Paula wrote: That doesn't help either, sorry. It is iodine I am allergic to, so no seaweed products or seaweed thickeners at all. However, for immediate use, I wonder if flaxseed meal would work? or Fenugreek? SlipperyElm? or maybe guar gum or xanthan gum. Geez, I hope neither of those are seaweed products so far as I can find out they are not..>>>>>
Paula- Xanthan gum is described in my Azure catalog- a powder milled from the dried cell coat of a microorganism called Xanthomonas campestris grown under laboratory conditions. Xanthan gum is added to salad dressings, canned gravies and sauces, and even ice craem to give these foods a smoother texture. Below is a recipe appearing formerly for a CS gel. Nancy ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 2 Oct 2002 10:26:49 +0100 (GMT Standard Time) From: "Rod Stevenson" <[email protected]> Hi Chris, I've not tried making an ointment with CS, but I have tried making a gel, with and without aloe vera. Its very easy and your CS won't need to be heated to a high temp ( as it does if your making a cream or ointment). Here's a recipe. (with thanks to Marshall for the ph bit) 90ml CS 2ml Xanthum Gum 10ml Aloe Vera concentrate (I use 1:10) a few drops of a preservative, such as grapefruit seed extract. sodium bicarb Gently heat the CS till it's lukewarm (this will make the gum melt more easily) sprinkle the gum and beat vigorously. If you don't want to introduce air bubbles into your mixture, keep the whisk on the bottom of the pan. Add the AV concentrate and preservative. (I've found that after about three weeks the gel develops a mould of some description. This is about two weeks longer than using just water, so the CS is doing something, just not for very long.) Bring the mixture back to around 7ph with sodium bicarb using litmus paper. You can use other thickening agents such as cellulose gum, roughly twice as much should do it. Give it a try, it's quick and simple to make. Good Luck! Rod -- The Silver List is a moderated forum for discussing Colloidal Silver. Instructions for unsubscribing are posted at: http://silverlist.org To post, address your message to: [email protected] Silver List archive: http://escribe.com/health/thesilverlist/index.html Address Off-Topic messages to: [email protected] OT Archive: http://escribe.com/health/silverofftopiclist/index.html List maintainer: Mike Devour <[email protected]>
