You can mix colloidal
silver with other natural substances in order to make a variety of helpful
natural solutions such as a homemade fruit and vegetable wash…a home cure for
stubborn athlete’s foot…
…natural health and
beauty care products including homemade deodorant spray and homemade
mouthwash…a homemade antimicrobial gel for stubborn boils and other topical
infections…homemade antimicrobial soap…and much more!
Here are just a few
examples of the kinds of substances people mix with colloidal silver in order
to make their own helpful natural products for a variety of uses…
Hi,
Steve Barwick here, for TheSilverEdge.com…
One
of the most frequently asked questions I receive is this: “Can colloidal silver be mixed with other
substances?”
And
the answer, of course, in general, is “Yes!”
For
example, people use vinegar and colloidal silver together as a very effective
fruit and vegetable wash and disinfectant.
To learn how it’s done, read my article A Simple, Effective Colloidal Silver Fruit and Vegetable Wash at this link.
Colloidal silver can also be used with apple cider vinegar as an effective athlete's foot cure. For more specifics, see my article Colloidal Silver for Athlete’s Foot and Other Topical Fungal Infections at this link.
Colloidal silver can also be used with a variety of essential oils and other substances to make natural health and beauty care products, including a minty homemade mouthwash, a refreshing homemade aftershave, or even a homemade deodorant spray.
Learn
more by reading Angela Kaelin’s great article, Make Your Own Natural Health and Beauty Products Using Colloidal Silver
at this link.
Even More Examples
Experienced colloidal silver users also use colloidal silver in combination with antimicrobial essential oils (i.e., such as Tea Tree oil) for topical use as a "double whammy" against stubborn topical infections such as boils or even MRSA. Learn more by reading my article, An Unusual Colloidal Silver Remedy for Infected Boils in Inconvenient Places, at this link.
Experienced colloidal silver users also use colloidal silver in combination with antimicrobial essential oils (i.e., such as Tea Tree oil) for topical use as a "double whammy" against stubborn topical infections such as boils or even MRSA. Learn more by reading my article, An Unusual Colloidal Silver Remedy for Infected Boils in Inconvenient Places, at this link.
Some
people even mix colloidal silver with liquid soap in a pump dispenser to give
their favorite hand-soap powerful antimicrobial qualities. See my short video, Make Your Own Colloidal Silver Gel and Colloidal Silver Soap, at this link.
Finally,
people mix colloidal silver with a variety of natural oils or gels, such as
coconut oil, argan oil or aloe vera gel, to make all-natural germicidal topical
products. See my article, Germ-Busting Colloidal Silver Gels and
Creams at this link, and scroll down to
the section on “Making Your Own.”
General Rule-of-Thumb
On Mixing
The general rule-of-thumb when mixing colloidal silver with other substances is to make up the combination fresh for each use whenever possible.
Why?
Because
when colloidal silver is mixed with other substances, over the course of time
it can begin to oxidize, or even bond with other constituents of the substance
you’ve mixed it with, and lose potency as a result.
Sometimes,
there’s not enough potency loss to make a big difference. But sometimes there is, depending upon the
substance being mixed with the colloidal silver and whether or not specific constituents
of that substance tend to interfere with the antimicrobial activity of the silver
over time.
So,
for example, when mixing colloidal silver with vinegar to create a natural,
disinfectant fruit and vegetable wash, you should probably consider making up a
fresh mixture each time since the acidity in vinegar tends to oxidize silver
more quickly than other substances would.
After
all, it only takes a few seconds to mix a fresh batch of your colloidal silver
and vinegar wash. And you'll enjoy
maximum potency and effectiveness from the silver by mixing the wash up fresh
each time. If you were to use the same
batch you mixed a week earlier, it might not be nearly as potent as mixing a
fresh batch.
But when making things like a personal natural
deodorant, a natural minty mouthwash or a refreshing natural aftershave by
mixing colloidal silver with other substances (see earlier link to Angela
Kaelin’s article), most users agree you can go as long as one week without having
to mix up a fresh batch.
Some
people prefer to make only three days’ worth at a time just to be sure they’re
getting maximum antimicrobial potency from the silver.
The
bottom line, general speaking, is that the fresher-made the combination is, and
the sooner it's used, the more potency and effectiveness the silver will maintain.
On
the other hand, when mixing colloidal silver into liquid soaps and shampoos,
the silver seems to maintain its potency very well over long periods of
time. Apparently, certain constituents
of soap make for good carriers of silver, rather than acting as neutralizing
agents.
That’s
why I never fail to add colloidal silver to my favorite shampoo, and to my
favorite bathroom countertop liquid soap dispenser!
Controversy
There is some controversy over the idea that mixing colloidal silver with other substances can negate the effectiveness of the silver over time.
There is some controversy over the idea that mixing colloidal silver with other substances can negate the effectiveness of the silver over time.
Indeed,
in many cases there appears to be very little loss of silver’s potency at all,
even over long periods of time. And this
appears to be borne out at least several clinical studies.
For
example, one study has shown that when small amounts of silver is used as a
disinfectant agent in "multiple dose products" such as cosmetics or
pharmaceutical preparations, the silver continues to work over time, "even
in the presence of strong interfering additives."
In
other words, the silver particles still demonstrate antimicrobial effectiveness
in spite of the presence of ingredients that should interfere with it.
Here's a quote from the study:
Here's a quote from the study:
"The wide antimicrobial spectrum, the
high microbicidal potency, the good water solubility and the safety of anodic
silver, therefore, provide an encouraging background to the investigation of
the use of this ion as a preservative in pharmaceutical or cosmetic
formulations...
The high rate of kill of anodic silver is
very useful to ensure a rapid reduction of microorganisms. However, the
effectiveness of silver in keeping the number of surviving organisms at less
than 0.01% of the starting inoculum after repeated inocula, even in the
presence of strong interfering additives, appears the most interesting feature
for its possible use as a preserving agent in multiple-dose products".
--
Scalzo, M., et al. 1996. Antimicrobial activity of electrochemical silver ions
in nonionic surfactant solutions and in model dispersions. Journal of Pharmacy
and Pharmacology, 48, 60-63.
[From the "What the Experts Say About
Colloidal Silver" page at www.TheSilverEdge.com]
What
that basically says is that when manufacturers use ionic silver in cosmetics or
in pharmaceutical products as a disinfectant and preservative to help prevent
the product from becoming contaminated with bacteria, the silver is able to
keep the number of surviving microbes down to less than 0.01% even after the product has been used
repeatedly, and even if the product contains “strong interfering additives.”
So
the good news is that if you make an all-natural mouthwash, for example, using
colloidal silver and other natural ingredients, and you still have some left
over after a week or so, it should still be good to use!
What to Watch For
Just
be sure to watch for signs that the colloidal silver you’ve mixed with another
substance isn’t being neutralized, oxidized or otherwise degenerated over the
course of time.
For
example, if the solution you’ve made is turning gray, cloudy or murky looking,
this is a sure sign the silver particles have lost their electrical charge and
are oxidizing and falling out of suspension, or agglomerating with other
constituents in the solution you’ve mixed.
That’s when it’s time to mix a new, fresh batch.
As
I’ve mentioned previously, to insure maximum potency of the silver, most
experienced colloidal silver users agree that fresh batches of such homemade natural
products should be made for each individual use.
The
exceptions are in cases of mixing colloidal silver with liquid soaps or
shampoos (in which cases silver seems to maintain potency indefinitely), some
gels (such as Aloe Vera gel, in which colloidal silver seems to maintain
potency indefinitely) or in making a natural mouthwash or underarm deodorant
spray (in which case experienced users generally make no more than one week’s
worth at a time).
Just
keep your eye on your homemade solutions to make sure there’s no discoloration in
them that would indicate the silver particles are agglomerating or oxidizing
and falling out of suspension and thereby losing their potency.
Make Your Own
Colloidal Silver and Save!
Of
course, store-bought colloidal silver can be awfully expensive. Prices average $20 to $30 for a tiny,
four-ounce bottle in most health food stores.
That
makes it very expensive to use colloidal
silver in homemade vegetable washes, foot soaks, deodorants, mouthwashes, etc.,
considering that you might need to use several ounces or more of colloidal
silver at a time in such mixtures.
But
if you make your own
high-quality colloidal silver with a brand new Micro-Particle Colloidal
Silver Generator from The Silver Edge, you’ll never pay more than 36 cents a quart for colloidal
silver. (Learn more by clicking the link
in this paragraph.)
That
makes it unbelievably inexpensive to
use colloidal silver any time you want
to make a wide variety of highly beneficial, all-natural household
products.
For
example, as mentioned last week in Jodi Todd’s guest article, Colloidal Silver: the Safe, Natural, Non-Toxic Home
Disinfectant,
you can even make a superb deodorizer for your carpets, drapes or other
household items simply by filling a full-size plastic spray bottle with a 10
ppm solution of colloidal silver, and mixing in a few drops of Gardenia or
Lavender essential oil. Spray it on carpets or drapes to disinfect them, and
leave behind an intoxicating aroma.
Or,
as I reported in my article, 12 Most Unusual Uses for Colloidal Silver, some people make
their own homemade spray starch for ironing clothing, by mixing one cup of
distilled water with a tablespoon of colloidal silver and a teaspoonful of corn
starch.
The
silver prevents the corn starch from going bad in the water. The result?
Nice, crisply ironed clothing every time. And you don’t have to pay through the nose
for expensive store-bought spray starches!
In
that same article, I pointed out that many people claim they can keep a bouquet
of fresh cut flowers alive longer simply by mixing three tablespoons of sugar
to the flower water, along with two tablespoons of 10 ppm colloidal
silver.
The
sugar provides nutrients to help nourish the flowers and keep them alive
longer, while the silver destroys bacteria that can invade the plant stems. Cut flowers seem to absolutely thrive in this
unusual solution!
As
natural health writer Angela Kaelin points out in her great article, Colloidal
Silver for Canning and Food Preservation, you can even mix
colloidal silver into foods you plan on canning, pickling or preserving, to
give them a longer shelf life by preventing bacterial contamination.
Believe
it or not, some people even mix a standard oral dosage of colloidal silver with
equal parts of whisky, vodka or red wine when they have a viral infection. Then they squeeze some fresh lemon or lime
into the mix before drinking it.
Why
would they do such a thing?
As
colloidal silver expert Anders Sultan explains, it’s because cold and flu
viruses are lipid-coated viruses. That
means they have an outer fatty coating that’s difficult for silver to
penetrate, and therefore makes them difficult to kill.
But
by adding a tiny bit of alcohol and citrus juice to a standard oral dose of colloidal
silver before drinking it, that lipid-coating around the virus can be
dissolved, and as a result the silver can more easily reach the virus and kill
it!
You
can learn more about this nifty little flu-busting trick in my article, Beating the Winter Cold and Flu Season With Colloidal
Silver.
The
bottom line is that when you make your own high-quality colloidal silver with a brand new
Micro-Particle Colloidal Silver Generator from The Silver Edge, there’s
literally no limit to the beneficial
uses for colloidal silver you can find.
Click
on the link in the above paragraph to learn more about how easy it is to make
your own colloidal silver for less than
36 cents a quart.
Meanwhile,
I’ll be back next week with another great article on colloidal silver…
Yours
for the safe, sane and responsible
use of colloidal silver,
Steve
Barwick, author
The Ultimate Colloidal Silver Manual
The Ultimate Colloidal Silver Manual
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