Colloidal Silver - Does it Work?
Before I even start, I have to say that you must talk with your doctor and find out whether your use of any of the products mentioned in this post, or indeed anywhere on this site, is appropriate for you. All statements are only personal opinion, and have not been approved by any authority or agency or anyone else whatsoever. And read our disclaimer statement.
Skeptical about colloidal silver? I was. Then I read about nurses in England demanding that their hospital allow them to use silver-impregnated dressings for multi-drug resistant staph (MDRS) infections. I can no longer find that article, but no matter. There is a new article in nursingtimes.net from October 14, 2008, that now worries about the overuse of silver… mostly for cost reasons. Nurses are now using silver products so much in their normal care of burns that some people are concerned about the ‘huge amounts’ that patients are being treated with.
So the fact that they are in official use in hospitals is 100% documented. The fact that they are effective is 100% documented. “There is a wealth of evidence supporting the use of antimicrobial silver-based products“, they say in the article. “We know silver has an antimicrobial effect and it is particularly effective in treating pseudomonas.” And this is from institutional people who really prefer the old ways.
Does colloidal silver work for me? Yes.
My experiences with colloidal silver is personal, and may not be applicable in any given situation to any other person. But I have used colloidal silver on everything from minor scratches to burns to deep wounds. It has been helpful in all cases. Most often, that is all I need to keep the wound from infecting and letting my body heal quite rapidly.
If it is minor, I just apply it by pouring a few drops on the site. Or by using a small spray bottle to mist the site with colloidal silver. That’s it. Occasionally, when a bandage is needed to keep the wound from getting messed up, I may put colloidal silver on a bandage to apply it. But I prefer open air healing when possible.
One day I was talking with one of the people at ColloidsForLife.com, where I get my colloidal silver. He told me of a time when he was mountain biking and took a nasty spill in gravel that opened up the side of the leg he fell on. He did not have sufficient water or anything else to clean his extremely compromised wound. There was dirt and blood and dead tissue all through the wound site.
He did have a spray bottle of colloidal silver with him. He misted the site a few times as he came home and then for a couple of days afterward. That is all the care he did for it. The wound healed correctly. Personally, I would have cleaned it once I had the chance. But he wanted to test colloidal silver and see if it would work in such a situation, and frankly, I can get into that. I tried that on a lesser wound after he told me the story and yes, it worked for me, too. But except for that test, I still do the normal first aid procedure of debriding and cleaning a wound.
Nothing works on everything all the time. Sometimes I have switched to honey to get a wound to start healing. Sometimes I have gone back to colloidal silver after that to keep the wound clean while it finishes healing. It depends. If you have read much of SNAFU, you will have heard that before. Much of helping people in an emergency depends on the situation. Nowhere is that more true than in first aid. It depends.
Nevertheless, I use only colloidal silver or honey for wound care at this point in time. I find that the benefits are positive, and I have not encountered any negatives with those two options. I sometimes use hydrogen peroxide as an initial cleaning agent, but I’m doing that less and less. I usually clean with colloidal silver, these days. I used to be much more concerned about getting rid of every little bit of dead skin, or as they say, debriding necrotic tissue, because that is a primary cause of infection. But it seems less necessary with colloidal silver, and honey seems to actually dissolve dead tissue and cleanse the wound. Amazing stuff.
Btw, I do not use them at the same time. I believe the liquid content of the colloidal silver would negate the honey, as I’ve explained in earlier posts.
So I’m doing less and getting better results. That’s kind of the best of all worlds. Again, I cannot say whether anyone else should use these substances for any reason. But they are my mainstays for treating my own wounds. And because of what I do and the kind of person I happen to be, I get minor to moderate wounds fairly often, and occasionally I have severe events. It just goes with the territory. Personally, I’m overjoyed to have found out about colloidal silver and honey.
Is all colloidal silver the same? NO. I believe some products are totally worthless. Some do not have any silver in them. Others have the wrong kind, or other, perhaps very harmful substances. On this one thing I agree with colloidal silver’s detractors. There are some BAD products on the web.
I already told you where I get colloidal silver. I have no connection with them whatsoever, but I love ‘em. I believe the information on their site is truthful, although sometimes stated sort of stiffly and other times defensively. Like they know they have an uphill battle in getting their story across. So I forgive them and buy their colloidal silver in 10-packs. I’ve tried everything they say about silver and found the results are just as they say. I have not gotten into the gold or other products.
There is controversy about whether colloidal silver is effective when taken internally. I can’t really talk about that one way or the other. But… I have a friend who went through some… well, let’s say severe military training. He contracted pneumonia, and then started getting pneumonia often, afterward. He says that taking colloidal silver, as suggested on the site mentioned above, now stops his colds from going into pneumonia. I totally believe him, and have had similar experience with colloidal silver stopping a disease process from going further. Again, just anecdotal stories, and not necessarily applicable for anyone else. Like everything else in life, you have to decide for yourself.
February 16th, 2012 at 5:10 pm
Colloidal silver plays a essential role in maintaining the everyday well being and hygiene of the pets. It could be mixed with animal shampoo to utilize the disinfectant advantages. Unlike antibiotic drugs, colloidal silver does not cause any side effect when taken in little quantities. Usually, half the adult dose is employed in animals. For young animals like calves and foals, a modest quantity of colloidal silver is given twice a day.