Yes, but the amount of silver in a glassful of 5 ppm EIS is so minute, the effect should be virtually non-existant.
Marshall David W Kenney wrote: > Ionic Silver would benefit gastric ulcers merely by acting similar to an > antacid. Ag+ + Cl- > AgCl thereby reducing acidity which is causing some of > the pain and aggravating the ulcer. > > Dr. Kenney > PS: Interesting experiment. > How are you measuring CS concentration (ionic vs colloidal?) > > OK, I have started the milk experiment. I have some preliminary > results, but am surprised at the results. > > Here is the test setup: > > 1. Milk stated out initially at about 2 C. (35 F). > 2. ambient temperature is 20 C (69 F). > 3. 2 oz. of 2% milk was added to all the glasses. > 4. one teaspoon (.167 oz) of test substance was added to each glass, > except the first one. > 5. The first 3 glasses were slightly larger diameter than the last 3. > 6. The ionic has about 1/2 the ion content of the original EIS and about > 1/14 the particle content of the original EIS and was generated via > freezing. > > Here are the results thus far, times are length of time to clabbering, > longer is better: > > 1. Plain milk - 42 hours > 2. EIS added - 51 hours > 3. EIS with a pinch of salt added - 42 hours > 4. Ionic silver added - 60 hours > 5. colloidal silver added - not yet clabbered but stated 24 hours later > 6. EIS + H2O2 added - same as 5 > > Now, the last two were started 24 hours later to allow the EIS with salt > added to settle out in the fridge. Not all had settled, so #5 was > additionally filtered with filter paper. > > #6 was done at the same time as #5 although using EIS because I did not > think of doing that earlier. They are both about 38 hours into the > experiment right now. > > Now, the results I got are at the least stunning! I am planning on > repeating as soon as I can, and I hope someone else will repeat it as > well. I cannot figure out the results at all! It appears that the > colloidal part of the EIS not only does nothing at all, but actually > retards the ionic portion from working! On top of that it seems that > adding a pinch of salt makes the EIS no different than plain milk with > nothing added! Keep in mind that the ionic #4 was about 50% as strong > as the ionic portion of the EIS as determinated with adding salt to it > and the titrating the original EIS to get the same milkyness at the > original EIS, yet was more effective than the original EIS. > > This raises several questions. First, if adding NaCl to form silver > chloride makes the EIS ineffective, then how the heck does EIS work for > both stomach ulcers, food poisoning, and anything else internal. > Unfortunately I have no answer for that one, I need to do some more > testing. My guess is that with something in the stomach, other things > happen, maybe the silver reacts with the bacteria, or proteins before or > instead of it forming silver chloride. As far a when it gets in the > blood, the best guess at this time is that it becomes fulminating silver > when it reaches the blood, then becomes pairs of silver particles when > it reacts with glucose in the blood. This can be tested for as well. > > But these results are so far out of line with what I would expect, I > want to rerun the tests, and hopefully have someone else run them as > well to verify. Maybe some of the glasses were contaminated with > bacteria that the others were not, so some got a head start. When I > rerun the test I plan on letting the milk sit out for 12 hours before > dividing, and using alcohol to disinfect each of the glasses to minize > initial conditions affecting the results. Also the first 3 glasses are > slightly larger diameter than the last 3, so they would have had more > air exposure. Although I did put paper towels over all the glasses to > keep out dust, maybe the additional oxygen from increased surface area > allowed the bacteria to replicate faster. That is one more reason to do > it all again. > > So keep in mind this is preliminary, until we confirm it with additional > experiments don't take it as gospel. It is entirely possible I screwed > up somehow. > > Marshall > > -- > 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]>
