Inflammatory bowel
diseases including various forms of colitis seem to be becoming endemic in the
population.
The CDC estimates, for
example, that some 1.3 million people in the U.S. alone now suffer from colitis
and other inflammatory bowel diseases, and that between nine and 12 people per
every 100,000 people per year end up with inflammatory bowel disease in
the U.S.
Colitis can be acute,
but self-limiting. Or it can be chronic,
which is to say, persistent and ongoing.
What’s more, it can be
triggered or exacerbated by infections such as E. coli, Salmonella, C.
difficile, Shigella spp, Yersinia enterocolitis, Aeromonas spp, or Campylobacter
(which is associated with an eight to 10 times higher risk of developing
ulcerative colitis), or certain intestinal parasites.
Additionally, it can
be associated with autoimmune or genetic factors.
Is colloidal silver
helpful for colitis and other inflammatory bowel diseases? Here’s what we know so far…
Hi, Steve Barwick here, for The Silver Edge…
I’m continually asked whether or not colloidal silver might
be an effective remedy for the various forms of colitis and the painful
flare-ups involved.
Unfortunately, there are to my knowledge zero clinical studies demonstrating
silver to be effective against colitis or other inflammatory bowel and
intestinal diseases.
However, a number of people have posted online that they‘ve
found colloidal silver to be very helpful for these types of conditions.
Previously, I posted an article on Colloidal
Silver and Crohn's Disease to The Silver Edge website, which includes
several lengthy testimonials from Crohn's sufferers who found profound relief
after using colloidal silver.
If you suffer from Crohn’s disease, you might want to read
it.
What About Colitis?
Over the years I've also received a small handful of
testimonials (anecdotal accounts) from people suffering from various forms of
colitis. Here's one of the latest:
"I have ulcerative colitis and it has proven to be successful in ending
flare-ups by using colloidal silver in an enema. I also use it as a cleaning
agent in the kitchen & bathroom.
Thank you for providing the endless opportunities and uses for your
product.”
-- Philip S., Littlerock, CA
That's interesting, because the gentleman is apparently gaining
relief from colitis flare-ups by using colloidal silver rectally.
However, since I’ve never used colloidal silver rectally, I can’t
comment with any degree of authority on this particular usage beyond what the
anecdotal account above states.
Another colitis sufferer posted something similar on
the IHaveUC.com website. She wrote:
“I was diagnosed with UC five years ago at the age of 24. According to
the colonoscopy 70% of my colon was inflamed and full of ulcers…”
[She went on to describe how she’d
used Vitamin E enemas of up to 8,000 IUs per day for about two weeks to help
stop the flare-ups and provide relief.
They worked at first, but later stopped working. So she switched to colloidal silver after
reading that pathogenic microbes might be at the root of her problem. And the colloidal silver treatment did the
trick. Here’s what she wrote:]
“The only thing I could think of at this point that I hadn’t tried for ulcerative colitis was colloidal silver. I had come across it while researching other things and had bought it for treating flu. It did help with flu and my mother was especially happy as it was the first thing that stopped her lip herpes from coming out.
“The only thing I could think of at this point that I hadn’t tried for ulcerative colitis was colloidal silver. I had come across it while researching other things and had bought it for treating flu. It did help with flu and my mother was especially happy as it was the first thing that stopped her lip herpes from coming out.
“Having
done micro-enemas, I decided to try micro-enemas with colloidal silver.
For
1 week, I used approximately 25 ml of colloidal silver after bowel movements.
Lied down for 15 min to ensure it stays in…
“After
3 days my stool got harder and bigger and there was no blood. I thought this is
probably the bacteria in my intestines being killed…
“By
the 7th day I could barely go to the toilet and it really hurt. I stopped and
started drinking kefir twice a day. 3-4 days later my stools started going back
to normal. Still no blood or mucus.
“I
ate the foods that previously affected me and even drank a bit of alcohol on
two occasions (less than half a glass though). Nothing!
“After
a month and a half I took my stool to test for occult blood which had been
positive since I was diagnosed. They tested it three times and found no occult
blood.
“Now
I eat normally. I do eat healthy but I eat without thinking though somewhat
cautious. I decided to do another 7 days of colloidal silver just to ensure
that there is nothing that should be dead but isn’t. It’s second day and my
stool was already harder than yesterday.
“This
time I am taking olive leaf extract instead of wild oregano oil which is
another natural antibiotic.
“It’s the first time in the past 12 months
that there is no blood or mucus. I was constantly on and off.
“I
don’t claim to have been cured or anything but if there is anyone out there
willing to give it a shot, I am really interested and hopeful to see if they
get the same results as me.
“I
think just colloidal silver enema will be more than enough. Make sure to
supplement it with a probiotic afterwards. I really hope it will help someone
out there. 25 ml, once a day with an
enema syringe or whatever else you find.”
When asked to explain more about how she gave herself the
colloidal silver enemas, she wrote as follows:
“Well to be honest I just used a dropper I had from another liquid
vitamin bottle that I’d finished. I washed that with hot water (no soap) and
used it.
“You
can definitely use a baby nasal syringe or something similar. I bought a 200ml
bottle of colloidal silver from Higher Nature, but I believe any brand will
work. I just found this one and divided
it into approximate 25 ml doses over 8 days right after my bowel movement.
“It
should take about 5 minutes max and then you must lie on your left side for
about 15 minutes. Also, I’d suggest using some Vaseline on the tip of the
dropper or syringe you are going to use.
“In
the afternoon or evening I drank kefir but you can take a probiotic if that
works for you.”
Another ulcerative colitis sufferer wrote:
“I tried the colloidal silver enema in the morning for two weeks now. It
has helped reduce the bleeding by about 30%. It did not completely alleviate it
as it did with you but at least it’s move in the right direction so I’ll
continue for a while.”
And another ulcerative colitis sufferer who tried this same
method wrote:
“I wanted to give you an update. The vit E enemas turned out to be a
dead end so I moved on to the colloidal silver enemas. I did not get the rapid
results you did, and ended up doing 2 weeks.
By
the end of the two weeks, the blood was 90% gone which is great but still no
full remission. The good news is I have maintained this level even after
stopping the enemas.”
So the colloidal silver enema technique clearly works better for some colitis sufferers than for others. And this may have a lot to do with whether or not an active infection is involved in the disease process.
Colloidal silver, of course, is a well-known natural antimicrobial
substance, considered by some to be the most powerful natural
infection-fighting agent in the world.
But in cases where the ulcerative colitis might be originating
from genetic or auto-immune factors, then silver’s well-known anti-inflammatory
properties might still provide at least some relief since inflammation is such
a large part of the disease process.
Most of the people using colloidal silver enemas for colitis
say that afterwards they’d also supplement with a good probiotic supplement, or
with natural probiotic foods like yogurt, homemade kefir or even sour cabbage
(i.e., fermented veggies).
The reason for the supplementation with probiotics is to
help restore to the bowels any beneficial intestinal microbes that might have
been killed by the colloidal silver enemas.
According to an article
titled “10 Top Items for Addressing Ulcerative Colitis Naturally,” which
appeared on NaturalNews.com and was written by our old friend and investigative
reporter Tony Isaacs:
“Colloidal silver combined with probiotics can be very effective against
ulcerative colitis.
Colloidal
silver helps eliminate bad intestinal bacteria as well as any other pathogens
which have invaded the affected areas.
Colloidal
silver also aids healing.
Since
colloidal silver may also eliminate beneficial bacteria, it is essential to
take probiotics separate from the colloidal silver.
Probiotics
are themselves among the most popular inflammatory bowel disease remedies.
Friendly
bacteria that reside in the gut help manage ulcerative colitis because
they help control the number of potentially harmful bacteria, reduce
inflammation, and improve the protective mucus lining of the gut.
A
University of Alberta study found that probiotic supplementation of 3,600
billion bacteria a day for 6 weeks resulted in 53 percent of the patients
having remission and another 24 percent having noticeable improvement.”
What Tony’s talking about in his article is the theory of
competitive inhibition. After you use
colloidal silver to get rid of the pathogens, you want to restore the levels of
beneficial microbes in your intestinal tract through probiotic
supplementation.
In other words, the good bacteria tend to outcompete any
disease-causing microbes that might still be in the intestinal tract, keeping
them from forming large colonies, spreading and exacerbating the colitis
condition.
What the Experts Are
Saying
In an older edition of Dr. Balch's bestselling book, Prescriptions for Natural Healing, he
wrote (in the section describing various health conditions that respond
favorably to colloidal silver usage) that silver could be used both orally or
"applied topically" for ulcerative colitis. He stated, on page 667:
Ulcerative Colitis – “A natural broad-spectrum antiseptic that
fights infection, subdues inflammation, and promotes healing. Can be taken by
mouth or applied topically.”
Colitis is also mentioned as one of the conditions for which
colloidal silver had been found useful before the advent of prescription
antibiotic drugs.
See, for example, this list of 109 different infections and
diseases for which colloidal silver was used by doctors back in the early 1900’s.
And There’s More…
What's more, Alfred Searles, in his circa 1920's book, The Use of Colloids in Health and Disease,
wrote that taking colloidal silver orally can be helpful for colitis as well as
for other bowel and intestinal inflammatory conditions. Searles stated:
"Taken
internally, the particles of colloidal silver are resistant to the action of
dilute acids and alkalies of the stomach and consequently...pass into the
intestine unchanged. The importance of this is obvious in such conditions as
ulcerative urticaria...dermatitis... dysentery, diarrhea and colitis."
Finally, the American Academy of Anti-Aging Medicine
mentioned colitis in one of their bulletins, explaining that it’s one of the
conditions colloidal silver has been helpful against in the past. They wrote:
"Among the conditions colloidal silver has controlled are severe burns,
acne, boils, candida and yeast infections, chronic fatigue syndrome, digestive
problems and colitis... however these uses of colloidal silver are not
clinically proven."
And that's the
issue:
Colloidal silver has not
been clinically proven for any medical treatment. But some people suffering from inflammatory
bowel diseases have indeed found it to be of benefit. That might make it worth trying, just to
see.
However, from a strictly layman’s point-of-view, I'd
recommend that if you have colitis and you choose to try oral doses of colloidal
silver, you start small, using only typical mineral supplementation doses
(i.e., only a teaspoonful several times a day at first) to make sure it doesn't
irritate the issue.
Everybody's biologically different. What helps one person might not help
another. And there are always rare
subsets of people who don’t handle nutritional supplements well, or whose
conditions might be exacerbated by a supplement.
By starting small, you can judge whether or not there’s any
relief, and titrate the dosage upwards, gradually, a teaspoon full at a time, until
the best relief is found.
You might also want to obtain a copy of the 30-page Colloidal Silver Safe
Dosage Report, which is available FREE by email, and which explains how to determine
your maximum safe daily dosage rate based on your body weight and the ppm of
the colloidal silver product you’re using.
And of course, if you’re adventurous, you might consider
trying the colloidal silver enemas, as described above by people who have
successfully used them.
Finally, since the various forms of colitis are very serious
conditions, should you decide to try colloidal silver you should definitely let
your specialist know what you’re doing.
That way, he (or she) can monitor your progress.
Where
to Obtain High-Quality Colloidal Silver
Colloidal
silver is available in almost every health food store in America. It's also available online at
Amazon.com or SwansonVitamins.com, or many other websites.
Some
people prefer the Sovereign Silver brand, at a 10 ppm concentration. And others prefer the ASAP Colloidal
Silver brand, at 24 ppm concentration. They're
both widely considered to be excellent choices.
If you try colloidal silver and
find that it helps you overcome your Crohn’s symptoms, you’ll then likely want
to look into purchasing a home colloidal
silver generator so
you can make your own colloidal silver for less
than 36 cents a quart, rather than paying $20 or $30 for a tiny four-ounce
bottle at health food stores.
By
making your own high-quality colloidal silver so inexpensively, you’ll also be
able to use colloidal silver for its many disinfectant qualities, such
as:
- Spray colloidal silver onto kitchen counter tops to kill germs, mold, mildew and other microbes
- Soak your store-bought fruits and vegetables in it to eradicate potentially harmful bacteria and fungus from the food surfaces
- Clean and decontaminate faucets, door knobs, and other contact surfaces such as your kitchen cutting board or that filthy blade on your kitchen can opener
- Add a couple of ounces to your daily laundry as a natural antiseptic agent that will keep clothes, bath towels, dish rags, and other fabrics fresh and germ-free for weeks on end
- Soak your toothbrush in it to prevent microbial contamination
- Spray it around sinks, bathtubs and other surfaces to stop mold and mildew in its tracks
- Spray it topically onto cuts and burns for prevention of infection and to stimulate rapid wound healing
- Add it to your pet’s water bowl to resolve internal infections and help prevent illness
- Gargle with it to eradicate sore throats
- Put it into a spray atomizer and sniff it up your nose to eliminate sinus infections
- Add a drop or two into your eyes to stop Pink Eye or styes in a single afternoon
- Spray your store-bought meats and other fresh foods with colloidal silver before refrigerating, to kill any nasty pathogens such as MRSA on the food surfaces
And, of
course, you can safely use colloidal silver internally to stop colds and flu in their tracks…
alleviate intestinal infections…stop urinary tract infections…cure upper
respiratory infections…wipe out infection-based prostate problems…and much,
much more!
Get
Educated
- To learn how tens of thousands of people are curing their own infections with safe, natural colloidal silver, see the real-life colloidal silver success stories at this link.
- To learn how truly simple it is to make your own high-quality colloidal silver for less than 36 cents a quart, click here.
- To learn what makes the Micro-Particle Colloidal Silver Generator superior to conventional colloidal silver generators, click here.
- To save $100 on a new Micro-Particle Colloidal Silver Generator, click here.
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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