Colloidal Silver Benefits

Science-Proven Benefits of Consuming Colloidal Silver

Due to its interaction with the cellular respiration of viruses and bacteria, colloidal silver provides great benefits to your body:

1. Antibacterial

By intervening in the cellular respiration process, colloidal silver combats antibiotic-resistant microbes. This is important since the list of these types of microorganisms grows every day.

In 1980, an employee of the UCLA School of Medicine documented that colloidal silver destroyed more than 650 types of pathogens in a matter of minutes (6).

Colloidal silver combats and destroys pathogenic microorganisms without them developing any resistance (a completely different case than that of antibiotics).

I must emphasize this last part because the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) have reported more than 2 million people per year in the United States with infections caused by antibiotic-resistant microbes, and of these 2 million, unfortunately 23,000 did not survive.

2. Skin and Wound Care



Colloidal silver stimulates the regeneration of skin and other tissues (8). Since 2012, it has been recognized and recommended for the treatment of scrapes, burns, periodontitis, canker sores, and other conditions (9).

Ringworm (Tinea capitis), an infection caused by dermatophyte fungi that live naturally on the outer layer of your skin, can be treated at home with colloidal silver due to its potent fungicidal properties.

This infection is characterized by the infected area having round patches of scaly skin and is highly infectious. It is spread through skin-to-skin contact or contact with contaminated materials such as clothing.

The use of colloidal silver can also improve other conditions such as:

Psoriasis.
Eczema.

3. Acute Conjunctivitis and Ear Infections

Acute conjunctivitis (inflammation of the membrane that covers the eyeball and the inner part of the eyelid) is caused by a bacterial or viral infection, therefore it can be treated with colloidal silver.

Currently, infections are fought with antibiotics designed to interrupt the cycle of certain bacteria. But some infections, such as ear infections, can be caused by more than one type of bacteria, by fungi, or a combination of them. In this case, using a single antibiotic is useless, while colloidal silver will combat the infection regardless of the agent causing it.

4. Antiviral



Colloidal silver has proven useful in the treatment of viral infections, such as (10):

HIV/AIDS.
Infectious pneumonia.
Herpes simplex.
Herpes zoster.
Warts.
Colloidal silver acts by suffocating the virus quickly and effectively.

In the case of HIV and patients with AIDS, colloidal silver does not eliminate the virus but helps reduce its activity in the body.

Anecdotally, its effect against the Hepatitis C virus has also been recorded.

5. Anti-inflammatory

The United States National Institutes of Health (NIH) found that colloidal silver reduces skin inflammation after 72 hours of treatment (11). This study was conducted on pigs and tests in humans are still needed, but these are the first steps to demonstrate what was already known: colloidal silver decreases inflammation, accelerates cellular regeneration and tissue healing.

6. Sinusitis



According to a study published in the International Forum of Allergy and Rhinology, colloidal silver used as a nasal spray helps combat infectious sinusitis (12). Its efficacy has been demonstrated specifically with Staphylococcus aureus, also known as golden staph, and with Pseudomonas aeruginosa.

It is important to emphasize that some allergies and respiratory inflammations can be caused by respiratory tract infections that have not been treated correctly.

7. Cold or Flu

There is little research on the effect of colloidal silver when a cold occurs, but some doctors claim it can be useful in the treatment of swine flu as well as the common cold (13).

In 2011, a study conducted by the National Institutes of Health in the United States found that 90% of the population treated with colloidal silver recovered completely from the common cold and nasal congestion (14).

8. Pneumonia



The treatment of pneumonia, when caused by bacteria, is based on the administration of antibiotics, but when it is viral, antibiotics are of no use. Therefore, colloidal silver can help in the treatment of viral and bacterial pneumonia.

Administering colloidal silver to the lungs is as simple as breathing it in with a nebulizer; this will cause it to come into direct contact with your lungs and help eliminate the infection. Usually, one teaspoon of colloidal silver is used three times a day for 10 to 15 minutes each time.