Thanks for this useful information.  As we so often learn, many
commerical products are created with profit first in mind;  superior
products are sometimes taken off the market simply because they work too
well!  

See altcancer.com  for their claims that Viadent toothpaste was
reforumlated to removed the bloodroot that had formerly made it the most
effective dentifrice available.   Go figure.   

R.e. Reid Harvey's dental problems mentioned on this list,  the
company's product Alpha Omega Dentifrice is the only one I know of
containing bloodroot:  it is powerful indeed, the best dentifrice I have
ever used.   Not cheap, but a ten-dollar tube lasts and lasts.  Because
bloodroot penetrates the skin and seeks out pathogens, it may be better
than CS when used orally, even in conjunction with DMSO.  R.e. the
latter, I worry a bit that it may have bad effects on non-amalgam
fillings, given that it is a solvent. . . .  this is an issue I have not
seen raised here or elsewhere. 



JBB




Frank Key wrote:
> 
> More than one list member has asked by off-list email how to make "silver
> protein". I thought I would answer on the list just in case others wanted to
> know. I believe the questions arose as a result of the analysis we did for
> Innovative Natural Products "colloidal silver" which is actually silver
> protein.
> 
> Aqueous solutions of silver protein in generic form are sold by many
> companies under various names including "silver protein", "mild silver
> protein", and of course "colloidal silver".  They are virtually all the same
> substance being offered in concentrations from 30 ppm up to several thousand
> ppm. An easy way to identify a silver protein product is to simply shake the
> bottle and observe the formation of foam. The form will persist for many
> minutes after the bottle is shaken.
> 
> Silver protein in powder form is manufactured by several chemical companies
> and can be purchased  from chemical supply houses. Aldrich sells it as their
> catalog number 29,824-7, 10 grams for $41.30. They used to sell 50 grams for
> $104.30 but have discontinued the 50 gram container. Other companies still
> sell it in larger quantities at substantial discounts.
> 
> The 10 grams consist of approximately 20 percent silver and the balance is
> animal protein in the form of gelatin, just like "Knox" gelatin. So the 10
> grams contains about 2 grams (2000 mg) of silver content.
> 
> To produce the "silver protein" aqueous solutions being sold by so many
> companies, just add distilled water to the powder to achieve the silver
> concentration desired. For example, to make a 500 ppm solution, dissolve the
> 10 grams in 4 liters of distilled or DI water for a cost of $10.32 per
> liter. Or to make a 50 ppm solution, dissolve the 10 grams in 40 liters of
> water for a cost of about $1.03 per liter. If you take a look at the retail
> price of silver protein products it becomes clear why so many companies sell
> this stuff.
> 
> That's all there is to it, simplicity in the extreme!
> 
> Before everyone decides to rush off to make some of this stuff, you should
> know that the silver particles are encapsulated by the gelatin molecules and
> therefore the silver particles will not actually be able to contact a
> pathogen until the protein is removed. Ron Gibbs wrote in his booklet that
> they found live bacteria growing on the surface of the gelatin in such
> products.
> 
> It is for good reason that many believe that the "silver protein" products
> represent the worst example of products labeled as colloidal silver.
> 
> frank key
> 
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