Rudimentary is the word, all right! On the website he says, "Colloidal silver and sulfur mix is the best antibiotic known to man and it is so easy and almost free to make it by the gallons with 2 little pieces of silver. If it be a silver coin, sterling silver table utensil, or a piece of silver bar and you need 2 pieces of melted sulfur powder to convert it back into its heavy metal state."
Sulfur can come in many forms but he doesn't mention what form he uses. If it smells "like sulfur" it isn't elemental sulfur, BTW. Elemental sulfur is odorless. Also, using silverware or silver coins is probably not the best assurance of purity. :) But all that aside, the short answer is he's likely creating (or trying to create) silver sulfide. I honestly do not know whether it is wise to ingest that, but I do know it has been used by some people who swear by it, and it is considered excellent for topical use on burn victims. I believe it was marketed by pharmaceutical companies also, before they got into their patent schemes. I think Silvadine ( a prescription moisturizer cream) contains it. My mother swears Silvadine stopped her eczema, which I know she had pretty badly for many years. I have no reason to doubt her. On Mon, 6 Oct 2008 09:58:08 -0400 "Peter Converse" <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > Hi All, > > I am putting this back on the list in hopes that someone can answer > my question about colloidal silver/suphur. Is there anyone here with > any knowledge or interest in this subject having a chemistry > background? > > I ran across this website: http://www.leesfountainofyouth.com/ > operated by an elderly man who believes that a colloidal > silver/sulphur solution is the "best antibiotic known to man". He has > some rudimentary instructions for making it on his site. I am > wondering if the more versed among us in chemistry can comment on > what is likely to be created with this method and whether such a > concoction would be safe to ingest for anything other than sporadic > consumption. > > > Any comments would be welcome! > > > Thanks, Peter -- The Silver List is a moderated forum for discussing Colloidal Silver. Instructions for unsubscribing are posted at: http://silverlist.org To post, address your message to: [email protected] Address Off-Topic messages to: [email protected] The Silver List and Off Topic List archives are currently down... List maintainer: Mike Devour <[email protected]>
