Wednesday, September 26, 2012

Announcing: Videos on Making and Using Colloidal Silver Coming Soon!

If you like to watch short videos on making and using colloidal silver, I’ve got some great news for you.  I’ve got 10 new videos coming, and there are already four short videos on the “Videos” page of TheSilverEdge.com website…

Hi, Steve Barwick here, for www.TheSilverEdge.com...

I’ve got a bunch of great short videos on making and using colloidal silver coming to the “Videos” page of TheSilverEdge.com website. 

In fact, there are 10 brand spanking new videos coming. And I should have them all ready by the first or second week of October, 2012.

These are professionally filmed video shorts, two minutes to five minutes each in length, on various aspects of making and using colloidal silver.

And of course, yours truly is doing the demonstrations in the videos!

4 Older Colloidal Silver Videos Already Posted…

Meanwhile, in case you don’t know it, I already have four short videos on making and using colloidal silver already posted to the “Videos” page of TheSilverEdge.com website. 

Two of these four videos were shot with my little hand-held FlipCam.  So they’re true guerrilla videos, rather than professionally shot videos.  (And I’m afraid it shows a bit.  But the information is quite valuable if you love making your own colloidal silver.)

The other two video shorts are brief excerpts from other longer, professionally shot videos.

So until the 10 new videos I’ve got coming are posted a few weeks from now, I’m sure you’ll find at least several of the four videos already posted to TheSilverEdge.com website to be eye-opening and helpful.

Here’s what you’ll find right now at the “Videos” page of TheSilverEdge.com website:


If you prefer to make bigger batches of colloidal silver with your new Micro-Particle Colloidal Silver Generator from The Silver Edge, for long-term storage or for household usage, watch this short video to learn how easy it is to make one gallon or more at a time.

Remember, micro-particle colloidal silver is extraordinarily stable, and therefore it can be stored for months or even years at a time without losing potency.

What’s more, knowing how to make big batches is important, because you’ll have so much colloidal silver available, you’ll be able to use it for more purposes, such as disinfecting and sanitizing your kitchen and bathroom, adding it to the mop bucket, or even adding it to the bath water. 

Indeed, many people even add a cup or two of colloidal silver to the rinse cycle of their wash to help sanitize kitchen and bathroom towels, undergarments, bedding and more.

The uses for colloidal silver are innumerable. And when you can make it gallons at a time, for just pennies, you’re obviously going to use it for more things than ever before.

What’s more, in this Age of Strange Diseases in which we live, the more colloidal silver you have on hand is obviously the better!  

And should we ever experience the much-discussed crash of our financial system, and hospitals close, doctors go home, etc., colloidal silver could be worth its weight in gold…quite literally! 

So having the knowledge and the means to make colloidal silver in large amounts could not only be life-saving, but profitable during a prolonged crisis! 


Inhaling colloidal silver into the lungs through a device called a nebulizer has become a popular way of treating upper respiratory infections through natural means.

Getting colloidal silver into the body through the lungs, without having to go through the digestive tract, means you get more colloidal silver directly into the bloodstream, and faster than ever before.

In this video, I demonstrate exactly how to inhale colloidal silver using a simple nebulizer you can purchase on eBay just about any day of the week for around $40!

WARNING: Preliminary studies conducted on animals demonstrate that nebulizing colloidal silver on a regular daily basis over long periods of time may be harmful to lung function.

For warnings and a discussion of the available safety data, be sure to read my article on Using Colloidal Silver With a Nebulizer once you’ve watched the short video above.


One of the most frequently asked questions I get is where to find glass production containers for making colloidal silver.
The answer is simple: Walmart!

I get almost all of my glass production containers there because they carry the standard one-quart Ball Mason jars as well as the one-quart Kerr pickling jars. And they’re very inexpensive!

What’s more, if you know where to look, they also carry one-quart, two-quart and one-gallon sized glass cookie jars that work perfectly as production containers for making colloidal silver.

And they have a variety of other glass containers in the Crafts and Home Decor departments.

Check out the video and see for yourself as I walk you through Walmart and show you all of the possibilities for inexpensive glass production containers!


Now anyone can make their own high-quality micro-particle colloidal silver at home, quickly and easily, for less than 36 cents per quart, with a brand new Micro-Particle Colloidal Silver Generator from TheSilverEdge.com!

In fact, these high-quality colloidal silver generators are so simple to operate, we have 80-plus year old grandmas using them, and distributing colloidal silver to their children and grandchildren!

So why pay health food store vendors up to $30 for a tiny 4-ounce bottle of conventional colloidal silver when you can make super high-quality colloidal silver yourself and your entire family, for just a few pennies per batch?

Watch this short 3-minute video to see exactly how it's done...

More Videos Coming…

As I stated, there are 10 more great video shorts on making and using colloidal silver, coming. 

And as soon as I get them back from production, and get them posted, I’ll let you know. 

Here’s a sneak peak at the colloidal silver videos coming, which you'll be able to find at this link:
  • How to Make an Emergency Colloidal Silver Generator
  • Heal Eye Infections With Colloidal Silver
  • How to Make Colloidal Silver Toothpaste
  • Healing Infected Boils With Colloidal Silver and a Clay Poultice
  • Pets and Colloidal Silver
  • How to Prove There’s Silver in Your Colloidal Silver Solution
  • Using Colloidal Silver in a Nasal Spray Bottle for Sinus and Allergies
  • How to Cure An Earache With Colloidal Silver
  • How to Prove Colloidal Silver Kills Bacteria
  • How to Make Your Own Colloidal Silver Gel and Colloidal Silver Soap
  • Using Colloidal Silver and a Neti Pot to Relieve Stubborn Sinus Problems
Meanwhile, if you’d like to learn more about making and using colloidal silver, just visit The Silver Edge website by clicking the link in this sentence.

Yours for the safe, sane and responsible use of colloidal silver,


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Important Note and Disclaimer:  The contents of this Ezine have not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration.  Information conveyed herein is from sources deemed to be accurate and reliable, but no guarantee can be made in regards to the accuracy and reliability thereof.  The author, Steve Barwick, is a natural health journalist with over 30 years of experience writing professionally about natural health topics.  He is not a doctor.  Therefore, nothing stated in this Ezine should be construed as prescriptive in nature, nor is any part of this Ezine meant to be considered a substitute for professional medical advice.  Nothing reported herein is intended to diagnose, treat, cure or prevent any disease.  The author is simply reporting in journalistic fashion what he has learned during the past 17 years of journalistic research into colloidal silver and its usage.  Therefore, the information and data presented should be considered for informational purposes only, and approached with caution.  Readers should verify for themselves, and to their own satisfaction, from other knowledgeable sources such as their doctor, the accuracy and reliability of all reports, ideas, conclusions, comments and opinions stated herein.  All important health care decisions should be made under the guidance and direction of a legitimate, knowledgeable and experienced health care professional.  Readers are solely responsible for their choices.  The author and publisher disclaim responsibility and/or liability for any loss or hardship that may be incurred as a result of the use or application of any information included in this Ezine. 

Copyright 2012 | Life & Health Research Group, LLC | PO Box 1239 | Peoria AZ 85380-1239 | All rights reserved

Monday, September 24, 2012

Colloidal Silver and Airborne MRSA Pathogens

It’s now been demonstrated in hospital studies that the deadly MRSA pathogen can go airborne and colonize people’s nasal passages and lungs through the airborne route, causing infection and disease. 

This means, if a family member were to have a MRSA infection, the pathogen could go airborne in the home, and other family members could be in danger of getting the same infection simply by breathing. 

So, is there a simple and effective way to use colloidal silver in the home to combat this problem? Indeed there is, and you can read about it in this article…

Hi, Steve Barwick here, for www.TheSilverEdge.com...

More people die each year in the U.S. from MRSA infections than die of AIDS.  Indeed, some 94,000 deaths each year are attributed to the MRSA pathogen. 

But previously, it was thought that MRSA can only be transmitted by touch, i.e., either by person-to-person touching, or when a contaminated person touches a doorknob or a shopping cart handle, and then you later touch the same object.

Because of this erroneous assumption, most work to stop the spread of MRSA in public places like hospitals, schools, gymnasiums and others has centered chiefly around the disinfection of touch surfaces, which is to say, disinfecting door knobs, chairs, desks, tables, and other objects the MRSA pathogen can be found colonizing. 

Indeed, the touch surfaces of entire hospital wards, school classrooms, gyms, prison cell blocks and other public facilities have been thoroughly disinfected with topical disinfectants after MRSA outbreaks. 

Is MRSA Airborne?

But the dirty little secret the health and medical authorities are apparently trying to avoid letting you know is this:

As far back as 2001, clinical researchers discovered that MRSA can easily become airborne and infect people by lodging in the nasal passages and lungs after it’s breathed in. 

In fact, a study published in the Archives of Otolaryngol Head and Neck Surgery demonstrates that MRSA was very easily spread among patients in a hospital through the airborne route, and may be responsible for many cases of hospital-borne MRSA infections.
According to the study authors:

Methicillin-resistant S aureus was re-circulated among the patients, the air, and the inanimate environments, especially when there was movement in the rooms.

Airborne MRSA may play a role in MRSA colonization in the nasal cavity or in respiratory tract MRSA infections.

Measures should be taken to prevent the spread of airborne MRSA to control nosocomial MRSA infection in hospitals.”

In other words, as long as everything was perfectly still in the hospital rooms, MRSA didn’t go airborne.

But as soon as there was significant movement in the hospital rooms -- such as the changing of bed sheets, or the moving of hospital equipment, or dusting and cleaning -- the MRSA pathogens easily went airborne, and were carried throughout the hospital room on the ambient air currents. 

Indeed, the study states:  “…clinical isolates of MRSA in our ward were of one origin, and the isolates from the air and from inanimate environments were identical to the MRSA strains that caused infection or colonization in the in-patients.”

Yes, the study found that the exact same MRSA strains found to be airborne were also found to be colonizing the nasal passages and lungs of the hospital patients.

According to the study authors, this strongly suggests the patients were being contaminated with MRSA via the airborne route. 

MRSA Levels 50 Times Higher

What’s more, the researchers found that airborne samples of MRSA and other bacteria increased a staggering 50 times over in hospital rooms when the air was sampled directly after bed sheets were changed. 

According to the study authors:

“This suggests that airborne MRSA may play a role in MRSA colonization in the nasal cavity or in respiratory MRSA infections.

When medical staff were present in the rooms of patients, the number of CFU of MRSA increased in and around the rooms.

This indicates that MRSA on surface environments spreads during periods of movement, such as when bed sheets are changed in hospitals.”

CFU means “colony forming units.”  In other words, whenever there was movement in a hospital room, such as hospital staff changing bed sheets, MRSA was spread throughout the room and began colonizing additional areas of the room.

Known Since 1998

Indeed, one 1998 study published in the Journal of Hospital Infections was titled “Ventilation grilles as a potential source of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus causing an outbreak in an orthopaedic ward at a district general hospital.” 

Apparently, the newly airborne MRSA pathogens can even colonize the ventilation grilles in hospital rooms, and literally be spread further throughout the rooms whenever the heat or air conditioning comes on – even enough to cause an outbreak of MRSA infections!

Also Spread By Coughing

The researchers in the 2001 hospital study went on to state:

“…In this study, we confirmed that MRSA could be acquired by medical staff and patients through airborne transmission.

The findings suggest the importance of protecting patients against cross-infectious agents existing in aerosols.”

“Aerosols” means tiny drops of liquid that are airborne.  Translation:  Even coughing can spread the MRSA pathogen to others once a patient’s nasal cavities or lungs have been infected through the airborne route. 

Finally, the study authors pointed out that as far back as 1998 it was already thought by some researchers that MRSA could be spread by coughing:

“MRSA in the form of a bio-aerosol can contaminate the air and cause airborne infectious diseases.” 

“Bio-aerosol” simply means liquid droplets in the air that come from a human body.  Again, it’s just a ten dollar medical term for coughing.  

So to summarize:  the pathogen becomes airborne when hospital staff begin moving things around in a hospital room. 

Then it colonizes other areas of the hospital room and also lodges in the nasal cavities and lungs of the patients. 

And from there it can be further spread throughout the hospital room and to other patients or medical staff simply by coughing.

Of course, what can happen in a hospital room can happen in a home just as easily. This may well be one reason why MRSA infections that occur in the home – often referred to as “community acquired MRSA -- tend to be spread to other family members.

If for example a family member were to have a MRSA infection and precautions aren’t taken during the changing of bed sheets, the MRSA pathogen can go airborne in the home and potentially contaminate other areas of the home and infect other family members.

Colloidal Silver to the Rescue?

Of course, it’s been amply demonstrated in in vitro laboratory studies that colloidal silver literally decimates the MRSA pathogen. 

I’ve reported on this multiple times.  And the Colloidal Silver Cures MRSA website documents a number of these little-known clinical studies in detail. 

What’s more, real-life anecdotal accounts from MRSA victims who have used colloidal silver after prescriptions antibiotics failed them further demonstrate the astonishing effectiveness of colloidal silver against MRSA. 

You can read about some of these dramatic real-life accounts in one of my previous articles, titled Does Colloidal Silver Really Kill MRSA

And you can read additional real-life accounts of colloidal silver being used to cure MRSA infections at the Colloidal Silver Success Stories website. 

So with MRSA being so rampant in public facilities such as hospitals, schools, prisons, gyms and more, why isn’t colloidal silver used more often in efforts to keep the populations of this deadly pathogen down to controllable levels?

And with such a stunningly high national death rate from MRSA infections here in the U.S., why isn’t colloidal silver being used to treat patients who come down with MRSA infections?

Only the doctors, hospitals and other public facilities where MRSA has proven to be a problem can answer that question. 

But I suspect it has a lot to do with the powerful influence of Big Pharma over doctors, hospitals and the health and medical policies of public institutions.

The $250,000 Colloidal Silver Machine

Interestingly, as reported on the Colloidal Silver Cures MRSA website, at least one British hospital seems to be catching on to the idea of using antimicrobial silver against MRSA, and also seems to understand that often MRSA is spread via the airborne route.

According to another British newspaper, The Sun, a $250,000 machine has been developed to spray a special aerosol silver mist throughout British hospitals, in order to stop the spread of the deadly MRSA super pathogens. The newspaper reveals:

“Experts have long known silver is deadly to the superbug and is highly toxic to some other bacteria as well. It is already used in plasters and hospital dressings.

But now medics from Leicester University have created a generator that divides pieces of silver into billions of tiny particles. It then suspends them in liquid glycerol to be put into aerosols.

The particles are small enough to pass inside bacteria but do not kill human cells. The $250,000 machine’s inventor, Professor Chris Binns, said medical trials will start within the year.”

Wow.  A whopping $250,000 for a machine to spray a fine mist of aerosolized silver through a hospital? 

The Cool Mist Vaporizer Trick!

You’d think it would be a LOT cheaper to put a simple $40 cool mist vaporizer from Walmart or Walgreen’s drug store (see photo at top of article) into each hospital room, and simply fill it with colloidal silver and turn it on, allowing the fine vaporized mist of colloidal silver to spread throughout the room.

In light of the above study, this would be particularly valuable in hospitals while nurses are changing sheets and bedding, or while cleaning personnel are moving things around in the patient care rooms. 

Indeed, in my own home whenever there’s illness or infection, I frequently fill an inexpensive cool mist vaporizer with homemade colloidal silver, and let it run for 20 or 30 minutes several times a day, allowing the fine colloidal silver mist to spread on the ambient air throughout the room or even the entire household.

Why?  Because I recognize the importance of keeping the spread of the pathogens strictly limited, so others family members are not infected. 

But of course, that’s just common sense.  There are no clinical studies demonstrating that running a cool mist vaporizer filled with colloidal silver in a hospital room, or in the home for that matter, will kill airborne pathogens such as MRSA and others, and keep infection or disease from spreading. 

But every clinical study I’ve seen that’s been conducted on antimicrobial silver and its effect on MRSA has demonstrated that the silver literally wipes out the MRSA pathogen with ease!  So it stands to reason the “cool mist vaporizer trick” would work. 

And until the clinical studies are performed, and the idea of using a cool mist vaporizer filled with colloidal silver is proven to be either effective or ineffective, I think I’ll stick with common sense and run the machine – particularly in light of these studies demonstrating that MRSA can so easily become airborne. 

Make Your Own Colloidal Silver for Pennies!

Of course, it’s awfully darned expensive to fill a cool mist vaporizer with a commercial brand of colloidal silver. 

After all, commercial brands of colloidal silver can cost anywhere from $20 to $40 for a tiny four-ounce bottle. And the reservoir in a cool mist vapor can hold a quart or two of liquid, depending upon the size of the vaporizer.

That’s a total of anywhere from eight to sixteen bottles of store-bought colloidal silver – obviously a very expensive proposition!

But if you make your own colloidal silver with high-quality Micro-Particle Colloidal Silver Generator from The Silver Edge, you can literally make gallons of antimicrobial colloidal silver at a time for just a few pennies per batch (see video here)!

So you never have to worry about cost, and you’ll always have all of the colloidal silver you could possibly need on hand for situations like those described in this article.

If you’d like to learn more about making and using colloidal silver, just click the link.  Meanwhile, I’ll be back next week with another helpful and insightful article…

Yours for the safe, sane and responsible use of colloidal silver,


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Important Note and Disclaimer:  The contents of this Ezine have not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration.  Information conveyed herein is from sources deemed to be accurate and reliable, but no guarantee can be made in regards to the accuracy and reliability thereof.  The author, Steve Barwick, is a natural health journalist with over 30 years of experience writing professionally about natural health topics.  He is not a doctor.  Therefore, nothing stated in this Ezine should be construed as prescriptive in nature, nor is any part of this Ezine meant to be considered a substitute for professional medical advice.  Nothing reported herein is intended to diagnose, treat, cure or prevent any disease.  The author is simply reporting in journalistic fashion what he has learned during the past 17 years of journalistic research into colloidal silver and its usage.  Therefore, the information and data presented should be considered for informational purposes only, and approached with caution.  Readers should verify for themselves, and to their own satisfaction, from other knowledgeable sources such as their doctor, the accuracy and reliability of all reports, ideas, conclusions, comments and opinions stated herein.  All important health care decisions should be made under the guidance and direction of a legitimate, knowledgeable and experienced health care professional.  Readers are solely responsible for their choices.  The author and publisher disclaim responsibility and/or liability for any loss or hardship that may be incurred as a result of the use or application of any information included in this Ezine. 

Copyright 2012 | Life & Health Research Group, LLC | PO Box 1239 | Peoria AZ 85380-1239 | All rights reserved

Wednesday, September 12, 2012

Colloidal Silver Cured My Desert Tortoise of a Serious Upper Respiratory Infection!

In spite of some 100 years of evidence to the contrary, some people still say colloidal silver doesn't work, and that any "efficacy" that's been observed is all in the user's head, i.e., the so-called "placebo effect."  

But if the thousands of dramatic healings experienced with colloidal silver are all just in the user's head, how can PETS be cured of serious infectious illnesses and diseases after being given colloidal silver?  

After all, pets don't know what their owners are giving them. They can't psyche themselves up mentally to overcome a serious illness through the placebo effect. 

Indeed, the fact that colloidal silver routinely cures pets of serious illnesses and diseases is more proof positive of the well-known efficacy of colloidal silver.  

Hi, Steve Barwick here, for www.TheSilverEdge.com...

I’ve used colloidal silver on my cats and dogs for years, and it’s been a Godsend. 

But several years ago an acquaintance gave my wife, Kathy, a full-grown desert tortoise which he’d been raising since it was a baby.  He had to move to another state, and could no longer take care of it. 

So my wife accepted it, and promptly named it King Tut

Upper Respiratory Infection

Kathy and I noticed right away that as King Tut breathed, small bubbles of mucous would come out of its nose, and his breathing was labored.  You could hear a hissing sound coming out of his nostrils as he tried to breathe. 

His owner told us King Tut had been breathing like that since the previous year, and he didn’t know what it was!

So Kathy did some online research, and also called the local Desert Tortoise Association. 

She learned that in tortoises these was classic symptoms of an upper respiratory infection.  What’s more, she learned that King Tut would have to be taken to a veterinarian 70 miles away who specializes in treating desert tortoises. 

Kathy was also told that because there’s no way to give a tortoise antibiotic drugs orally, the vet would have to give him a shot every day for 10 days in order to cure the infection, at a cost of about $500 or more. 

Colloidal Silver to the Rescue!

Instead, Kathy started soaking King Tut’s food in 5 ppm colloidal silver each day for 15 or 20 minutes before each feeding. 

This was easy, since she mostly feeds him things like fresh kale, lettuce, broccoli, green beans and other fresh veggies, plus freshly picked rose petals and dandelions from time-to-time, and on occasion little bits of fruit like watermelon or cantaloupe. 

Kathy would just put the turtle’s food into a bowl each day, and poured the colloidal silver over it and allowed it to soak for several hours. Then she poured the colloidal silver off and gave the food to King Tut.

He’s had no problem whatsoever eating the colloidal silver infused food. 

And guess what?  After only 30 days, we could see there were no longer mucous bubbles coming out of King Tut’s nose. 

His breathing was no longer labored at all.  And there was no more hissing sound as he breathed.  He was significantly more active as well. 

And to this day he’s a healthy, thriving tortoise with no further health problems, even though she quit soaking his food in colloidal silver many months ago.

Nothing New!

Once again, colloidal silver has proven itself to be a real life saver for pets.  And a money saver as well, considering the cost of expensive veterinarian bills.  But as experienced colloidal silver users know, this is nothing new. 

After all, in-the-know pet owners have been using colloidal silver to keep their pets healthy and infection-free for decades.  

Pets of All Kinds Respond to Colloidal Silver!

Yes, dog and cat owners routinely use colloidal silver to cure their pets of infections, ranging from the minor to the very serious

I also know of aquarium owners who use colloidal silver to cure their infected fish of “ich” (i.e., “white spot disease”) and other infections common to aquarium fish, simply by adding a few ounces of colloidal silver to the aquarium water.

I’ve heard from bird owners (Parakeets, Cockatiels, etc.) who have used colloidal silver to cure their birds of infections simply by putting some in their little water trough, and spraying it directly onto their feathers with a fine mist pump spray bottle.

I’ve had farmers and ranchers tell me they’ve been able to reduce the antibiotic drugs given to their cows and pigs by up to 65% simply by adding colloidal silver to their water troughs.

And in-the-know horse owners routinely use colloidal silver to cure infections of all kinds, including topical fungal infections, thrush infections in the horse’s feet, upper respiratory infections, and much more.

Learn More…

So frankly, it’s no wonder colloidal silver cured my wife’s pet tortoise, King Tut, of that nasty upper respiratory infection.

And it’s too bad more pet owners don’t know about this wondrous natural substance that, while not a cure-all by any means, so often heals infections like magic, both in humans as well as in pets! 

To learn more about making and using colloidal silver, just click the link.

Yours for the safe, sane and responsible use of colloidal silver,


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Important Note and Disclaimer:  The contents of this Ezine have not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration.  Information conveyed herein is from sources deemed to be accurate and reliable, but no guarantee can be made in regards to the accuracy and reliability thereof.  The author, Steve Barwick, is a natural health journalist with over 30 years of experience writing professionally about natural health topics.  He is not a doctor.  Therefore, nothing stated in this Ezine should be construed as prescriptive in nature, nor is any part of this Ezine meant to be considered a substitute for professional medical advice.  Nothing reported herein is intended to diagnose, treat, cure or prevent any disease.  The author is simply reporting in journalistic fashion what he has learned during the past 17 years of journalistic research into colloidal silver and its usage.  Therefore, the information and data presented should be considered for informational purposes only, and approached with caution.  Readers should verify for themselves, and to their own satisfaction, from other knowledgeable sources such as their doctor, the accuracy and reliability of all reports, ideas, conclusions, comments and opinions stated herein.  All important health care decisions should be made under the guidance and direction of a legitimate, knowledgeable and experienced health care professional.  Readers are solely responsible for their choices.  The author and publisher disclaim responsibility and/or liability for any loss or hardship that may be incurred as a result of the use or application of any information included in this Ezine. 

Copyright 2012 | Life & Health Research Group, LLC | PO Box 1239 | Peoria AZ 85380-1239 | All rights reserved

Monday, September 10, 2012

Colloidal Silver and Heliobacter pylori

The H. pylori bug that causes nausea, bloating, chronic heartburn, gastritis, gastric ulcers, duodenal ulcers and even stomach cancer is one of the most common stomach bugs in the world, and also one of the most stubborn.

More than half the world’s population is said to be infected by it.  And 80% of the people infected have no overt symptoms for years.  Worse yet, the pathogen is so hardy even prescription antibiotic drugs often fail to eradicate it when symptoms appear.

Many colloidal silver users say colloidal silver works phenomenally well against H. pylori, while others have had only limited success.  Here’s what I’ve learned know, so far… 

Hi, Steve Barwick here, for www.TheSilverEdge.com...

I’m frequently asked if colloidal silver is effective against H. pylori, the pesky, difficult-to-eradicate stomach bug know to cause chronic heartburn, ulcers and other stomach problems.
                          
Unfortunately, I haven’t seen any clinical studies specifically demonstrating colloidal silver to be effective against H. pylori.

However, one interesting study conducted in the 1950’s demonstrated that an oral colloidal silver product (i.e., colloidal silver oxide) was a highly effective treatment for peptic ulcers. Indeed, it cured ulcers in only nine days!

Keep in mind, this study was conducted several decades before medical science discovered that H. pylori is one of the most common causes of peptic ulcers! 

In other words, the only thing the researchers could conclude from their study was that the colloidal silver product healed the ulcers.  They most likely didn’t realize the silver was attacking the root cause of the ulcers, meaning the H. pylori bacterium!

Anecdotal Accounts

So have colloidal silver users experienced good results using colloidal silver against H. pylori?  Frankly, I’ve heard mixed results.  But here’s some of the good ones:

On the TurnAroundYourHealth.net web site under the section on treating H. pylori, it says:

Taking 1 teaspoonful of colloidal silver 3 times a day for 3 weeks is a well known and effective treatment for H. pylori without the use of antibiotics.”

And I found this confirming testimonial posted elsewhere on the internet recently:

“I was taking antibiotics frequently, for H pylori bacteria in my stomach. After each course of antibiotics, I used to feel good for some time. Then again I start feeling too much of gas in stomach and heart burns.

I checked on the internet for a natural antibiotic, and came across lots of colloidal silver sites. I bought a bottle of 5ppm colloidal silver from a health store and started taking one teaspoon three times a day.

After about a week, all my symptoms of excessive gas in the stomach and heartburn is almost cured. I am happy, that colloidal silver has worked for me. Now I am taking it daily.”

-- Ajeeth C.

So that’s some very good news.  Anecdotally, anyway, it seems that some people are having great success treating their H. pylori infections with small amounts of colloidal silver!

As natural health journalist Tony Isaacs has written on NaturalNews.com, “Colloidal silver helps kill the H. pylori bacteria and helps heal injured stomach tissues

The Key to Success?

A gentleman from Colorado supports the above claim.  He says he spent 12 years in a laboratory researching the uses of colloidal silver, and that one of the more difficult projects he was involved with was its effect on H. pylori.

He claims to have discovered that the key to success to beating an active H. pylori infection was in using colloidal silver on an empty stomach, at least three times a day:

“The trick is to take about 1 ounce on an empty stomach three times per day for about a week.

If you take it with anything else... It will bond with that and not work. If you add sugar... It will not work. If you take it only once a day it will not work.

But when we tested it by itself, on an empty stomach, three times per day, it dropped the H. Pylori titer down to un-measurable. Even months later.

I have since used it on a few friends with ulcers and it has dumb-founded the folks at the hospital because when they use the endoscope and see the ulcer and then the titer comes back for negative H. Pylori, they just shake their heads.

Then... of course, the ulcers heal very quickly and everyone is happy."

Mixed Results

Unfortunately, some people have written me to say that colloidal silver did not help them at all with H. pylori.  As one of them recently wrote to me:

I took colloidal silver daily, for six weeks straight.  It had no effect whatsoever on my H. pylori symptoms.” 

It’s very frustrating, of course, when you get mixed results from users, because you don’t know if the ones who experienced no relief at all were simply using a lousy brand of colloidal silver, or were not taking enough, or were taking it in combination with foods, or had stomach problems in addition to H. pylori that they didn’t know about. 

Here’s another potential reason for poor results: 

According to the Immunogenic Research Foundation, sub-species of 20 different pathogens have been shown to “exhibit various degrees of resistance to the bactericidal effects of silver-based drugs.” 

Unfortunately, among these 20 silver-resistant pathogens is a sub-species of H. pylori

While it’s extremely rare for a pathogen to be resistant to silver, it can happen.  So it’s quite possible that some people who fail to experience positive results when taking colloidal silver for H. pylori are infected with a rare, silver-resistant strain of the pathogen. 


Colloidal Silver and Pepto-Bismol

One person recently called to say he had an H. pylori infection that had been causing peptic ulcers.

He told me that by taking colloidal silver three times a day with the popular over-the-counter heartburn remedy, Pepto-Bismol, he had cured himself of the H. pylori infection, and his peptic ulcers healed up as well! 

That’s fascinating to me, because ever since doctors figured out that peptic ulcers are being caused by bacterial like H. pylori, they’ve began prescribing antibiotic drugs such as Flagyl and Amoxillin in combination with the gut-healing mineral bismuth

The antibiotic drugs are prescribed to kill the H. pylori pathogen, of course.  And the bismuth is prescribed to help soothe and heal the ulcers.   

Of course, as most people know, bismuth is the main ingredient in Pepto-Bismol, the famous gut-soothing over-the-counter remedy for heartburn, diarrhea, and more. 
So for cases of peptic ulcer and heartburn, combining a little bit of colloidal silver (for its antimicrobial benefits) with a little bit of Pepto-Bismol (for its bismuth content) seems like a no-brainer to me. 

And thankfully, combining the two has worked like a charm for some people, as I documented last year in my article Update to Colloidal Silver and Ulcers Post

Indeed, I was able to heal my own chronic heartburn – which can also be caused by H. pylori infection– by filling a shot glass half-and-half with Pepto-Bismol and colloidal silver, and drinking it down three times a day on an empty stomach. 

My theory is that this worked because the Pepto-Bismol/colloidal silver mixture is able to coat the infected area of the stomach, keeping the colloidal silver in contact with the colonies of pathogens longer than would be possible using colloidal silver by itself. 

While there’s no way to tell without blood tests, endoscopy or a clinical study whether or not the colloidal silver is actually killing the H. pylori pathogen and the Pepto-Bismol is healing the inflammation, it sure seems like this could be the case.

Other Combinations

I’ve also read that some people have had success against H. pylori using a combination of colloidal silver and the spice, turmeric. 

From what I’ve read, they take the turmeric orally in the form of commonly available tablets from the health food store, using the dosage recommended on the label.  And they simply wash it down with an ounce of colloidal silver each day.

Turmeric is highly antibacterial, of course.  And taking it with colloidal silver apparently provides a nice, one-two punch against H. pylori.  (Some people have recommended this combination for internal MRSA infections, as well.)

Other people have told me they use a raw unprocessed honey product like Manuka honey, along with colloidal silver.  Raw, unprocessed honey is highly antimicrobial.  And of course, so is the colloidal silver. 

Some colloidal silver users who claim to have cured their H. pylori infections have told me they take the colloidal silver at the start of each day, and the Manuka honey at the end of each day, with the goal, once again, of providing a daily antimicrobial one-two punch against the H. pylori pathogen.

Check With Your Doctor

Naturally, with stomach ailments you should always check with your doctor in case anything serious is going on. 

These are just some of the ideas I’ve heard over the years that have worked for other people battling against H. pylori infections. If you try any of these ideas, and they work for you, please let me know.

To learn more about making and using colloidal silver, just click the link. Meanwhile, I’ll be back next week with another great article!

Yours for the safe, sane and responsible use of colloidal silver,


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