G'day Alan,
Did I mention there will be differing opinions and beliefs earlier? <g>
Disagree in part with some of what you say.  Yes, good bacteria are our best 
friend, and we are covered both externally and internally with 'em.  As you 
say, and as I understand it, both good and bad live in harmony with each other 
both in and on us, and providing they are kept in suitable healthy balance all 
is well.
People talk about our gut flora being destroyed by this stuff, well as I said 
earlier, I've been ingesting a small amount every single day for 10 odd years 
and have never had any issues.  Coupled with my daily intake, if I suspect I am 
coming down with something I up that dose to roughly 800ml to 1 litre per day 
for several days, still nothing untoward occurring with my gut flora.
It should be remembered that what we make in our kitchen is *not* the same as 
what is purchased 'over the counter', the so called 'Colloidal Silver'.  I have 
yet to find any literature which associates undesirable effects to the 
ingestion of our product.  Literature regarding the so called 'CS' is in 
abundance ad nauseam in the public domain, but not about this stuff, well, not 
that I've found anyway.
I have never had the need to replenish my gut flora with probiotics or any 
other stuff, similarly I have never taken Selenium {or whatever it's called} as 
is recommended by some whilst imbibing in EIS {nothing wrong with my 
fingernails either}.
When literature is in short supply there is only one way to find things 
out.......Self!  Bucket loads of innuendo, misinformation, disinformation and 
guilt by association, but nothing that holds up in credibility or relevance to 
what we make and take in my book.
The Herx thing:  When I first started this EIS journey I used to ingest 
considerably more per day than I have done in more recent years, and I did feel 
a little 'off' initially, even to the point whereby others would inform me that 
I appeared to look 'yellowish', I put this down to toxins being destroyed and 
not being eliminated from my system fast enough, perhaps kidneys were working 
overtime?  Was this Herx?  Don't know, but if that was anything to go by I 
deduced there *could* be something in what is said about Herx reaction and 
ingestion of too much silver?  Back then I used to use rain water which is not 
be the same as using DW.  I was also then using an uncontrolled battery 
operated unit as well, which lab results gave as excess of 40ppm total silver 
content.  Perhaps these were the reasons of my feeling a little 'off'?
Again, it should be clearly understood that what we make and take is nothing 
like what is purchased over the counter.  The only similarity is there is 
silver in both products, but that's about as far as it goes for me.  In what 
form?  What particle quantity?  What particle size?  Particle distribution?  
What is the ppm of that product?  What is added to the water as a stabiliser in 
the higher ppm stuff, or even the standard ppm stuff for all I know?  What does 
accepted published literature define as a 'colloidal' product, it's not what we 
make from the literature I've read?  Was it produced using HVAC or LVDC?  Just 
to name a few.
Now couple all this with what actually occurs when *our* product enters the 
blood stream or system?  I don't believe anyone really knows?  Chemistry books 
may state one thing, and most will have their own opinion and beliefs {just as 
I do}, but reality may state something else entirely?  It comes back to 
innuendo, misinformation, disinformation and guilt by association for me?
If you can provide me with informative, in depth {and I mean 'in depth'} 
suitably researched literature outlining exactly what occurs with our product, 
i.e. Predominantly Ionic Silver solution, when it enters the blood circulatory 
system or body, and how, if, and why it changes when it hits the circulatory 
system, I'd like to read it.  But it must be relevant to what *we* make and 
take/apply/use/sniff/snort/rub on/rub in or bath in and not the better known 
and popularly marketed 'CS' <g>.
I do however agree with your last sentence, re, h202 and all the rest of it.  
If people are combining anything or using anything in addition to, or in 
conjunction with EIS, then all my bets are off.
In conclusion...I guess all my cells must be fairly tough, I have never felt 
anything 'undesirable', or look anything different to what I have always 
looked, apart from getting uglier as I age <g>.
N.

> From: [email protected]
> Subject: Re: CS>Introduction-Hello
> Date: Tue, 2 Sep 2014 09:34:04 -0700
> To: [email protected]
> 
> The whole Herx thing is a bit controversial. Some say it means all the bad 
> stuff is dying off, and some say it is a bad reaction to the medicine. It was 
> invented to explain away why some PPL react to Penicillin .
> 
> Either way I am not in the "take medicine everyday camp" because anything 
> that kills bacteria is not selective contrary to what some PPL like to 
> believe, as if it kills one thing, it will inevitably kill the good guys too. 
> Since there is more bacteria in your body than cells and since the bacteria 
> are living symbiotically with you, then you are destroying that which keeps 
> you healthy.
> 
> Basically symbiotically means that you each benefit each other. Bacteria is 
> responsible for everything from digestion to consuming poisons, keeping the 
> bad guys in check and no doubt many more things. I read once that speculation 
> is that the reason us humans do so well despite having a small genome is that 
> we have co-opted the genome of all the symbiotic bacteria in us.
> 
> Some PPL take a variety of things daily such as MMS, H2O2 etc. and I say that 
> is nonsense. You have a defence system for a reason. Yes when it is 
> overloaded because of your poor dietary habits then help it out, but find out 
> what you are doing wrong and fix that. Depending on some substance everyday 
> to survive is a fool's paradise AFAIAC.
> 
> That is why probiotics and yogurt and all of the other fermented foods give 
> PPL such a healthy gut... bacteria are your friend.
> 
> Alan
>