Colloidal Silver
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“Born with a silver spoon in your mouth” was used to describe that the person was wealthy and spoiled.
Silver has been used by man as early as 4000BC. Containers, coins, utensils, and much more were all used in weatlthy homes much like a status symbol, but it also has hidden health benefits. We all know wealth is health and what they discovered was the people who ate and drank from silver containers didn’t get sick as often. Turns out silver is antibacterial and anti fungal. When needles made of silver were used, the chance of infection was lessened. Undercooked meat and contaminated foods were less risky when placed on a tray made of silver and eaten with silver utensils vs. ones hands. Healthier people could work more and get more out of life than if one was more sickly.
In 1880-1890s when Edison discovered electricity researchers used the electric currents in silver rods suspended in water to create the first colloidal silver. It became a mainstay antibiotic treatment used worldwide by various names such as Collargol, Protargol, Electrargol, Lunaso, etc.
A colloidal is basically a way to describe a very teeny tiny particle of something (silver, gold, copper, etc) suspended in something (like water, alcohol, etc). So tiny you can’t see it, but still carries the same properties of the whole product.
Silver is anti-bacterial, anti-fungal, and anti-inflammatory. It has a wide variety of uses such as for wound care and infections, pinkeye, ear infection, immune boosting for colds and flu and much more. It’s also safe to use on animals. We give our day old chicks colloidal silver in their water to keep their water clean and chicks are healthier. We’ve treated many rabbits with various sickness or wounds. We’ve even used it in our aquarium to boost the health of our fish. A popular aquarium additive called “Fungistop” contains colloid silver.
It can also be used in cleaning and disinfecting surfaces.
A small family with no animals would do fine with buying a bottle every few months. We would stock up in fall in prep for cold/flu season. As a large farm family we go through quite a lot and so we are making our own now.
Comment below if you would like to see how we make colloidal silver.
Wait a minute… cant colloidal silver turn your skin blue??
So let’s dig into the story of “the blue man”. His name was Paul Karason and he lived in Washington state. He had various health issues and made a homemade “colloidal silver” to which he both drank and rubbed on his skin for many years. Only one issue: he added salt to his “colloidal silver” which created instead -silver chloride colloidal. Silver chloride is normally a white substance, except when it gets exposed by sunlight (see here). Since Paul Karason rubbed the colloid solution of silver chloride on his skin, it absorbed, and as he went outside the chemical reaction turned his skin purplish-blue color.
Pure Colloidal Silver will, therefore, not have this result.
Comment below if you would like to see how we use colloidal silver in our aquarium, animals, chick mix, for our health, cleaning, and/or if you want to see a video on how we make and use it.
To make your own generator easily (and way cheaper in the long run than buying pre-made colloidal) check out these links to get started:
Colloidal Silver Generator Kit
Laser pointer and/or TDS meter
Distilled water (found at most grocery stores)
Happy Colloiding!
