Colloidal silver: natural antibiotic?

They say this kills bacteria in your body like flu, colds, and most infections and is supposedly very good for you, If taking right and not "over-dosed" on. Some say it can cure avian flu, SARS and can help greatly with HIV. They done test in Ghana on a couple of patients with full blown malaria and they were discharged from hospital after five days of treatment with silver. (Apparently) fully recovered. The down side is there is side effects but they seem to be very small cases of extreme over indulgent in silver, were the skin/eyes turns blue permanently.

What id like to know it kills bacteria right? does it kill all bacteria or just the bad bacteria, and how does it know which bacteria to kill?

I would also like to here from people who have used or use the stuff, has it ever worked for you, with any type of infection?

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There is a great deal of misinformation about silver solutions. While there are several kinds (ionic, colloidal, nano technology, protein silver), the safety of silver is extraordinary, despite the fear of turning blue (argyria) which has been promulgated over the years.

The truth is that virtually no one has ever turned blue because of a deposition of silver particles in the skin. In the documented case where this has happened, the person drank huge and irrational amounts of silver daily for decades. In the recent well-publicized case of a politician who was supposed to have turned blue from drinking silver, it turned out to be a hoax perpetrated by his political opponents in the campaign for office he was participating in.

The smaller the particle size, the more effective the silver is at disrupting the biological function of disease causing bacteria, mycoplasma and viruses. The smaller the particle size, the more efficiently the body can get rid of the silver.

The silver we recommend, ASAP silver sol solution is exceedingly small in size, has never been shown to provide any medical or health problems and has been used for people from infancy to people in their 90s.

Here are the facts as I see them, after extensive experience using silver for infections of all types:
1. Silver in nano sized particles does not cause argyria because the particles are small enough to pass easily out of the urine, rather than being deposited in tissues. No case of argyria has ever been reported with nano particle silver
2. As you said, the amounts you would have to consume border on the insane.
3. Nano silver is effective, without any known side effects, against every pathogen it has been tested against
4. Through its applications in Africa, we know that pregnant women, tiny babies, fragile elderly, people with diabetes, cancer, auto immune disease, etc., do not develop side effects when they take silver as directed.
5. No ulcers have ever been reported with nano silver
6. The silver we recommend has been shown NOT to kill beneficial bacteria, thus protecting the integrity of the gut and the immune system.

this article is from the site:http://www.healthfreedomusa.org/?p=1382

We don't use colloidal silver as a natural antibiotic here, we use Grapefruit Seed Extract. Any natural antibiotic will kill good bacteria also, and you must supplement with a probiotic taken half-way between the antibiotic doses.

The studying I did on the blue reaction to colloidal silver pointed to homemade versions which caused this. There was nothing life threatening about it though.

We use natural antibiotics because we have a son who is allergic to pharma versions. We find they work faster and more effectively too. Chronic throat infections were stopped completely when we switched to grapefruit seed extract for antibiotic 2 years ago.

When taking this, I think it's best to check with your naturopath. I have used it very briefly with no side effects...but everyone's different, I say.

No it has not been proven in proper medical studies to be effective. It has been proven to be dangerous however.

"the Food and Drug Administration's 1999 ruling that colloidal silver is not recognized as a safe or effective treatment in over-the-counter products for any condition, and its manufacturers therefore cannot make drug-like claims about the product. "
http://quackfiles.blogspot.com/2004/10/t...

"Considered potentially toxic by the Environmental Protection Agency and the Occupational Safety and Health Administration"

"there's no evidence that taking colloidal silver can do anything to fight disease or improve health, says Dr. Edmund Pribitkin, a professor of otolaryngology at Thomas Jefferson University in Philadelphia"

"the National Institutes of Health warns that large doses of colloidal silver could cause seizures, kidney damage, stomach trouble, headaches and fatigue"

"People are spending a lot of money on something that has never been proven to work"
http://www.latimes.com/la-he-skeptic9-20...

Turning blue (Argyria) can occur after months of exposure.

"Argyria occurs in people who eat or breathe in silver over a long period (several months to many years)"
http://www.kval.com/news/local/12648491....

"Colloidal silver can cause serious side effects. One is argyria, a bluish-gray discoloration of the body. Argyria is not treatable or reversible."
http://nccam.nih.gov/health/silver/

Please don't put your hope in these scams, you'll end up with is less money and could get terrible side effects from unproven and untested medicines.