In a message dated 10/4/2001 8:43:27 AM Eastern Daylight Time, [email protected] writes:
> Subj:CS>Saving silver powder for bandages > Date:10/4/2001 8:43:27 AM Eastern Daylight Time > From: [email protected] (Arthur Rambo) > Reply-to: <A HREF="mailto:[email protected]";>[email protected]</A> > To: [email protected] > > > > > I've been using the natural coffee filters to pour my CS thru. I use a > large plastic funnel and strap the filter onto the bottom, and "stand" > this into a bottle. I usually have a bit of particulates left on the > paper, so I began to save these in a baggie and keep in the refrigerator > to keep them from drying out. > I came down with a case of poison ivy yesterday and put the "bandages" > on it, and soon after the itching stopped. > I also put one on a cut that was "borderline" in need of stitches, and > it healed rather well. > Arthur: Great idea. I stopped filtering my brew because of the concern from some Listers that certain organics can leach from coffee filters, and these impurities may reduce the effectiveness of the CS product. I do this as a precaution because I don't think this concern has ever been proven to be true or false. Roger
