration, the formation of cells that appear to be able to repair
virtually any part of the body, reduction of inflamation, antimicrobial,
antifungal, antibiotic properties etc. All of these observations are yet to
be fully understood.
In conclusion there appears to be sufficient evidence to explain some of the
reasons why colloidal silver works, but in a world where we still haven't
conquered nor fully understand the common cold, as well as a myriad of other
illnesses, there appears to be many more questions than there are answers.
The theory outlined in "the missing datum" may however explain the
majority of as yet explained beneficial effects. One thing is clear, we,
"all of humankind", could do no better than to simply enjoy our
God given right and ability to maintain our health inexpensively and
naturally.
It is important to note that this information has been edited and designed
for presentation on the internet, the the rule of thumb is to prepare short
to the point condensed presentations to on-line readers who statistically
spend about ten minutes at a web site. Please be aware that this information
is condensed and some chapters have been reserved for the printed manual
such as "the missing datum" in the how does colloidal silver work
section, which contains a much more thorough explaination of this theory
regarding how and why colloidal silver works.
Please be aware that the theory regarding "colloidal silver as a
catylist structured water" is the opinion and theory originated by
myself, and is for the moment yet to be substantiated to the degree I
beleive it needs to be. If you are a researcher, or or otherwise interested
in personal contact for information or other proposals, please state the
nature of your request using the email link at the bottom of the page. I
will personally respond as long as it remains feasible. -Vincent-
To understand
how much Colloidal Silver to use let's briefly cover How
long colloidal silver has been around. True colloidal silver, is a
condition or state that happens to pure natural elemental silver (for
example) when an electrical current is applied to it within a solution,
usually water. There are approximately 6,000 lighting events every minute
here on planet earth. Before man gathered nearly all the surface silver into
vaults, coinage, electronics & jewelry etc. there was ample opportunity
for the steady creation of Colloidal silver, and for it's presence to be
spread far and wide within the water table.
The colloidal state is also produced by soil based organisms and erosion
which break down the silver into particles that are small enough to then be
absorbed into plants. Within the plant the particles are further affected by
processes such as photosynthesis. Minerals derived from plants are primarily
in the colloidal state. With an abundance of silver at the earth's surface
and water usually present during lightning events, in combination with
erosion and decomposition, it's easy to hypothesize that colloidal silver
has been around virtually forever. The question then is not how long has
colloidal silver been around, but rather; when did it stop being around?
Under ordinary circumstances, daily consumption of fruits and vegetables
would yield an intake of approximately 50-100 mcg of silver in the form of a
trace element, as reported In 1940 by R. A. Kehoe. Ref. (15.)
What isn't taken into account is that our food supply does not provide
enough minerals , and hasn't for a long time as evidenced by these excerpts
from "U.S. Senate Document 264: 74 Th Congress, 2 ND Session, 1936
"
"Our physical well-being is more directly
dependent upon minerals we take into our systems than upon calories or
vitamins, or upon precise proportions of starch, protein or carbohydrates we
consume."
"Do you know that most of us today are suffering from certain dangerous
diet deficiencies which cannot be remedied until depleted soils from which
our food comes are brought into proper mineral balance?"
"The alarming fact is that foods (fruits, vegetables and grains) now
being raised on millions of acres of land that no longer contain enough of
certain minerals are starving us - no matter how much of them we eat. No man
of today can eat enough fruits and vegetables to supply his system with the
minerals he requires for perfect health because his stomach isn't big enough
to hold them."
"The truth is that our foods vary enormously in value, and some of them
aren't worth eating as food...Our physical well-being is more directly
dependent upon the minerals we take into our systems than upon calories or
vitamins or upon the precise proportions of starch, protein or carbohydrates
we consume."
"It is bad news to learn from our leading authorities that 99% of the
American people are deficient in these minerals, and that a marked
deficiency in any one of the more important minerals actually results in
disease. Any upset of the balance, any considerable lack or one or another
element, however microscopic the body requirement may be, and we sicken,
suffer, shorten our lives."
"We know that vitamins are complex chemical substances which are
indispensable to nutrition, and that each of them is of importance for
normal function of some special structure in the body. Disorder and disease
result from any vitamin deficiency. It is not commonly realized, however,
that vitamins control the body's appropriation of minerals, and in the
absence of minerals they have no function to perform. Lacking vitamins, the
system can make some use of minerals, but lacking minerals, vitamins are
useless."
-- 74 TH Congress, 2 ND Session, Senate Document No. 264, 1936. --
Do you think our soils have improved since then? The "Earth Summit
Report, 1992 issue, reported that the levels of soil based minerals in North
America have decreased by 85% of the levels found 100 years ago. Considering
that the 50-100 mcg of silver that would occur in a normal diet in 1940,
which is after the 1936 congressional report, when there already was
evidence of a serious mineral depletion of the soil. It would make sense
that to achieve a level of intake equivalent to the amounts of our
pre-industrialized ancestors, would in fact require an amount higher than
50-100 mcg. Currently there is no established RDA for silver.
Information about how much silver may have been in our ancestors diet is
speculative, however; given the authoritative report by our own government
some 60 years ago there is reason to believe that supplementing the body's
intake of silver makes sense. One teaspoon of 10 PPM colloidal silver .001
to .004 particle size contains approximately 50 mcg (millionths of a gram)
Therefore two teaspoons would contain an equivalent level to that found in
the USA food supply of more than 60 years ago. It could be argued that the
amount taken to reach a level equal to our pre-industrialized ancestors
could even be more than double that figure.
Taking silver in amounts that exceed these figures, for instance 1-3
tablespoons a day could be considered a therapeutic level. I personally take
an ounce of colloidal silver above my daily intake. For instance; if I feel
run down or a cold like symptom feels like it is coming on. I have not had a
cold now in about 3 years. It is common to hear people who use colloidal
silver state that they either do not get sick at all, or if they do,
colloidal silver is attributed in their testimonies to greatly speed
recovery. Oh and by the way I still am not blue!
