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Originally posted by Furbs
Absolutely No Side Effects, just ask this guy.
Generally, "silver exhibits low toxicity in the human body, and minimal risk is expected due to clinical exposure,"[3] when silver or silver compounds are used in the treatment of external infections or in medical appliances. Lansdown states that "Chronic ingestion or inhalation of silver preparations (especially colloidal silver) can lead to deposition of silver metal/silver sulphide particles in the skin (argyria), eye (argyrosis) and other organs. These are not life-threatening conditions but cosmetically undesirable.”
Originally posted by FissionSurplus
Silver has been used since the time of the Greeks, and modern day burn bandages are infused with it to prevent infections. I do believe it has value to cure infections.
Silver has had some medicinal uses going back for centuries. The Phoenicians are said to have stored water, wine, and vinegar in silver bottles to prevent spoiling.[19] In the early 1900s, people would put silver coins in milk bottles to prolong the milk's freshness.[19] Hippocrates, the "father of medicine",[20] wrote that silver had beneficial healing and antidisease properties.[19] In the early 1900s, silver gained regulatory approval as an antimicrobial agent. Prior to the introduction of antibiotics, colloidal silver was used as a germicide and disinfectant.[21] Physicians used it as an eyedrop for ophthalmic problems,[22] for various infections,[23][24] and sometimes internally for diseases such as tropical sprue, epilepsy, gonorrhea, and the common cold.[2][16][25] Colloidal silver preparations (CSP) were used to treat or prevent gonorrhea and gonorrheal conjunctivitis.[17]
Originally posted by FissionSurplus
Nature's pharmacy is full of effective medicine. If I had an infection that I couldn't get rid of with Samento, I would try colloidal silver, definitely.
Originally posted by Furbs
Absolutely No Side Effects, just ask this guy.