Can anyone tell me what colloidal silver is? And what it is used for.?!


Question: Can anyone tell me what colloidal silver is.? And what it is used for..?
A friend told me her father used it on a (BCC) Basel Cell Carcenoma(maybe) and it disappeared. Health Question & Answer


Answers:
"Colloidal silver" includes products that contain various concentrations of ionic silver, silver colloids, ionic silver compounds or silver proteins in purified water.

Prior to 1938, colloidal silver was widely promoted as a "cure-all", and silver products were prescribed by physicians as topical antibiotics.

From approximately 1990, there has been a resurgence of the promotion of colloidal silver as an alternative medicine treatment, marketed with claims that it can prevent or treat numerous diseases.

Colloidal silver has been found to lack any antimicrobial effect and there is no medical evidence that colloidal silver is effective for any of these claimed indications.

Silver is not an essential mineral in humans; there is no dietary requirement for silver, and no such thing as a silver "deficiency".Health Question & Answer

This is a liquid supplement commonly used as an alternative to antibiotics or antiviral medications. The problem lies in the manufacturing of this supplement - there is no standardization in the field so someone can get 25 ppm (parts per million) or a 1,000 ppm in the same dose size from two different manufacturers. This leads to an eventual graying of the skin and nails called argyria.

Use colloidal silver with the utmost of caution because argyria is not reversible.Health Question & Answer

Colloidal silver is a natural antibiotic. Colloidal means small particles suspended in liquid. It was widely used for medical treatment of infections prior to the invention of antibiotics by pharmaceutical companies.

My husband had a serious chest infection and the different things that his doctor prescribed were ineffective.

I got him on colloidal silver after thoroughly researching it and after taking it several times a day, the infection was handled in a couple of weeks.

There are plenty of skeptics out there and people who chant "there's no evidence" - I say try it yourself and if it helps you, that's all the evidence you need!

Cheers,
BBHealth Question & Answer

Sorry, it's a scam.

http://www.quackwatch.org/01QuackeryRela...

Don't waste your time or money- so many people accept anecdotal stories as 'evidence' without doing objective, skeptical research on things. This is why so many believe in homeopathy, electro-magnetic testing, etc. There are many, many alternative-based therapies and supplements that are safe and effective- but colloidial silver is not one of them. But hey, if you want to look like this guy, then go ahead!!

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/22536241/

EDIT*-- Ahem... When someone says that they took a questionable substance and an infection cleared up "in a couple of weeks", I guess my thought is that TIME allowed the body's natural healing to take effect. Antibiotics, whether a drug or a natural substance like Oil of Oregano, act faster than a couple of weeks. As I say, where is the actual evidence that the silver, and not something else was the relevant factor.? (stopping a certain food or exposure to some environmental irritant, another substance that was tried simultaneously but silver got the credit, etc...)Health Question & Answer

it is an antibiotic
I have actually used it on dogs with parvo and it has cured it in two day not kidding I was a skeptic for a while but I have had too many things that is has curred I can't live without it know. It would be worth a try I use it on animals and my family uses it instead of prescription drugs. I would go for it it can't hurt. and I know it works for many things colds flues infections, parvo. I believe it is the closest thing to a cure all out there. I have not found anything better. We make our own so it is stronger than what you can buy because they have to regulate the kind you buy in the stores but it is all good even that is the best I have found for almost anything the only thing I don't think it works fast on is a sore throat I have found a few other things that work faster on a sore throat but other than that I use it for most all other things intact I even give it to all my dogs just to build their immune up. and I have also used it on a couple dogs that have been brought to me that have been hurt one was ran over by a trailer he was torn up and full of gain-green when he came to me I of cause cleaned him up and bandaged him but to get rid of the gang green I used silver. I also had a dog I was caring for that was shot in the head same thing I took care of his wound and then the only antibiotic I used was silver. I have also used it on family members that are sick my baby had a rash on his body that my brothers family also had is was something in our water my brothers wife took her kids to the Doctor they tried their antibiotics and I used silver after my baby healed in just a couple days they decided to try the silver also as the antibiotic were not doing anything they too got rid of the rash in a couple days after taking the silver. I would not say it will cure everything but it does a lot.

also it does not turn you blue or silver I have been using as has my mom for over 20 years we have not changed color nor has anyone I know that takes it and I know a lot of people that take it that is a myth. also when taking it use only glass or plastic do not used metal. and do not store it by heat or in sunlight

It does not turn your skin gray or blue or silver or any other color my family has been using it for over 20 years and none of us have ever changed colors and we use it plenty we do make our own so it is a lot stronger than what you can buy in the store so if we were going to change colors we would have by now. It is a very good antibiotic and it does help but yes there are skeptics out there as with anything that is natural if the doctor or media does not support it than it is supposedly not good for you. Science will also never accept it as they do not make money off of it and as to quack watch they are against anything Natural so you can not believe any ting on theirs site.Health Question & Answer



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