Are the benefits of silver really all that good?

yes silver do have medicinal properties and would like to think that it would do much harm if used externally, in fact alternative medicine practitioners had used it for a long time but just to make sure, check with your country's DFA as to it's limitations or what is legal ( just a friendly advice)

I must say you are very innovative person and come up with unique products.[thumbup] Wow, Sliver paste, i have learned new thing today in mylot, seriously never heard before. Very recently i had really bad cut on my index finger (on 14 Nov 2012), and that cut was actually very deep. But now its fully recovered i applied soframicin cream and one antibiotic powder. I enjoy drinking green -tulsi (basil) organic tea and it actually worked and i found it helped me and now only mark but wound is fully recovered. Our body works best to heal and if we consume healthy products then recovery become very fast. [thumbup]

I'm trying to think of the actual name of the silver product. Darn, it escapes me! Because one of my friends used to take it. There was this guy on Ripley's Believe it or Not who took it, oh, it's collodial silver, right? Anyway, he took so much he turned blue. Now obviously, that is rare. The guy took way too much. But he looked like Santa Claus, only a blue rendition. But I've heard the effects are pretty good.

What type of wound are we talking about here? I don't think you should put something like that in any wound because it has some metals that the skin might absorb. Just like how it's dangerous to touch mercury. Anyway, my uncle surgeon always tells us to wash our wounds with soap and water - that's it. No bandage, no need to cover and no need to put any ointment because ointments just gives the tendency for the wound to prematurely heal - heals on the outside but doesn't on the inside, that's why it would develop pus. Unless of course if the wound bleeds a lot or needs to be stitched up. Well, that's coming from a surgeon of 30years, I think I'd rather listen to him than do research, I don't want my family to be research hehehe... Have a great mylot experience ahead!

Honestly, when we are sick or anything of that nature we buy Colloidial Silver. It helps us get better in no time. The only downfall to it is that it is on the expensive side. But it does work. It has cured us of things that no prescription would work on. The doctors will get angry over asking about it, we tried and got kicked out of a hospital over it! They do want you to buy their medicine so they make money...

You mean "silver" like the metal? Oh wow, this is the first time i heard about silver being used for medical purposes. I'm sorry because i'm just not knowledgeable about medical terms. Is it not harmful to the body if you are going to take a silver?

hi macdingolinger I w as reading abou t silver cream on medline and they seem to feel it really does heal. I have no knowledge of it m yself though.If you have a good doc tor I would trust his judgment on this. They were talking mainly about using it to heal burns really deep ones.I hope it works ffor your son.

I read somewhere that using silver could turn people blue. Did you see the photo of the blue man? Have you thought of using honey instead of the silver? Honey combined with an iodine preparation (Betadyne?) can sometimes be usful for wound treatments. When I worked in nursing homes we used honey concoctions for wound debridement and dressings. Admittedly that was a long time ago but what worked then will still work now regardless of all the newer and more expensive treatments.

I don't know about silver, myself. I know that it is used by prescription for wounds in the health care industry. Of course, it is a script and must be used according to physician direction. I don't know about taking it internally. Wasn't aware that it was available in pill or liquid form. Maybe try it on yourself first? If you don't experience ill effects after a week, maybe try for your son. I've heard of the copper bracelets worn for arthritis pain and such, so maybe there are healing qualities in the metal. I know some will take concoctions of gold internally because it,too, is supposed to be good for healing.

The only experience I've had with silver in a medical context was a few years ago when I burnt my arm at work. I had a second degree burn that covered most of my forearm. The doctor I saw gave me a prescription for silver sulfadiazine cream and it worked wonderfully. Of course it scarred, but it's barely noticeable now. I don't think it would have healed that well without the silver sulfadiazine. I have several little scars from other burns that weren't so severe. They were treated with Neosporin and are a lot more obvious than the big one. Personally, I would be very cautious about buying creams like that online. With the expensive prescription versions, you know exactly what you're getting and the quality is assured.