---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, <no_re...@yahoogroups.com> wrote :
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, <awoelflebater@...> wrote : ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, <steve.sundur@...> wrote : In other words Sal, you're going to take your ball, and leave because you didn't get your way. There must be a good British term for this. Oh well, all I know is that it works on my husband's split fingers in the winter like nothing else can. How do you know it works like nothing else can? I know that it works within 8 hours so it works as well as anything else could because even if something else could close the splits in the same amount of time which is, granted, possible 8 hours is fast enough. Certainly he could get scientific about it and keep experimenting with other topical ointments but he doesn't want to bother because he is not conducting an experiment, he is just looking for quick relief. It works great on skin issues with my horses, it cleared up your two decade old psoriasis and Alex has found it apparently useful enough to have concocted a home brew that he swears by. I guess Sal is just someone who requires regimented documentation before he'll dip his toe into some metaphorical medicinal pool. "Just" someone? So you would willingly take something without checking it out first? Like the people who sued the TMO for lead poisoning didn't? Nope, I will always check out information on a product but in my experience just because something is endorsed by the pharmacist or an ad on TV or some internet site doesn't mean I believe it. I need to look at the ingredients, read up on them, talk to others who have taken it and then assess it in my own mind after weighing all the evidence available to me. It helps if no one died using a particular medicine, that weighs heavily in its favor. I may well have tried any type of folk medicine once, it all seems so innocent but there have proven to be risks with at least some remedies and most are inert placebo's, and as I keep patiently pointing out it doesn't matter that it's a placebo it will still work, it just has a different active ingredient to the one you think. Silver has anti-bacterial properties, it is considered to have risks that outweigh the benefits and there are better products freely available. What else does anyone need to know? I fail to see where topical application of colloidal silver causes health risks, but I'll do a little more research. PS, Do not drink it. See above. Only scientifically-verified documentation and rigorous testing for him. I personally wish I had more faith in the scientific method as well as allopathic medicine. That is such a dumb statement, maybe you want to try understanding scientific method first? Not dumb at all, how is claiming that one would like a better understanding of and thus a deeper faith in something "dumb"? You just seem to be getting all hot under the collar because others seem willing to embrace things that haven't necessarily gone through the rigors of testing that you believe, personally, are valid. It would be so much easier to believe wholeheartedly as long as it has the scientist certified seal of approval. Duh... Again, not "duh. What I am saying is that I don't have a lot of faith in how drugs are tested nor do I believe that research over time won't uncover other truths. Consequently I don't believe wholeheartedly in very much that is dependent on the verification by fallible human beings, or those who have a vested interest financially or otherwise in promoting a product. It's great that you endorse so heartily science and its ability to not miss important data or which can uncover some absolute truth about a thing but I haven't gotten there yet. I have seen too many "facts" turned on their head over time.
