Ringworm is a topical skin
condition that causes a red, crusted, scaly-appearing rash that’s often
circular in form, erroneously causing people to believe a worm is
involved.
Known medically as
tinea (which is Latin for “worm”), it can also cause blister-like lesions. And when found on the head, its symptoms can
include scaling of the scalp and even patches of hair loss.
Occurring most often areas
with warm, moist climates, it’s highly contagious and can be passed from person
to person by physical contact, or by sharing combs, brushes and other personal
care items, or even clothing.
Ringworm affects
millions of people each year in the United States, and tens of millions more
worldwide, including millions of children.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has called it “a major
public health concern.”
But what exactly is
ringworm? And is colloidal silver known
to be an effective treatment for this contagious skin condition? Here’s the scoop you need to know…
Hi, Steve Barwick here for The Silver Edge…
Ringworm is not really a worm. It's a fungal
pathogen – a microscopic dermatophyte that lives off the dead outer layer
of your skin.
So ringworm is a topical fungal infection.
According to Wikipedia,
symptoms of ringworm include:
- Red, scaly, itchy or raised patches
- Patches may be redder on outside edges or resembles a ring
- Patches that begins to ooze or develop blister
- Bald patches may develop, when the scalp is affected
- On nail it may be thicker discolored or begin to crack
Wikipedia goes on
to say, “To prevent spreading the infection, lesions should not be touched, and
good hygiene maintained with washing of hands and the body.”
Ringworm is generally treated with prescription antifungal
medications that can be used either topically or orally, usually for six to
eight weeks. However, the effects of
these medications for some people can be toxic over time.
Colloidal Silver to
the Rescue
Thankfully, colloidal silver is considered to be very
effective against fungal infections, including ringworm.
According to Phyllis
A Balch CNC and James F Balch M.D., authors of the bestselling book, Prescription
For Nutritional Healing, treating ringworm with colloidal silver is
quite simple:
“To treat ringworm, use a sterile pad and apply colloidal silver to the
affected area. Hands and feet can also be soaked in this solution, a natural
antibiotic that destroys some 650 different microorganisms."
-- Prescription For Nutritional
Healing by Phyllis A Balch CNC and James F Balch MD, pg 388
According to natural health experts, there are other ways to
use colloidal silver to treat ringworm.
Many people have found that simply spraying the affected
area of the skin four or five times a day with 10 ppm colloidal silver and
allowing it to air dry each time before putting clothes back over the affected
area will knock out a ringworm infection in under a week.
Experts say the topical treatment with colloidal silver
should be continued for seven days after
the ringworm infection has disappeared, in order to help prevent recurrence.
People treating ringworm with colloidal silver generally
also drink a tablespoon to an ounce of colloidal silver a day, depending upon
body weight. (To learn how to establish a safe daily dosage of colloidal
silver, get a copy of the Colloidal Silver Safe
Dosage Report, available FREE by email).
For faster relief of larger ringworm infections, some people soak a gauze pad in 10 ppm colloidal silver, lay it over the affected area of the skin, and then put a baggy or Saran Wrap over it and tape it down, changing out the wet gauze pad twice a day.
An even simpler method is to purchase a good colloidal
silver gel or colloidal silver cream, and apply it to the affected area of skin
several times a day. Some good commercial
brands are:
- ASAP Ultimate Skin & Body Care Gel (contains 24 ppm colloidal silver)
- SilverPure Cream (with 35,000 ppm nanosilver)
- Curad Silver Solution Gel (55 ppm silver chloride)
The ASAP gel is generally available on Amazon.com or at
SwansonVitamins.com.
The SilverPure Cream is significantly more expensive
(because of the far higher silver content) but is considered by users to be
unbeatable for truly stubborn topical issues. It's available at SilverPure.com.
The Curad Silver Solution Gel is generally available in
local pharmacies, and also on Amazon.com.
There are many other good commercial colloidal silver gels
available, and you can read about them in my previous article, Germ-Busting
Colloidal Silver Gels and Creams.
Or, you can make your own colloidal silver gel following the
instructions in this short video: Make
Your Own Colloidal Silver Gel and Colloidal Silver Soap
Stubborn Cases
Another method some people have found to be very effective
for extremely stubborn cases of ringworm is to take a small empty shot glass
and put a dollop of ASAP Ultimate Skin & Body Care Gel (i.e., a glob of it
about half the size of a marble).
Then add four drops of a good, high-quality Tea Tree Oil
(i.e., Melaleuca oil) and use a plastic spoon or other clean implement to mix
it together really well in the shot glass.
The gel will turn from clear color to whitish color in the
process of being mixed with the Tea Tree Oil.
A small amount of this mixture is then applied two or three
times a day to the affected areas of the skin (being careful to stay away from
the eyes, as Tea Tree Oil can be a bit caustic and will definitely burn the
eyes).
Put a piece of Saran Wrap or other covering over the shot
glass to keep your mixture fresh for repeated use throughout the day.
You can judge how long to keep applying it to the affected
area simply by watching the skin condition clear up. When it's clear, stop
using it. But continue to spray a good liquid colloidal silver product on the
previously affected area for another seven days, to prevent recurrence.
Experts tell me they’ve never seen this mixture fail to work
on stubborn ringworm and other fungal skin infections. But if you don't see
significant clearing of the condition beginning within three days of using this
mixture three times a day, then you'll have to switch to something else.
Another frequently mentioned home remedy is to disinfect the
area around the site of the ringworm infection with vinegar. Then further wash
the site with liquid colloidal silver. Then apply tea tree oil unmixed with any
other substance.
(Again, experts say you need to be very careful about getting Tea Tree Oil too near the eyes. And don’t touch the treated area with the
hands and then touch near the eyes. If Tea Tree oil gets into the eyes,
thoroughly rinsing the eyes with water will help, but many experts claim that
rinsing the eyes with milk is even more effective, as the fats in the milk
cling to the caustic oils in the Tea Tree oil and rinse it out of the eyes
faster than water can. Naturally, a
visit to the local Urgent Care Center might be necessary if Tea Tree oil gets
into the eyes and cannot be sufficiently rinsed out.)
The Experts Agree
Regardless of which method of treatment you use, the
consensus of experts is that colloidal silver is extremely effective against
ringworm.
Indeed, way back in 1920 Alfred B. Searle, author of Use of Colloids in Health and Disease
wrote, “Colloidal silver has been used
with marked success in treatment of ringworm of body, tinea versicolor, soft
sores, pustular eczema of the scalp and pubes…”
And even earlier than that, in 1912, the British medical
journal Lancet stated that colloidal
silver had been used successfully to treat ringworm and other fungal skin
conditions.
More recently, the American Academy of Anti-Aging Medicine stated
in their Physician & Practitioner Administered Procedures and Therapies, “Among the conditions colloidal silver has
controlled are severe burns, acne, boils, candida and yeast infections, chronic
fatigue syndrome, digestive problems and colitis, ear and sinus infections,
herpes, shingles, lupus, malaria, viral and fungal infections, blood parasites,
rheumatoid arthritis, and ringworm.”
And in a clinical study
titled, “Antifungal effect of silver nanoparticles on dermatophytes,” published
in 2008 the prestigious Journal of
Microbiology and Biotechnology, researchers demonstrated that silver
nanoparticles were even more effective than prescription antifungal drugs in
the treatment of Trichophyton species
of fungus – the most common cause of athlete’s foot, jock itch, ringworm, and
hair and nail fungal infections in humans.
To learn more about silver’s powerful antifungal properties,
see:
Learn
to Make Your Own
Colloidal
Silver for Pennies…
Colloidal
silver can be purchased at just about any local health food store, or through a
number of online sources including Amazon.com.
However,
it’s quite literally one of the most expensive and heavily marked-up natural
supplements in existence.
Health
food store owners, for example, often charge as much as $20-$30 for a tiny
four-ounce bottle. Yet the
cost to manufacture four ounces of colloidal silver is about 12 cents. Yes, I said twelve cents.
Thankfully,
there’s no need to pay such exorbitant prices for colloidal silver, when you
can make your own, quickly and easily, in the comfort and privacy of your own
home, for about 36 cents a
quart.
Yes, you can make it yourself for its actual cost, and altogether skip the high mark-ups at health food stores!
Yes, you can make it yourself for its actual cost, and altogether skip the high mark-ups at health food stores!
If
you’re interested in learning how to make your own high-quality colloidal
silver at home, for about 36
cents a quart, here are some additional short articles you might want to
take a look at:
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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