Here's some nice information from Steve Barwick who runs another silver list. He makes some very good points here.
Cheers, > > Steven Geigle > Cedar Mill, Oregon > [email protected] > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Friday, October 29, 1999 3:28 AM > Subject: [colloidalsilver] Digest Number 11 > > > > > > --------------------------- ONElist Sponsor ---------------------------- > > > > GET WHAT YOU DESERVE! A NextCard Platinum VISA: > > Get an APR as low as 2.9 Intro & NO annual fee! Apply online today! > > <a href=" http://clickme.onelist.com/ad/nextcard10 ">Click Here</a> > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > > There is 1 message in this issue. > > > > Topics in today's digest: > > > > 1. Colloidal Silver Newsletter > > From: Steve Barwick <[email protected]> > > > > > > > ____________________________________________________________________________ > ___ > > > ____________________________________________________________________________ > ___ > > > > Message: 1 > > Date: Thu, 28 Oct 1999 11:06:04 -0700 > > From: Steve Barwick <[email protected]> > > Subject: Colloidal Silver Newsletter > > > > The Need for Reliable and Well-Defined > > Colloidal Silver Treatment Protocols for Specific Infective Conditions > > > > Last month my wife Kathy and I had interesting and somewhat unusual > > experiences with colloidal silver. Since these experiences help > > demonstrate the need for the development of reliable, well-defined > > colloidal silver treatment protocols for specific infectious disease > > conditions, I'd like to pass the details on to you. > > > > I'll also explain how the FDA's recent "Final Ruling" against the > > over-the-counter sale of colloidal silver has impacted the medical > > research community, and how it has unfortunately helped destroy what > > little impetus medical science may have had in terms of developing and > > refining colloidal silver treatment protocols for serious infectious > > diseases. > > > > When Colloidal Silver Doesn't Seem to Work: > > Is the Silver Ineffective, Or Is the Treatment Protocol Ineffective? > > > > My wife Kathy and I have been using colloidal silver for about four > > years now. Until this past month we have only come across one infection > > that colloidal silver wasn't able to cure. That was a bladder infection > > Kathy came down with several years ago. Even taking a whopping 16 oz. > > per day of 20 ppm colloidal silver didn't seem to put a dent in the > > infection. It wasn't until she switched to another natural product with > > strong antibiotic attributes, a commercial grapefruit seed extract > > product called NutriBiotic (from The Vitamin Shoppe, 1-800-223-1216) > > that the infection was finally knocked out. The grapefruit seed extract > > accomplished in one day what a week's worth of colloidal silver hadn't > > even touched. > > > > We were both surprised that the colloidal silver did not do the job, > > since we had used it successfully on many types of infections over the > > course of several years, including strep throat, food poisoning, > > pneumonia, pink eye, ear ache and much more. We reasoned at the time > > that no substance can kill every pathogenic microorganism. After all, > > standard antibiotics like penicillin kill maybe five or 10 different > > pathogens, broad spectrum antibiotics like keflex may kill as many as 25 > > or 30 different types of pathogens, and colloidal silver is heralded as > > being able to kill up to 650 different pathogens - BUT...there are an > > estimated 20 million pathogens in existence! It is highly unlikely that > > ANY substance can kill all of them. So we didn't let that singular > > negative experience damper our enthusiasm for colloidal silver. > > > > Since that time, colloidal silver has proven itself over and over again > > in our lives and the lives of family members, friends and loved ones. > > We've seen a stomach infection of over five years duration cured > > virtually overnight with colloidal silver. We've seen a gentleman who > > had candida yeast actually oozing out of his ears, eyes, mouth and nose > > from a serious systemic infection - until he began using colloidal > > silver. Within a week of taking 16 ounces per day of 10 ppm colloidal > > silver made via the low-voltage DC method, the yeast infection had > > vanished. We've seen a transplant patient (who must take powerful > > immune-suppressing drugs in order to prevent his immune system from > > rejecting the transplanted organs) with gums that were so infected his > > teeth were beginning to come loose in their sockets - but he was cured > > of the infection in just days after starting on colloidal silver. We've > > seen a strep throat infection (medically documented via culture sample) > > on a teenage boy that was so bad there were white cotton-like pustules > > growing down both sides of his throat - but it was knocked out in just > > 48 hours after he started gargling with colloidal silver every couple of > > hours. > > > > So why has colloidal silver literally worked wonders on so many > > infections over the years, yet did not work on Kathy's bladder > > infection? Was the colloidal silver ineffective? Or was it the > > treatment protocol? In the remainder of this article we will examine > > the importance of using the right colloidal silver treatment protocol on > > serious infections for maximum success -- and why the development of > > such protocols is now in jeopardy thanks largely to the FDA. > > > > Colloidal Silver and The Sore Throat From Hell > > > > Until last month we had not come across another infection that simply > > drinking colloidal silver did not rapidly cure. That's when my wife > > came down with a sore throat that was so severe she could barely swallow > > her own saliva without triggering uncomfortable pain. Sleeping was > > almost impossible, because her throat had become so raw, sore and > > swollen that every time she swallowed in her sleep she would strangle. > > This sore throat came on quickly, with little warning. It began feeling > > raw almost immediately. Of course, Kathy began powering down the > > colloidal silver right off the bat. That was our pat answer to > > infection. But rather than healing, the sore throat grew worse and > > worse. > > > > After Kathy had suffered four days of pure misery, I set aside my pride > > and purchased some "famous brand" mild silver protein (MSP), reasoning > > that maybe the colloidal silver we were producing with our little low > > voltage DC colloidal silver generator was somehow ineffective for this > > particular microorganism. But drinking the MSP had no effect on her > > sore throat either. I borrowed a friends AC high voltage colloidal > > silver generator and brewed up a batch of HVAC colloidal silver. Still > > no help. Clearly this was one nasty bug. Over the next few days we > > tried every proven infection-fighter in our natural health care arsenal: > > grapefruit seed extract, olive leaf extract, echinaccea, some extremely > > powerful cayenne pepper extract, Lugol's iodine from Mexico, Sambucol > > (black elderberry extract) from Israel, essential oil of lemon, > > stabilized oxygen and more. But nothing worked. This was something > > that had never happened to us before. > > > > So after a full week of watching helplessly as Kathy suffered with this > > sore throat from hell, I finally broke down and purchased some > > penicillin. And within one day of taking it, Kathy could feel her > > throat beginning to clear up. By day three she could swallow with > > nowhere near the discomfort she had endured for the past week or more. > > Whatever the bug was, penicillin was the only substance we could find > > that effectively repressed it. It took the full 10-day course to do > > the job, and although she was weakened by the antibiotics, she > > experienced no resurgence of the bug. > > > > The Return of the Sore Throat From Hell -- > > Resolved With A Different Treatment Method Using Colloidal Silver > > > > Just after Kathy had begun to recover, I woke up in the middle of the > > night with - you guessed it - a nasty sore throat. As in Kathy's case, > > I could barely swallow without intense pain. The swelling in my throat > > was pronounced. And the inside of my throat was so raw I felt as if it > > were on fire. > > > > My first instinct was to start taking penicillin immediately. But after > > collecting my thoughts, I remembered some medical studies I'd read on > > colloidal silver in which the specific pathogens tested against it were > > not killed unless they came into direct contact with the colloidal > > silver for six to ten minutes or more at a time. > > > > So I immediately grabbed a bottle of colloidal silver we had at bedside > > (produced by the low- voltage DC method), rolled over onto my back, and > > poured some into my mouth. I began to gargle lightly, but rather than > > swallowing, I simply held the colloidal silver in my mouth, allowing it > > to slowly trickle down the back of my throat. I stayed flat on my back, > > allowing the colloidal silver to pool at the entrance of my throat. > > Each time the urge to swallow came, I forced myself to swallow only a > > little bit, even though my gagging reflex was pressing me to swallow the > > entire mouthful. And each time I swallowed a little of the colloidal > > silver, allowing it to slowly trickle down my throat, I would also pour > > a little more of it into my mouth to compensate for the amount I had > > swallowed. In this way, I kept colloidal silver in direct contact with > > the infected area for over 15 minutes. I then swallowed the remaining > > colloidal silver, rolled over and went promptly back to sleep. > > > > At 6 a.m. I woke up and noticed that although my throat still felt as if > > it were on fire each time I swallowed, it was not nearly as swollen and > > uncomfortable as it had been only a few short hours earlier. So I > > repeated the colloidal silver treatment exactly as I had done earlier, > > holding the colloidal silver in my mouth and letting it slowly trickle > > down my throat again for a full 15 minutes. I went back to sleep when I > > was done, and woke up again at 9 a.m., repeating the same procedure once > > more. By this time I had completed three separate 15 minute courses of > > this treatment. I estimate that I used a total of two ounces of my > > homemade colloidal silver, for a total of six ounces in all. By noon, > > the sore throat and swelling was completely gone. I repeated the > > procedure again at 6 p.m. for preventive purposes, and again at 7 a.m. > > the next morning. The infection never returned. > > > > Solving the Mystery: > > Why Colloidal Silver Worked for My Sore Throat and Not for Kathy's > > > > So why did colloidal silver work for me, when Kathy (who presumably had > > the same bug and had simply passed it on to me) received no benefit from > > it whatsoever? This, even though she had ingested comparatively large > > quantities of low-voltage DC-generated colloidal silver, and had even > > tried the "famous brand" commercial mild silver protein, plus colloidal > > silver made via the high voltage AC method. Yet I was able to cure the > > same infection in myself with about 10 ounces of homemade colloidal > > silver in under two days. > > > > The answer has to do with the treatment method. Kathy drank large > > quantities of colloidal silver, but she did not attempt to keep it in > > direct contact with the infected area of her throat except for a brief > > cursory gargling before drinking each dose. On the other hand, I used > > far less colloidal silver than she did, but I kept it in direct contact > > with the infected area for 15 minutes at a time. And I repeated this > > treatment protocol at least five times over the course of two days. > > This means the colloidal silver was in direct contact with the > > infectious microorganisms for a total of one and a half hours over a > > two-day period. It is clear to me that each time I allowed the > > colloidal silver to remain in direct contact with the pathogens for the > > 15 minute treatment period, huge numbers of them were killed off. > > Eventually, enough were killed off to stifle the infection completely. > > > > Why the Treatment Method Is Often More Important > > Than the Treatment Itself > > > > So what did this demonstrate? To me, it demonstrates that some > > pathogens require lengthy direct contact with colloidal silver before > > they are killed and the infection can be contained and healed. In the > > case of this particular microorganism, merely drinking large amounts of > > colloidal silver was not an adequate treatment. It took direct contact > > between the colloidal silver and the infected area for 15 minutes at a > > time to shut this bug down for good. Merely drinking the colloidal > > silver as Kathy had done did not put enough silver ions into direct > > contact with the offending microorganisms for a long enough period of > > time. > > > > Of course, I have seen many instances of serious infections > > (particularly upper respiratory infections such as pneumonia) being > > knocked out within 24 or 48 hours simply by drinking the colloidal > > silver. But this shows once again that although silver may be our > > mightiest germ fighter, it is not always an easy task to determine the > > best way to use it for maximum effectiveness against an odd or > > particularly stubborn infectious microorganism. Sometimes, other > > treatment protocols using colloidal silver are necessary for success. > > > > More Examples... > > > > As another example of this, when I recently re-interviewed colloidal > > silver researcher Daryl Tichy, he told me about his young son who > > several years back had dozens of unsightly warts on both of his hands > > and arms. Their family physician had tried all of the standard medical > > treatments with no success. Tichy had applied colloidal silver > > topically to the warts, also to no avail. His son ingested colloidal > > silver orally for a time, still to no avail. But the following month > > Tichy injected about a half c.c. of colloidal silver directly into the > > fatty tissue of one of his son's palms. And within a week the warts > > completely disappeared from BOTH hands and arms! They simply fell off > > and never reappeared! Again, here is a case where the treatment method > > (injection) was far more important than the treatment (colloidal silver) > > itself. > > > > I am aware of several AIDS patients who have also used large amounts of > > colloidal silver internally, with no positive results against the > > virus. Yet Dr. Cesar Garcia Ramirez, MD, who practices in Tijuana, > > Mexico, has had tremendous success treating AIDS patients with colloidal > > silver. How does he do it? He slips silver electrodes in silicon > > rubber catheters up the arm veins of his AIDS patients, hooks the silver > > electrodes up to an electrical source generating 125 microamps, and lets > > it run for 72 hours at a time. In other words, he generates low voltage > > DC colloidal silver DIRECTLY IN HIS PATIENTS BLOOD STREAMS. And it > > appears to work like a charm! In the initial tests, he has been able to > > reduce the viral load to ZERO in some patients, and significantly reduce > > it in many others. [See article, Silver Ion Therapy for HIV/AIDS and > > Septicemia, at http://www.pathogen.com/Silver_Ion_Therapy.html] Once > > again, the treatment method (in vivo generation of colloidal silver) is > > far more important than the treatment (colloidal silver) itself. > > > > So we can clearly see that the method of colloidal silver treatment is > > often the most important factor - particularly when attempting to fight > > off unusual and/or stubborn infections. These examples show also that > > in spite of 90 years of successful use in medicine, medical science has > > a long way to go in fully understanding colloidal silver and its many > > uses in fighting infectious disease. A lot more work is needed in order > > to develop well-defined treatment protocols for specific types and > > intensities of infection. Merely drinking colloidal silver when you > > have an infection is not always the most effective form of treatment. > > For example, it is highly unlikely you will ever be able to cure an > > earache by drinking colloidal silver. But putting a drop or two of > > colloidal silver inside the offending ear can shut down even a severe > > earache overnight! The treatment method (direct application) is more > > important than the treatment (colloidal silver). > > > > Another example: You cannot cure pink eye (conjunctivitis) by drinking > > colloidal silver. Instead, you must put colloidal silver drops directly > > into the infected eye several times a day until the infection is gone. > > This method of treatment literally obliterates pink eye infections. On > > the other hand, you can cure a nasty vaginal candida yeast infection by > > drinking colloidal silver each day. But depending upon the severity of > > the infection, it may take up to 16 oz. per day in divided doses (using > > low voltage DC generated colloidal silver), for four or five days to > > finally knock out the infection. Yet using a colloidal silver douche > > will often knock out a vaginal candida yeast infection in under 48 hours > > -- and usually the patient needs only several tablespoons of colloidal > > silver (mixed in water) per douche! So again the treatment method > > (direct application) becomes more important than the treatment itself. > > > > Question: Would a different treatment protocol using colloidal silver > > have cured the bladder infection Kathy had come down with several years > > earlier? Perhaps an intravenous injection of colloidal silver directly > > into the bloodstream? Would Kathy's "sore throat from hell" have been > > healed by the colloidal silver had she used the treatment protocol I > > later used on my sore throat? We will never know, of course. But this > > surely helps demonstrate the need for specific, well- defined treatment > > protocols for using colloidal silver against odd or particularly > > virulent infections. > > > > Why Establishing Reliable Treatment Protocols > > for Using Colloidal Silver Is Now An Uphill Battle > > > > One of the reasons the FDA listed for their recent ruling that colloidal > > silver could no longer be sold over-the-counter if it were labeled as a > > treatment for infectious disease was that specific well-defined medical > > treatment protocols for specific infective conditions have not been > > adequately developed. Although we strongly disagree with the FDA's > > contention that colloidal silver has not been proven safe and effective > > (see our previous two-part article "FDA Turns a Blind Eye to Colloidal > > Silver's Documented Medical History), and we strongly disagree with the > > FDA's contention that they alone should be able to determine what > > colloidal silver can be used for and how it can be used, we do agree > > that medical science desperately needs to establish well- defined > > treatment protocols for specific disease conditions, using specific > > concentrations, specific particle size ranges and specific varieties of > > colloidal silver. > > > > Unfortunately, the major pharmaceutical companies -- who are in the best > > positions to develop specific treatment protocols for the use of > > colloidal silver in various disease conditions -- are hopelessly tied to > > their patented synthetic prescription antibiotics. Since there is no > > money in colloidal silver for them (it is not patentable, and therefore > > they cannot gain a monopoly on its sale), there is little chance these > > global drug conglomerates will ever invest the money necessary. > > Because of this, colloidal silver users will simply have to wait as > > independent researchers continue to develop and perfect treatment > > protocols for using colloidal silver on the more stubborn forms of > > infectious illness. We must hope these researchers will find ways to > > share their findings with other researchers and practitioners, and with > > the general public. > > > > Many researchers, such as Dr. Ramirez mentioned earlier in this article, > > have quietly been working on the development of effective colloidal > > silver treatment protocols for specific disease conditions (such as > > AIDS and septicemia) -- but have had to go to Mexico or other countries > > in order to conduct their research unhindered by U.S. bureaucracies > > which seem to be more interested in protecting the profits of the > > pharmaceutical cartels than in saving lives. And in all too many cases > > independent researchers have not been able to widely disseminate the > > treatment protocols they have developed due to lack of funds, inability > > to find medical journals willing to breach the barriers erected by the > > major pharmaceutical conglomerates (who are always trying to protect > > their own turf), or more often, due to outright fear of retribution from > > the powerful medical associations and their pharmaceutical industry bed > > mates. > > > > A case in point is Dr. Robert O. Becker, M.D., formerly of Syracuse > > Medical University, who had to write his best selling book, The Body > > Electric, to document to the world the specific treatment protocols his > > medical team developed for healing what had formerly been "incurable" > > bone infections using low-voltage DC electrically generated silver > > ions. The FDA and AMA ignored his work. His medical team's funding was > > mysteriously cut off in mid-stream. But his knack for self-promotion > > brought his vital work to the attention of the medical community and the > > public. > > > > Similarly, the work of Drs. Moyer, Margraf and Bretano conducted at > > Washington University's Department of Surgery (which demonstrated > > protocols for using colloidal silver to prevent skin infections in burn > > victims - the leading cause of fatalities in such cases) would likely > > have never been widely disseminated among the medical community and the > > public at large had it not been featured in the now-famous 1978 Science > > Digest article by science writer Jim Powell. > > > > We must ask how many other treatment protocols for the use of colloidal > > silver against various manifestations of infectious illness have been > > developed by medical researchers, but have never seen the light of day? > > Much more work needs to be done, of course. Specific, well-defined and > > reliable protocols for fighting serious forms of infectious illness need > > to be developed and defined. And the information must be made available > > to other researchers and medical practitioners, and to the public. > > Until then, colloidal silver users - including many well- meaning > > physicians trying to save lives -- are forced to rely on the old medical > > data from the early part of the century in which a number of primitive > > treatment protocols were described. Unfortunately, this does not do > > colloidal silver justice. And it leaves people with serious infections > > - particularly those that do not respond to standard antibiotics - in a > > state of limbo. If the oral ingestion of colloidal silver does not work > > for them either, would another treatment method using colloidal silver > > work? The question begs to be answered definitively by medical science. > > > > The Next Major Leap In > > the Eradication of Infectious Illness > > > > Colloidal silver has been proven by medical science to be safe and > > highly effective against infectious illness for over 90 years. In our > > opinion, the next major leap for mankind in the quest for the global > > eradication of infectious illness will occur when well-defined protocols > > for using colloidal silver against specific infectious disease > > conditions are finally documented and set in place for all to take > > advantage of. > > > > But rather than giving the well-equipped and well-funded medical > > community reason to go forward with new research to further develop and > > define such treatment protocols, the FDA has used their recent "Final > > Ruling" to reduce colloidal silver to the status of a mere "mineral > > supplement." This alienates colloidal silver from the medical > > community, and sets the onus for the development of reliable treatment > > protocols squarely on the backs of independent colloidal silver > > researchers and colloidal silver users. Rather than taking a few more > > years, it may now take decades to accomplish -- if it is ever > > accomplished at all. The unfortunate results? All the more profits for > > the pharmaceutical cartels who are better able to maintain their > > monopolies on synthetic prescription antibiotics with colloidal silver > > out of the running. And all the more shame on the FDA for using their > > authority to relegate one of mankind's greatest hopes against serious > > infectious illness into the dustbin of medical history. > > > > > > > ____________________________________________________________________________ > ___ > > > ____________________________________________________________________________ > ___ > > > -- The silver-list is a moderated forum for discussion of colloidal silver. To join or quit silver-list or silver-digest send an e-mail message to: [email protected] -or- [email protected] with the word subscribe or unsubscribe in the SUBJECT line. To post, address your message to: [email protected] Silver-list archive: http://escribe.com/health/thesilverlist/index.html List maintainer: Mike Devour <[email protected]>
