Well firstly I suppose you must establish that you have a need for silver.
How big is that need? Do you catch simple common complaints easily? Do you
have rashes, do you have fungal problems? If you are such a person then how
 much you need on a continuing basis to take is indicated by your lessening
or increasing problems or in other words your judgement about your state of
health. Sort of knowing your personal position.  There is a natural level
of silver  that should be in the body but that will be getting regularly
utilised if you have these problems. But again, if you are such a person
then your overall condition is not in balance and perhaps you should sit
down and list all the problems that you appear to have.  From this personal
 list, you or a good Naturopath would be able to determine other probably
mineral deficiencies. The minerals are the backbone of health/nutrition and
frequently they can be  sourced from herbs.   Mineral imbalance will block
out the function of many groups of enzymes. Enzymes for digestion, for
types of vitality, for repairs, for defence against free radicals etc etc.
The whole system is really so designed to be doing these things
continually.  Silver in its own right does this kind of thing too but it is
incompatible as a co-factor where other minerals are called for. All the
enzymes which are the doers (not the silver) need their appropriate co
factors.  Hope that helps.  It would take pages of discussion to answer
your whole question. I think the basics have to be understood first.
Regards,
Robert Beasley
| 
|    There's a reason for everything. The reason for the Argyria effect
| was they were using ground silver in water and filtering out the largest 
| particals that they could at the time and using HIGH-frequent doses. 
|    Like Gary said, CS like all antibotics wasn't ment to be used for
extended 
| periods of time. Especially not in high doses. High doses should only be
used 
| in serious infections and a short period of time. Then reduced to small
| doses to keep the infection down or kill it.