A Summarized History of Colloidal Silver and Its Uses


by Peter Salazar - Date: 2006-12-19 - Word Count: 349 Share This!

Silver is a natural element that can be found in nature in great quantities. Its features and properties have always fascinated people, who were willing to test the medicinal properties of pure, colloidal silver. This is the main reason why various cultures, in distinctive eras used this substance as a prevention method or in order to restore health.

It all starts from the Greeks, who used only silver vessels, especially for water. In other cultures, silver coins were placed inside the drinking milk, in order to prevent the occurrence of spoilage organisms.

As an actual medicine, silver was used in the 9th and 20th century - before the appearance of penicillin and other similar antibiotics. At those times, specialists were aware of the colloidal silver's germicidal properties. Besides, studies were showing the fact that colloidal silver was not toxic for the human organism. Furthermore, the colloidal silver was the best form of silver for medicinal purposes, since researches showed the fact that ionic silver was deposited in the human body and that the silver nitrate presented caustic properties. Besides, the specialists realized that a small dosage of colloidal silver was effective and a high concentration was not needed for the treatment of various acute and chronic medical conditions.

At the beginning of the 19th century, there were numerous medicinal compounds that were based on colloidal silver. Doctors were using these compounds as actual antibiotics, in order to treat a wide range of health problems that were caused by bacteria, fungi or viruses. Even more, before the apparition of other antibiotics, colloidal silver was also used for newborns and children. All these medicines were found under numerous forms, from injections to oral medicines.

Even in the contemporary times, silver is used at the cleaning of swimming pools and filters, as it has various purifying properties. Specialists even advice people to consume colloidal silver as a prevention method, in order to strengthen their immune system and to avoid the installation of viruses and bacteria. In the context of the problematic side effects of antibiotics such as penicillin, colloidal silver is welcomed in nowadays' health care field.


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