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Yellow Colloidal Silver A yellow colloidal silver can be made by using distilled water and no saline, or very little. Pour hot water (approximately 150 degrees) into a 16-oz. Add only 1 drop of saline. Run generator for 20 minutes. Color will usually deepen after sitting for a number of hours. A yellow colored colloidal silver.

Colloidal silver products are made of tiny silver particles suspended in a liquid — the same type of metal used in jewelry, dental fillings and silverware. Manufacturers of colloidal silver supplements often promote their products by claiming that silver can boost the immune system, fight infection and treat cancer.
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These days, smart folks are working to avoid the overuse of potentially toxic, chemical-laden home disinfectants – particularly with the focus on natural, green lifestyles, safe, non-toxic living and environmental sustainability.

Ammonia, bleach, alcohol and other toxic chemicals commonly used in such commercial cleaning and disinfectant products are known human irritants, and can be harmful to the respiratory system of both children and the elderly.

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Some of these household disinfectants even produce toxic gases if accidentally mixed together or inadvertently used together.

Clearly, choosing safe, natural and most of all, effective cleaning and disinfecting products for your home is of paramount importance. And as you’ll learn in Steve Barwick’s latest 27-page special report, 101 Powerful Household Uses for Colloidal Silver, colloidal silver is the very best household disinfectant because it’s been nature’s most powerful disinfectant agent quite literally for millennia.

Used by NASA

Indeed, silver’s disinfecting qualities are so profound it’s been used by the NASA and the Russian space programs as a safe and natural disinfectant for the water supply onboard the Space Shuttle as well as the International Space Station.

Colloidal silver has also been used to disinfect unsafe drinking water in developing nations, and to disinfect municipal drinking water as well. And for decades throughout Europe it's been used as a disinfectant for water onboard cruise ships.

According to the Kiplinger Letter for Business:

“Silver kills disease-carrying microbes without the harmful side effects of chlorine, or other sanitizing chemicals.”

And according to the Wall Street Journal, in an article titled “The War Against Germs Has a Silver Lining”:

'Tests show that silver ions kill microorganisms ranging from harmful strains of E. coli that cause food-borne diseases to the staphylococcus bacteria responsible for serious infections.”

What’s more, according to microbiologist Dr. Richard Hastings:

'Silver…can reduce bacterial levels by 99 per cent. This, in turn, cuts infection risk from superbugs such as MRSA, E. coli and Salmonella.'

Indeed, even in infinitesimally small amounts, colloidal silver is so powerful that high levels of fecal bacteria cannot withstand its disinfectant properties. As The Silver Institute pointed out way back in 1977, silver is such a powerful disinfectant it takes only three hours for an extremely tiny concentration to completely decontaminate a 20,000 gallon swimming pool teeming with raw sewage microbes.

What’s more, silver disinfectant products are so non-toxic compared to commercial disinfectants containing bleach, ammonia or other chemicals, the Environmental Protection Agency classifies silver as a “Category 4” substance, meaning it’s perfectly safe for use around the home and even in child care facilities.

Even better, colloidal silver is known to kill up to 99% of all pathogens. And in most cases, it kills them as much as 20 times faster than traditional household disinfectants.

Plus, colloidal silver boasts a 24-hour residual kill time on standard indicator bacteria, meaning the effectiveness can last as long as a full day after the silver disinfectant solution is applied! Compare that to the commercial disinfectants using bleach, ammonia, alcohol or other chemicals which can lose effectiveness in just a few hours, and you’ll see why silver is simply the safest and most effective natural, non-toxic and non-chemical disinfectant money can buy!

Which makes colloidal silver your #1 choice if you’re looking for a safe, natural, non-toxic disinfectant for the home.

That’s why Steve Barwick wrote 101 Powerful Household Uses for Colloidal Silver – a 27 page booklet that not only lists and explains 16 simple ways to use colloidal silver for healing infections and disease, but also lists and explains the top 101 ways to use colloidal silver around the house for safe, natural, and highly effective disinfection purposes.

Germs, mold and other microbes are always popping up in unexpected places in the home. And it’s your job to prevent these pathogens from spreading to your family. Of course, everyone has a general idea of what some of the most bacteria-laden areas of the home may be -- the floor, the toilet, the bathroom sink, the trash can. These are all places that naturally come to mind when deciding where to clean and disinfect.

But, there are dozens of surprising and cringe-worthy household items and household areas you may have overlooked, upon which these microbial invaders all-too-frequently take up residence in massive numbers and can quickly spread to you and your family members and make you sick.

Indeed, researchers say hundreds of household items are absolutely crawling with pathogens such as germs, fungus and even viruses. Yet they rarely ever get cleaned or disinfected. Yet in many cases, all you have to do to prevent this is to lightly “mist,” spray or wipe those household items or areas with a few cents worth of colloidal silver from time-to-time!

After all, colloidal silver is the world’s oldest and most powerful natural disinfectant agent. Yet it’s completely harmless to humans.

Keeping the reservoir in your home drinking water dispenser safe and germ-free with colloidal silver!
Keeping your milk and juices fresher nearly twice a long with colloidal silver!
Keeping leftover food safe, fresh and bacteria-free with colloidal silver!
Keeping your refrigerator mold and bacteria free with colloidal silver!
Preventing mold and fermentation when canning and making preserves, with colloidal silver!
Keeping mold and mildew from growing under sinks or in cabinets with colloidal silver!
Keeping cut flowers alive as much as twice as long as usual, with colloidal silver!
Keeping your household mop disinfected with colloidal silver, so you’re not spreading germs every time you mop!
Disinfecting your toilet bowls and toilet tanks the safe, quick and easy way with colloidal silver!
Keeping toilet seats, handles, bathroom plungers and toilet brushes fully disinfected with colloidal silver!
Eliminating potentially toxic chlorine and bromine in your Jacuzzi or hot tub, and keeping it thoroughly disinfected and sparkling clear with colloidal silver, instead!
Making sure your kitchen and bathroom sponges are not harboring and spreading harmful bacteria, with colloidal silver!
A simple way to use colloidal silver to help keep your dish cloths and dish towels, as well as hand and bath towels, bacteria free!
The simple, 10-second way to keep your kitchen cutting boards from harboring potentially dangerous bacteria, with colloidal silver!
The surprisingly simple colloidal silver denture soak, to help keep dentures free of bacterial buildup!
Using colloidal silver in your water pic or oral irrigator to help prevent bacterial buildup!
Using colloidal silver to help keep carpets and drapes free of mold and bacteria in areas of the country where high humidity is a problem!
Using colloidal silver to help keep carpets and drapes free of mold and bacteria in areas of the country where high humidity is a problem! Using colloidal silver in the laundry to provide extra disinfectant protection to sheets, towels, underclothing and more!
Preventing dandruff, the safe easy way, with colloidal silver!
Soothing diaper rash with colloidal silver!
Helping keep houseplants healthier and stronger by using colloidal silver to prevent mold and bacterial growth in the topsoil!
Using colloidal silver to make sure pet cages and pet sleeping quarters are free of microbial contamination for better pet health and to prevent microbes from spreading!
Using colloidal silver to help keep hearing aids, eye glasses and contact lenses safe and microbe-free!
And dozens more phenomenal and fully people-tested household uses for colloidal silver you’ve likely never thought of before!

Yes, colloidal silver really is the single-best all-natural household disinfectant you can use for the safety, health and well-being of your entire family.

Let’s take just one example – the door knobs in your home -- and examine it in a little more detail:

Your door knobs are possibly the worst germ-laden offenders in your home because they get touched daily by everyone, and they’re almost always overlooked when cleaning. According to Penn State News, a publication of Penn State University, “Most door handles are teeming with bacteria: Staph, E. coli, Enterococcus and sometimes even Salmonella. That stuff can make you sick.”

What’s more, according to researchers from the Department of Biology at Drake University, “hard, non-porous surfaces, such as door handles, have the highest bacterial transfer rates to hands.”

The researchers also found that 49% of the bacteria found on door knobs are gram negative bacteria, which pose a special risk due to the fact that they “show virulent characteristics due to the presence of endotoxins in their outer membranes.” These pathogens also display “higher antibiotic resistance, partially due to the presence of an outer membrane.”

Thankfully, silver has been clinically demonstrated to solve the problem.

In fact, research students at Penn State University recently used a commercial colloidal silver compound to coat door handles in a popular section of the university. They then swabbed 50 door handles, measuring bacterial differences on the surfaces, with and without the silver compound.

The research students discovered that the doors with the silver-treated handles had dramatically lower levels of bacterial contamination than untreated handles. This, in spite of the fact that literally hundreds of students and university personnel were using these silver-treated door handles each day.

According to HealthyWaukesha.com, “When cleaning your home, ensure that door handles are on top of your to-do list. This will not only make your home clean and tidy but will also reduce the risk of family members or other residents becoming ill.”

Once again, the solution is simple: When cleaning your home, be sure to spray some 10 ppm colloidal silver onto a cleaning cloth and wipe your door handles down with it. And afterwards, just for good measure, you can spray your door handles lightly with a fine mist of colloidal silver, and allow it to air dry. That way, germs, mold and viruses on door knobs won’t be able to spread so easily throughout your household and your family.

Learn more in Steve Barwick’s new special report, 101 Powerful Household Uses for Colloidal Silver!

Your dirty washing machine might be cross-contaminating fecal bacteria from your underwear, for example, with the washcloths you use to wash and dry dishes.

Indeed, according to an article on the Medical Daily website, every time you wash a load of clothing, you create a “bacterial soup” in the washing machine that evenly distributes the microbes among all of your clothing and other laundry items (i.e., bed sheets, bath towels, dish rags, etc.), rather than getting rid of them.

Why is that? It’s because Americans have shifted from using harsh detergents and high-temperature washes to gentle detergents and low-temperature washes. According to the Medical Daily article, “The shift from high-temperature washes and harsh detergents to low-temperature washes and gentle detergents, while good for fabrics, sensitive skin and the environment, is not good for killing laundry bacteria.”

Yes, researchers have found that fecal bacteria, for example, are distributed in the washing machine from underwear to the towels you use to wipe or dry your dishes, or to clean your baby’s face. According to hygiene expert Dr. Lisa Ackerley, “I am very concerned about bacteria from soiled underwear transferring onto items such as tea towels which are then used to wipe dishes.”

What’s more, researchers say the “bacterial soup” created during the washing process not only contaminates that load but contaminates the machine itself, spreading the germs and other microbes to subsequent loads of laundry.

According to the MedicalDaily.com article: “A load of underwear during a wash can contain approximately 100 million E. coli and can then cross-contaminate the next load of laundry…Underwear, towels, and face cloths, among other items, were found to be more likely contaminated with pathogens — bacteria that can cause disease.”

The safe, simple, effective solution? Don’t add toxic chemicals to your laundry to resolve this problem. Instead, add at least two cups of 10 ppm colloidal silver to the wash during the rinse cycle. This will embed the fabric with tiny, microscopic disinfectant silver particles that will kill any residual bacteria and help keep the clothing (or bed sheets, towels, dish rags, etc.) fresher and germ-free, longer. It will also help disinfect the washing machine before your next load.

Also, experts say you should dry your clothes on the highest setting possible for added disinfection. Before each drying, you can also lightly spray the inside of your clothes dryer with colloidal silver, using a fine mist pump spray bottle. That way, any microbes transferred from the washing machine to the dryer will be killed.

Learn more in Steve Barwick’s brand new 27-page special report, 101 Powerful Household Uses for Colloidal Silver!

The Bottom Line

The bottom line is that there are indeed tons of effective ways to use colloidal silver around the house, to disinfect, help stop the spread of unwanted microbes and help keep your family healthy and infection-free. And among these are some very unusual uses you’ve probably never thought of.

But with Steve Barwick’s new 27-page guidebook, 101 Powerful Household Uses for Colloidal Silver, you’ll never again be at a loss for how to keep your household as safe and germ-free as possible with colloidal silver. Make sure you get a copy today!

Steve Barwick is one of the greatest writers in the realm of colloidal silver...He's done a lot to promote the awareness of colloidal silver, to debunk the myths and to get good information out to the public....

I've been reading his stuff for a long time...He's become quite a voice and a champion for disseminating good information about colloidal silver...silver therapeutics...silver medicinals...

He cuts through a lot of the garbage that the governmental and pharmaceutical complex uses to sway everybody from silver. He's one of my heroes out there...So hats off to you, Steve.'

Who is Steve Barwick

Steve Barwick is a long-time natural health journalist and featured guest star of the 60-minute Colloidal Silver Secrets DVD, in which he’s interviewed on the topic of colloidal silver and its many healing uses by TV personality and Academy Awards Red Carpet host Kristyn Burrt.

Barwick is also author of recently updated The Ultimate Colloidal Silver Manual, which at over 540 pages is the most comprehensive guide to colloidal silver usage in the world today, and has been the world’s #1 best-selling book on colloidal silver and its uses for over 10 years.

Barwick is a long-time enthusiastic advocate of the responsible use of colloidal silver, and a strong proponent of taking personal responsibility for one's own health and well-being, particularly through proper nutrition and natural health. He sees this as a vital, but frequently overlooked component of the old-fashioned American ideal of self-determination and rugged individualism that helped make this country the greatest nation on the face of the earth.

Barwick has been a freelance writer since 1974, focusing primarily on natural health and nutrition topics, as well as on finance and politics. He is also the author, co-author, or editor of the following seven books:

The Ultimate Colloidal Silver Manual
Colloidal Silver and Cancer: a Surprising Look
Colloidal Silver Success Stories
Bioterrorism: Secrets for Survival (aka 'The Bioterrorism Manual')
How to Survive Nuclear, Chemical and Biological Terrorism
The Ultimate Immune System Repair Manual
The Beta-1,3-1,6-glucan Manual

Barwick has conducted over 13 years worth of intensive journalistic research into the healing benefits and extensive uses of colloidal silver – the world’s most powerful natural infection-fighting agent.

This research includes hundreds of hours interviewing over 2,000 experienced colloidal silver users worldwide, including doctors, nurses, naturopaths, dentists, scientists, researchers and regular folks alike, extracting from them the specific methods of colloidal silver usage that have worked best for them, for everything from simple infections, colds and the flu to far more serious internal infections and potentially life-threatening chronic degenerative diseases of all sorts!

Barwick has also spent hundreds of hours tracking down and meticulously sifting through old medical journals and reports from as far back as the early 1900’s written by some of the pioneering colloidal silver researchers.

What’s more, Barwick has spent well over a decade hunting down and pouring over the modern clinical research studies on the infection-fighting power of colloidal silver, and making his knowledge of colloidal silver and its usage available to others.

Here, television personality Kristyn Burrt interviews natural health journalist Steve Barwick, author of the world’s #1 best-selling book on colloidal silver usage, The Ultimate Colloidal Silver Manual

Here, natural health journalist Steve Barwick demonstrates a simple way to cure Pink Eye and styes with colloidal silver, which he learned while interviewing over 2,000 experienced colloidal silver users.

Here, Steve Barwick demonstrates how to inhale aerosolized colloidal silver into the lungs through a medical nebulizer, in order to help fight upper respiratory infections.

I’ve been waiting for a long time to see the day this vital and potentially life-saving information on colloidal silver would finally reach the general public. All I can say is that I’m glad someone finally had the guts to get the truth out to the people who need it the most. A great big ‘Thank You!’ to Steve Barwick.”

Steve literally wrote the book on colloidal silver and provides the best information that I have found on the subject.”

My good friend, Steve Barwick is a brilliant man, and I would venture to say that he is probably one of the most knowledgeable people I know on the uses and benefits of colloidal silver solutions. If you are interested in natural medicine and want to try an alternative to antibiotics and pharmaceutical drugs, check out his work!”

Thanks for all your brilliant work to educate people about colloidal silver. It is one of nature’s wonders that helps keep us well.'

Steve, I’ve been a supporter of your work for nearly 15 years, and I have used Colloidal Silver for over 30 years without a single problem, EVER! I have cleared up feline herpes in a cat's eye, and have prevented infection from countless cuts, post surgery, for other injuries sustained during daily life. It is the safest and best antibiotic, anti-fungal, anti-viral that I have ever used, as opposed to the pricey, worthless, side effects loaded junk that the pharmaceutical companies promote. Read the labels for the antibiotics and other 'medications' prescribed by physicians, in good, albeit ignorant, faith, and you will find horror abounding in devastating diseases that they can cause you, including death. So, if anyone has any doubt about using natural Colloidal Silver in place of chemicals, think again. This works, with zero side effects. Thank you for your excellent work in helping bring so much helpful information on colloidal silver to the forefront.'

Dr. Kathleen Olsson Nelson, RN, BA, MA, PhD., Clinical Psychologist and Nutritional Consultant

The very best information – bar none – on colloidal silver and its myriad of uses comes from the pen of Steve Barwick, author of The Ultimate Colloidal Silver Manual and many other books and articles on natural healing. He’s always the first resource I turn to when I want to know more about any aspect of colloidal silver usage. And because his work is so detailed, thoroughly documented and eye-opening, he’s generally the last resource I need to turn to, as well. I strongly urge anyone interested in colloidal silver and its numerous healing benefits to obtain all of the material you can from Steve Barwick. You’ll get the education of your life. His research into colloidal silver and its usage is astonishing. Best yet, he translates the medical and scientific mumbo-jumbo into plain layman’s language anyone can understand and put to use in their own lives.”

Steve Barwick is a walking, talking and constantly writing repository of colloidal silver knowledge you don’t want to ignore. Just when I begin to think I know everything there is to know about colloidal silver and its usage, he stuns me with more insightful and thoroughly useful information I wasn’t aware of. The depth and breadth of his knowledge about colloidal silver and its many healing benefits is astonishing.”

If you want to know more about colloidal silver and how to use it to keep your family healthy and infection-free, you need to obtain Steve Barwick’s work on the topic. If you’re new to colloidal silver, I suggest you start with his two 60-minute ‘how to’ videos. They’re inexpensive and chock full of helpful information that will blow your mind if you’re not already familiar with colloidal silver’s often astonishing healing benefits. If you want comprehensive and nearly encyclopedic knowledge of colloidal silver and its usage, get his ‘big book,’ The Ultimate Colloidal Silver Manual.” It’s pricey, compared to the videos. But you can see he’s poured his heart and soul into that book. It’s absolutely top-of-the-line information that’s invaluable to anyone interested in healing themselves or their loved ones with colloidal silver.”

Reading Steve Barwick’s books on colloidal silver and watching his videos is what initially got me and my entire family involved in colloidal silver usage. Now it’s an integral part of our normal daily lives, and I can’t see how I ever got along without the invaluable information he provides. But obviously, you can’t take advantage of something you don’t know exists, or don’t know how to utilize for its many benefits. So I thank Steve from the bottom of my heart for all of his efforts to educate people on safe, natural colloidal silver and its many healing uses. Because of his work, my family is healthier than they’ve ever been. And I’m a happier, healthier mom.”

Barwick’s books and other material on colloidal silver usage are simply indispensible. They’re the only materials I own on natural health and healing that I won’t lend out, for fear of not getting them back. That’s how valuable they are to me.”

Unfortunately, online there’s a plethora of conflicting information about colloidal silver. Everywhere you look you’ll find opinions, ideas and information that are at odds with each other. And that’s exactly why I’m so thrilled to have finally come across Steve Barwick excellent materials on colloidal silver and its usage. Barwick presents the available research in clear, easy-to-understand language even the most novice colloidal silver user like myself can understand. No big fifty-dollar words you have to open up a medical dictionary to understand. He also explains the conflicting information so that you know what to believe, what to ignore, and why. And he puts it all into perspective in terms of using colloidal silver responsibly and achieving maximum healing benefits from it. His work has been a Godsend for me and my family. I’m forever in his debt because my family is so much healthier and happier than we were before I came across the invaluable information he provides.”

Simply the best information on colloidal silver usage you’ll ever find. Period. Dot. End of comment.”

I refer to Steve Barwick’s materials on the healing benefits of colloidal silver just about every time a family member gets sick with an infection. There’s really no substitute for this powerful and life-changing information. His books, tapes, videos, reports and other materials are money well spent, particularly if you value the health and well-being of your family, friends and loved ones.”

Steve Barwick is my all-time favorite natural health author. No hype. No nonsense. He just gets down to where the rubber meets the road, and gives you the information you need to get better. His work on colloidal silver, in my opinion, is some of the very best out there.”

If I had never purchased your videos or read your book I would never have known about this wonderful healing elixir. The massive amount of energy I now receive from taking an ounce of colloidal silver a day has brought new life to this old 53 year old man! Thank you so much for your research and insights. I’m driving my friends crazy telling them about it!'

If I hadn’t read your book I’d have never known colloidal silver could be used so successfully on skin cancer. I was able to heal a case of basal cell carcinoma on my right leg, thanks to all of the information you provide, which gave me the courage to try it. My doctor has now cancelled the electrodesiccation he ordered, when he saw how well the cancer was receding. The fiery inflamed skin is now back to normal again, and the cancer lesion is clearly in full retreat.”

Risks of Colloidal Silver

There are only two known side effects of colloidal silver. The best-known one is Agryria, and the other is the Herxheimer’s Effect.

We’ll start with the simplest one first: the Herxheimer’s Effect.

Herxheimer’s Effect

The Herxheimer’s Effect is not exclusive to colloidal silver. You can potentially feel the Herxheimer’s Effect when you start any antibiotic treatment. What essentially happens is that too many good bacteria are dying off too quickly in addition to the bad bacteria that you’re targeting. Steve Barwick explains, “The resulting pathogen die-off is too much for the body process at one time, and painful and sometimes serious symptoms can result. “[1]

It usually only occurs when people start using colloidal silver for the first time. Common symptoms of Herxheimer’s include flu like symptoms or diarrhea.

The Herxheimer’s Effect is easy to remedy. Simply back off your colloidal silver use until your body gets used to it. Consume less and you will shortly start to feel better. Mark Metcalf recommends, “Should this happen, stop administering colloidal silver and drink a lot of water to help clear out the dead pathogens and thereby cause the symptoms to cease.”[2]

Once you have built up a tolerance, you can increase your dose if you feel its necessary.

You can also counter the Herxheimer’s Effect by doing something as simple as eating probiotic yogurt or taking a probiotic pill to restore the good bacteria in your system.

The Herxheimer’s Effect is a temporary side effect that is easily and quickly remedied. It can be brought on by many different drugs or antibiotics.

Easing into colloidal silver use gradually will ensure that you do not suffer from the Herxheimer’s Effect.

Argyria

Argyria is the only known negative side effect of colloidal silver, and it is often what gives colloidal silver a bad reputation. People will start doing research into colloidal silver and some of the first search results bring up photos of people who have turned blue from drinking colloidal silver.

So, what is Argyria? It is the permanent discolouration of skin (usually to a bluish grey tinge) caused by silver build up underneath the skin. It is a purely cosmetic side effect, although certainly not a pleasant one.

Douglas Brandt says, “Medicinal use of silver first occurred in the 8^th century. Bluish discoloration of the eyes caused by silver ingestion was also described near the same time.”[3] Steve Barwick actually describes Argyria as “archaic.” Regardless, the condition has been around as long as silver has been used medicinally.

Alan Lansdown offers a definition for Argyria as “a permanent or long-lasting grey or blue-grey discolouration of the skin attributable to prolonged exposure to metallic silver or ionisable silver salts. … At most, Argyria should be considered as a cosmetically undesirable occupational risk or complication associated with consumption of unregulated colloidal silver products….”[4]

Lansdown does not define what he means by “unregulated colloidal silver products,” but any book or article promoting colloidal silver is quick to point out that there have been no incidences of Argyria resulting from properly prepared colloidal silver.

Is the Risk of Argyria Higher for Some than Others

Many people, including Lansdown, Barwick, Metcalf and Hill have all reported a potential link between those with liver and/or kidney conditions and the incidence of Argyria. Lansdown states, “The liver and kidney are major organs in the metabolism and elimination of silver from the body, but neither is a target organ for silver toxicity.” [5]

The United States Environmental Protection Agency Office of Water Health Advisories cite a number of tests that indicate silver is primarily excreted through faeces.[6] Barwick explains that those with poor kidney or liver function are thus at increased risk for Argryia because excessive daily intake of silver results in a residual build-up, which the body then tries to push away “from the tissues out toward the skin, at which point the skin turns grey upon exposure to sunlight.”[7]

Speaking of sunlight, several people have noticed that Argyria occurs primarily in areas that are exposed to sunlight – such as your face and hands. Bu Kwon Hyok says, “Argyria pigmentation is usually only recognized in sun-exposed areas. Even though the silver is deposited in both exposed and unexposed areas of skin, the discoloration is more pronounced in areas that have been exposed to sunlight, such as the face and hands.”[8]

How Can You Treat Argyria

There are no known sure-fire cures for Argyria, just as there are no known ways to chelate potential silver build-up in your body.

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Mark Metcalf, author of Colloidal Silver: Making the Safest and Most Powerful Medicine on Earth for the Price of Water suggests that supplementing your colloidal silver use with vitamin E and selenium can help chelate any silver that might remain in your body, which will reduce the risk of silver build-up.

Metcalf, in addition to Steve Barwick and John Hill, offer recipes that they claim will help counter the effects of Argyria.[9] They are all very similar to each other and include ingredients such as Vitamin C and Kelp in addition to Vitamin B and Selenium.

There are also clinics in Asia that have tried laser treatment to cure Argyria with varying degrees of success.[10]

Luckily, the risks of getting Argyria are slim to none if you use safe colloidal silver in moderation.

How to Reduce the Risk of Argyria

The best way to reduce the risk of Argyria is to make sure that what you’re drinking is safe colloidal silver. You now know how to determine if your colloidal silver is safe, and that information is essential in preventing any side effects. If you can’t be sure that what you’re drinking is the best quality colloidal silver, then simply use it in moderation.

The United States Environmental Protection Agency Office of Water Health Advisories has stated that, “a concentration of silver in water of 100 ug/L or 0.1 mg/L is considered protective of the cosmetic effect of silver (Argyria) for the general population.”[11] That is actually quite a generous daily serving of silver to ingest, so as long as you stay belong that figure, you shouldn’t even have to worry about Argyria.

Where to go for More Information

If you wish to learn more about Argyria, there is a plethora of information out there. We refrain from listing specific websites as web addresses can (and often do) change. Virtually every book that has been published on colloidal silver has a chapter on Argyria and how to minimize its risk. Particularly informative books are:

The Ultimate Colloidal Silver Manual by Steve Barwick

Colloidal Silver: Making the Safest and Most Powerful Medicine on Earth for the Price of Water by Mark Metcalf

Colloidal Silver: Medical Uses, Toxicology & Manufacture by John Hill

Silver in Healthcare: Its Antimicrobial Efficacy and Safety in Use by Alan Lansdown

The best book on silver toxicity by far is Silver in Healthcare by Alan Lansdown. He has the results from many lab tests that show silver build up in the body as a result of using various medical silver products. He also has a very informative chapter on Argyria, its causes and effects. If you are concerned about silver in your body from any source, this is definitely a book you should read.

You can also easily fine online a study performed by the Australian government on drinking water contaminants that has values for how much silver occurs naturally in tap water. The United States Environmental Protection Agency Office of Water Health Advisories has also published a similar document.

Summary

Colloidal silver is one of the safest supplements available. If it is used moderately and properly, the risk of suffering any side effects of colloidal silver is very small.

The 2 common side effects are the Herxheimer’s Effect and Argryia. You can cure the Herxheimer’s Effect by cutting back on your colloidal silver intake. While you cannot cure Argyria, you can nearly eliminate the risk of it by consuming safe colloidal silver in moderation.

Disclaimer

This information has not been evaluated by any official agency. The content of this website is intended for information only and is not intended to be used as medical advice. For medical advice, please consult a medical professional.

We are not doctors and are not prescribing colloidal silver to you for any use. Please consult a medical professional before consuming colloidal silver, or to find out what dose or ppm solution is right for you.

The author and publisher of this information disclaims responsibility or liability for any hardship or loss that may be incurred as a result of the use or application of this information.

Information that is referenced is believed to be from reliable sources, but no guarantee can be made regarding the accuracy of sources.

References

Barwick, Steve. The Ultimate Colloidal Silver Manual: Introducing the Powerful Natural Antibiotic They Want to Take Away from You. Life and Health Research Group, 2009.

Brandt, Douglas, Betty Park, et al. “Argyria secondary to ingestion of homemade silver solution.” Journal of theAmerican Academy of Dermatoloy, August 2005.

Bu Kwon Hyok, Joon Ho Lee, et al. “A Case of Argyria Following Colloidal Silver Ingestion.” Ann Dermatol, February 2009.

Hill, John. Colloidal Silver: Medical Uses, Toxicology & Manufacture. 3^rd ed. Clear Springs Press, 2009.

Lansdown, Alan B. Silver in Healthcare: Its Antimicrobial Efficacy and Safety in Use. RCS Publishing, 2010.

Metcalf, Mark. Colloidal Silver: Making the Safest and Most Powerful Medicine on Earth for the Price of Water.

Rhee, Do-Young, Sung-Eun Chang, et al. “Treatment of Argyria after Colloidal Silver Ingestion Using Q-Switched 1,064-nm Nd:YAG Laser.” American Society for Dermatologic Surgery Inc, 2008.

United States Environmental Protection Agency Office of Water Health Advisories. Health Advisories for Drinking Water Contaminants. Lewis, 1993.

[2] Metcalf 34

[4] Lansdown 165

[6] United States Environmental Protection Agency Office of Water Health Advisories, 118-120.

[8] Hyok 309

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[10] Do-Young Rhee, Sung-Eun Chang et al document a case of a woman who was treated with a YAG laser for Argyria with favourable results in their article “Treatment of Argyria after Colloidal Silver Ingestion Using Q-Switched 1,064-nm Nd:YAG Laser” published by the American Society for Dermatologic Surgery Inc in 2008.