Anybody know how a colloidal silver generator works?
I have read a few articles that suggest drinking
a solution of silver and water cures many medical problems,
and the solution can be made with just a couple silver electrodes
in distilled water using a constant current of around 1 mA for
a couple hours.
Is this just a quack idea, or does it have some benefit?
How much current is needed, for how much time, for optimum
results, and how do you determine the end of the process
when enough silver is disolved in the water, and it's time
to take a drink?
-Bill
Firstly, depsite all the garbage on the net for and against it, it
works very well as a topical antibiotic and antifungal, and systemic
antibiotic. It might or might not do other things, it is also claimed
it kills viri, but I simply have no data on that. Its most noticeable
features are its speed of action, ability to tackle (other-) antibiotic
resistant bacteria, flawless safety record, low cost, and instability.
One problem with cs is there is so much junk written about it that its
most difficult to get anything sensible to read. The other problem is
it has been the focus of companies of questionable legality, and in
many minds the substance has become associated with the business
practice.
The 3rd problem is that much of the shop sold cs is not cs at all.
The 4th is that it is unstable, so you need to make it yourself on
site, keep it in the dark in the fridge, and use it within 5 days.
How to make it:
2 pure silver electrodes (many silver coins are not pure silver), say 1
to 2" discs
distilled water in a glass bowl
apply 9v dc to the electrodes via a current limiting R of 2.
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Let it work for 5 hours
before use it is necessary to remove any silver particles, as silver is
a heavy metal. Put 2 layers of toilet paper in a teastrainer or
similar, pour enough cs through it as you need (a good gulp twice a day
for systemic antibiotc use).
Use only glass in contact with cs, dont put spoons into it to get it
out etc. Other items in contact with cs cause rapid deterioration, so
can only be used at time of use. This is why you dont filter the lot
then store.
How does this work with distilled water? Distilled water is not
perfectly non-conductive, it is merely low conduction. Expect a
variable starting curent of maybe 5-15uA, and finishing in the region
of 30-60uA.
Toxicity: no known toxicity. Silver is a heavy metal, but a non
problematic one, ie eating from silver plates is safe. The quantity of
silver in the end result is not enough to cause problems, even if you
drink it for a lifetime.
Argyria: Rosemary Jacobs did not get this blue skin coloration from
this type of cs, she got it from ground silver powder in water, which
contains 1000s times as much Ag, and was used under the name colloidal
silver a century ago. It is a different product.
Use:
Topical: apply cs soaked toilet paper to infection, keep in place for
10 minutes 2x a day. Expect complete clearance in 2-3 days, even for
quite serious infections.
Systemic: a good gulp 2x a day. Expect complete clearance in 2-3 days.
Dose does not need to be more accurate because there is a huge margin
between effective and toxic.
Once more people get past all the nonsense and shenanigans that
surround it, and address only the question 'does it kill bacteria or
not', I'm sure its use will spread.
NT
