Copper too, but it and some compounds are quite toxic. John Hill's book shows a method of depositing it directly to the skin of feet with Tinea Pedis and uses your food as one electrode.
James-Osbourne: Holmes -----Original Message----- From: Marshall Dudley [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Saturday, December 01, 2001 9:23 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: CS> Giardia and zinc? Many metals have antiseptic and antibiotic properties. These include silver, gold and zinc. What makes silver outstanding is that it is completely harmless to mammalian cells. Zinc if ingested in significant quantity (say by swallowing one of the new pennies made with lots of zinc in them) can cause ulcers. Marshall Jdownmaine wrote: > > > I know from experience that zinc lozenges work wonderfully > on sore throats. > > Is the zinc action somehow similar to CS in it's biocide > qualities? > > Perhaps it's actually the zinc doing the work on giardia? > Some comment from the resident experts here, please. > > Judy Down Maine > > The antibiotic, bacitracin, stabilized with zinc, has been > shown to have a high efficacy against Giardia > infections. In recent clinical studies all patients > responded well to this treatment with final cure rates of > over 94%. Side effects > from this treatment were few. > Tel Tofflemire > Phoenix , AZ > > Connie wrote: > -- 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]>
