People still ask me, what is Colloidal Silver?

Well, if you have to ask then you are already missing out on one of nature’s best immune system aides and a highly effective antibiotic.

Colloidal Silver is the only antibiotic known to reportedly kill all types of viruses, funguses and bacteria. Colloidal Silver is also the only antibiotic known to be perfectly harmless to all parts of the body. While the liver and kidneys can be harmed by other antibiotics, Colloidal silver promotes healing. It does not interfere with any other medication and can be used in conjunction with all other prescription medications. There has never been known to have been a silver/drug interaction of any kind.

History of Silver

For millennia, silver has been recognized for its remarkable ability to prevent and treat a wide array of ailments without any reported adverse effects.

The saying “born with a silver spoon in your mouth” has some historical basis. Upper-class royal families had access to silver tableware, cutlery, and goblets. It is believed that small particles of silver rubbed off and entered their bodies, protecting them from certain viruses and diseases. This practice dates back to the Ancient Greeks and was passed down to royalty and members of their courts. Through generations of using silverware, these individuals benefited from the silver particles that entered their bodies, reducing their chances of contracting infectious illnesses.

These royals were later called “Blue Bloods” because their skin had a blue tint due to the accumulation of minute amounts of pure metallic silver. Meanwhile, ordinary people who used standard dishes and iron utensils were more susceptible to illness, while the royals enjoyed protection from infectious diseases from an early age.

Around the same time, doctors discovered that silver sutures could prevent infections and gangrene in internal wounds. Unfortunately, this treatment was only accessible to the wealthy.

In the United States, Colloidal Silver was widely used from the late 1800s until 1938. It was prescribed for numerous diseases and infections, serving as the primary treatment

Silver Today

Some individuals, depending on their age, might recall their grandmothers placing a silver coin in a milk bottle to prevent spoilage. We performed a similar experiment at home, allowing our family to witness the results firsthand. We placed two glasses of milk on the windowsill; one had 20ml of Colloidal Silver added, while the other did not. Upon inspection the following day, the milk with Colloidal Silver remained unchanged, while the milk without it had curdled and emitted an unpleasant odor.

In recent times, a growing number of people have begun to appreciate the advantages of Colloidal Silver, with many new users discovering its benefits. Through research, testimonials, and increasing skepticism towards chemical-laden medications, people are becoming more informed about the remarkable health properties of Colloidal Silver. Unlike pharmaceutical antibiotics, which can lead to resistance, the human body will never develop a resistance to silver.

Storage/Shelf Life

Our Colloidal Silver is packaged in amber glass bottles, as glass is the sole material capable of preserving the substance for extended periods, provided it is stored under appropriate conditions. Storing Colloidal Silver in plastic containers is inadvisable, as the charged silver particles may be gradually extracted from the solution over time. Additionally, it is not recommended to store Colloidal Silver in refrigerators or freezers, since their electrical charges can also result in the removal of the silver particles.

Our Silver/Directions

Our Colloidal Silver is produced using eight custom-designed, high-tech machines that consistently generate top-quality colloids with exceptionally small ‘Nano’ particle sizes. The machines test the water quality before initiating the process and will halt production if the water is unsuitable. If inappropriate water is used, silver particles will eventually attach to electrolytes, leading to ‘agglomeration.’ This results in clumps that lose their suspension and settle at the bottom. We use distilled water from our industrial distiller, which contains minimal electrolytes. By utilizing entirely pure water, as we do, agglomeration is avoided, and the silver solution can be stored for years. In emergency or apocalyptic situations, any water can be used to make silver, but it is essential to consume the solution quickly before particle clumping begins.

Our Colloidal Silver is odorless, colorless, and virtually tasteless. We recommend consuming approximately 20-30ml daily for immune support. If you prefer to store it in your medicine cabinet for use only when feeling unwell, we advise taking a double dose during such times. Use it at the first sign of symptoms, and Colloidal Silver may help alleviate cold/flu symptoms, stomach bugs, and toothaches.

Sometimes a person taking the recommended daily dose may still find that they will still get the occasional infection. In this case, they can triple or even quadruple the recommended dose to between 60-120ml, however, very few people ever need a quadruple dose. There has never been any harmful dosage of Colloidal Silver. Unlike prescription antibiotics, it is not possible to overdose on it.

Taking Colloidal Silver daily is like having a second immune system. It lessens the load on the body’s natural immune system and effectively kills the many bugs present throughout the body. It will also lessen the toxicity due to the average amount of germ, virus and fungus activity that occurs naturally in the body.

After initially starting Colloidal Silver daily, some people can feel achy and sometimes sluggish on the third/fourth day. this will all depend on the ‘state’ of your body when you begin. If you have a lot of unwanted toxins to remove from the body you may well get symptoms. This is called a healing crisis or more commonly known as the “Herx Reaction”. When the body kills off many toxins at once, the eliminative organs can become overloaded so it is recommended to drink lots of extra, clean freshwater this will lessen the symptoms massively.

Anything from one week to one month depending on the individual after stopping Colloidal Silver the effectiveness is finally lost and is eliminated through the kidneys, the lymphatic system and the bowel.

Science Behind Silver

Colloidal Silver is a natural substance with antibiotic, antifungal, antiviral, antibacterial, and antimicrobial properties. It can effectively eliminate the oxygen-metabolizing enzyme of any one-celled disease-causing pathogen in approximately six minutes.

David Hooper offers a scientific explanation for this phenomenon. One-celled organisms rely on a different method of oxygen metabolism, which is their vulnerability. Colloidal Silver functions as a catalyst, influencing the reaction rate of these organisms without chemically reacting with body tissues. Its mere presence near a virus, fungus, or bacteria (one-celled pathogens) immediately impairs their oxygen-metabolizing enzyme, effectively suffocating and killing them, usually within six minutes. The immune and lymphatic systems then clear the dead organism from the body.

Pharmaceutical antibiotics typically target only five or six types of germs, and many bacteria are becoming increasingly resistant to these antibiotics. These resistant bacteria are often referred to as “superbugs.” However, they cannot develop resistance to Colloidal Silver. Another issue with pharmaceutical antibiotics is their tendency to destroy many essential enzymes in the human body. In contrast, Colloidal Silver does not harm or disable the body’s beneficial enzymes and actually promotes healing.

Misinformation In The Mainstream

Unfortunately, there is a lot of bad misinformation about Colloidal Silver in the mainstream. If you type Colloidal Silver into a common search engine such as Google the results you see are scaremongering and simply untrue. Luckily many people see past this and do their own independent research. According to Google and any mainstream articles, there is no scientific proof that silver works and that silver has no known function in the body which is a total lie. I advise people to research outside the mainstream and look at the hundreds of testimonials from all sorts of people, of all ages, from all over the world.

The other story we see is ‘The Blue Man’. This is another story you will come across in the attempt to scare you away from Colloidal Silver and its amazing benefits, let’s remember Colloidal Silver sales don’t make big pharma any money 😉

Overuse of Colloidal Silver has only one effect, and that is ‘Argyria’ which is the development of a grey-blue tinge of the fingernails and the skin. What has happened here is simply that the body starts to store the excess silver in the tissue and collagen, which make up the major part of the fingernails. This condition however has no known detrimental effect and will disappear once the Colloidal Silver intake is reduced or discontinued for a while. Not to mention Argyria can only occur if the Colloidal Silver particles are large. The latest methods and especially the latest up to date machines that produce Colloidal Silver uses very high voltage electricity. The silver is stripped from the electrode in a particle size that is a thousand times smaller than the liver’s ability to filter. Argyria was very real in the past, but now, it is not a problem unless someone drinks homemade large particle Colloidal Silver.

Our machines produce Colloidal Silver particle sizes of anywhere between 0.05 and 0.010 of a micron. The smaller the particles the easier it is for the body to absorb resulting in no build-up.

The Placebo Effect

As with all natural medicines, the mental attitude of the person taking the Colloidal Silver has a lot to do with how well it works for the individual. It works on animals just as well and they don’t have any belief systems, it will also work on plants as they don’t have any mental attitudes either. So yes, with humans there might be a ‘mental’ element to healing but in the case of the all-powerful, scientifically proven silver, it’s much more about it actually doing the job brilliantly!

Problems/Diseases Helped

Over 650 reported diseases/ailments have been treated or symptoms eased using Colloidal Silver, this is off the base of testimonials only.

Here are a few of the issues Colloidal Silver can help with:-

Topical Use

While Colloidal Silver is mainly used through daily oral use, it also has benefits when applied directly to open wounds and sores as it can eliminate surface infections and does not sting or burn. For any skin issue, Colloidal Silver should be used topically…as well as orally. Other antiseptics sting when applied to a wound because they are killing the surrounding tissue cells as well as killing the germs. This causes the damaged area to actually become larger. Colloidal Silver kills the topical germs within six minutes and does not harm any surrounding tissue. This is one reason that scar tissue is reduced when using Colloidal Silver. For very serious bandaged wounds it is recommended to soak the bandages in Colloidal Silver. For stubborn things like moles and warts – the area needs to be saturated for some time.

Our Colloidal Silver Cream

We here at Crystal Health & Beauty have developed an emollient Colloidal Silver Cream with natural oils and butters with medicinal properties. This can be directly applied to any problem area of the body, for more stubborn skin conditions we recommend using the cream and then spraying our Colloidal Silver atomiser spray over the top. Ideal for eczema, psoriasis, rashes and other skin complaints. For cuts and abrasions, you can use the cream or apply Colloidal Silver directly to the open wound and onto any dressing or plaster used.

Dr R. Beckers Studies

The author of “The Body Electric”, Dr R.Becker, noted in his studies a correlation between low silver levels and illness: Those who had low silver levels frequently were sick more often with colds, flu, fever and other illnesses. He said he believes that silver deficiency is the reason for the improper functioning of the immune system and that silver is critical for the destruction of bacteria and viruses. Becker’s experiments conclude that silver works on a wide range of bacteria without any side effects and without any damage to the cells of the body.

Colloidal Silver and healing: Becker also states that the silver ion was doing something more than killing disease-causing organisms. It was, he observed, facilitating major growth stimulation of injured tissues. When human fibroblast cells, which are common throughout the body, were exposed to silver, they differentiated. That is, they changed into an embryonic general cell, able to multiply at a great rate and then change into the specialised cells of the organ or tissue that had been injured. Even in patients over the age of 50 years, tissues healed as easily as a child’s tissues.

Colloidal State and Cancer: Again Becker concluded that in the presence of silver ions, cancer cells change back to normal cells regardless of their location in the body. He concluded that the presence of silver ions regenerates tissues and eliminates cancerous cells as well as eliminating other abnormal cells.

Other Uses of Colloidal Silver

• Preservative – Add to food products and condiments and stir in very well. It’ll stop the potential for salmonella growth or food poisoning. You will still need to store it correctly ie. in a fridge and in a sealed container but the silver will help it store longer, remain fresher and benefit digestion.
• Digestion Aid – Put 10-20ml of Colloidal Silver into the drink accompanying your meal. As the food is digested, the presence of Colloidal Silver will keep the food from putrefying in the digestive tract, killing any germs that may have been ingested with the food, and leaving the food more usable within the body. Also, this should reduce or maybe even eliminate flatulence.
• Baths – Add to baths for skin benefits and serious skin issues
• Swimming pool upkeep – Use colloidal silver in a swimming pool, can help keep paddling pools clean and from going green.
• Hand Sanitiser – Can be applied to dirty hands to kill bacteria and germs.
• Antibacterial Type Spray – For kitchen worktops etc.

Veterinary Uses Of Colloidal Silver

The following conditions in animals, birds and fish have been successfully treated with Colloidal Silver:

• Bacteria and parasites in house pets, farm animals and birds
• Parvovirus in dogs
• Revival of belly-up goldfish
• Hoof trouble/skin trouble in horses

‘Colloidal Silver is not only a way of prevention now, but may possibly be our best choice to store for future use.’ – Unknown

Frequently Asked Questions

Written by Kate Beckett

What is a colloid?

A colloid is a liquid that holds tiny particles of a mineral — small enough to stay suspended rather than sink. In a true colloid the particles are larger than a dissolved salt, but far smaller than the grit you would see in a cloudy homemade mix. Sea water is full of mineral colloids. Fruit and vegetable juices carry them too. The body is used to dealing with minerals in this form.

Silver as a metal does not dissolve in water on its own. When it is split into very small, electrically charged clusters and held in pure water, it becomes a silver colloid. That charged suspension is what people mean when they ask for colloidal silver.

What is silver (Ag)?

Silver is the element Ag. It is a pale, highly reflective metal that has been used for coins, cutlery, mirrors, photography and dentistry for centuries. In the earth’s crust it sits at around 0.1 parts per million; in seawater it is closer to 0.01 ppm. One ounce of silver can be beaten into a sheet of about ten square metres. That same softness is why a silver spoon or plate slowly sheds minute particles into food — the old household observation that sits behind the “silver spoon” story already told above.

How to recognise genuine colloidal silver

True colloidal silver, made with properly distilled water and a small enough particle, is a colourless liquid. The clusters are too small to bounce visible light back to the eye. A bottle that looks yellow, brown, grey or black is usually telling you something else is going on.

• Colourless and almost tasteless — the look of a well-made, small-particle colloid.
• Yellow — often silver sulphide, food dye, or particles large enough to scatter light.
• Brown or black — commonly silver oxide, or silver that has dropped out of suspension.
• Grey sediment — the charge has gone and the metal has plated out. Shaking will not put it back.

If you are unsure, ask the maker for a batch analysis. A reputable producer will use distilled water, keep the silver in glass, and be able to say how the batch was made. That is how we work at Crystal.

Ionic silver and true colloidal silver

People use the two phrases as if they were the same. They are related, not identical. Ionic silver is charged silver ions drifting in water. A true colloid also holds tiny clusters of metallic silver that stay suspended because their electrical charge is stronger than gravity. Both can be present in one bottle. What matters for daily use is that the water is clean, the particles stay small, and the charge is not stripped out by plastic, a fridge motor, or strong light.

Silver nitrate and other silver compounds are a different family altogether. Those are chemical salts, not a simple silver-and-water colloid. Medical schools rightly treat some silver compounds as caustic. A stabilised colloid is not the same substance.

Why water purity — and no salt — matters

We already described how our machines refuse poor water. The reason is chemistry. Tap water often carries 30–150 ppm of other minerals. Chloride from salt reacts with silver and forms silver chloride. Extra minerals also speed the current, which tends to grow larger, clumped particles instead of a fine colloid. That is why you should never add table salt, sea salt or “a pinch to help it conduct” if you are looking at homemade methods — and why we distill our own water before a batch starts.

Pure water is slower to work with. That slowness is a good sign. If a generator throws a heavy mist in seconds, the water is usually too mineral-rich for a drinking-grade colloid.

Light, magnets and keeping the charge

The storage rules above (amber glass, no plastic, no fridge) cover the main household mistakes. Two more are worth knowing:

• Strong light. Photons oxidise fine silver quickly — the same chemistry that made black-and-white photography work. A clear bottle left in sun can lose its usefulness in under an hour. Keep it in a cupboard or in amber glass.
• Magnetic fields. A television, microwave, washing machine or fridge motor can interfere with the charge on the particles. Store the bottle away from big electrical appliances, not on top of them.

A gentle shake before pouring is sensible if a bottle has sat still. It will not rescue silver that has already plated onto plastic or dropped as black sediment.

How silver acts on bacteria, fungus and viruses

The six-minute “chemical lung” picture is already set out in the science section. The same catalytic idea is described slightly differently for each kind of one-celled problem:

Bacteria

A bacterium is a single cell with its own oxygen-metabolising enzyme. Silver sitting near that enzyme is said to stop the cell taking up oxygen. The organism dies; the immune and lymphatic systems clear the debris. Because the action is catalytic rather than a slow poison, the usual story is that there is no long window in which a surviving bug can mutate around it.

Fungus

A fungus is a chain or fabric of single cells. Those cells still rely on the same primitive oxygen enzyme. Keep the area wet with silver and the handbook claim is the same six-minute contact time. That is why stubborn skin spots are treated by saturation, not a single dab.

Viruses

A virus has to hijack a living cell. One description used in the older literature is that the invaded cell reverts toward a more primitive chemistry, and that primitive enzyme is again the one silver can disable — so the host cell and the virus go together. Another description says the charge on silver collapses the virus’s protein coat so it cannot copy itself. Either way, the claim in those sources is that mutation of the virus does not change how a hijacked body cell responds.

These are explanations from the traditional silver literature (including David Hooper’s handbook and writers such as Max Crarer), not a diagnosis or a promise about any named disease.

Notes from the historical record

A few dated sources sit alongside the family history already told above, and they are useful for anyone researching the subject:

• The Lancet, 12 December 1914 — often cited as one of the fuller early medical surveys of colloidal silver.
• Alfred Searle, 1919 — founder of a well-known pharmaceutical house, wrote that applying colloidal silver internally or under the skin had been done in a large number of cases, that it was stable, and that it was fatal to parasites without toxic action on the host.
• Dr William Stewart Halsted, 1913 — the American surgeon, writing about silver wire in wounds, said he knew of nothing that quite took its place, and that it stimulated bone-forming cells and healing in skin and soft tissue.
• Dr Henry Crooks, in Use of Colloids in Health and Disease, is widely quoted: no microbe known that is not killed by colloidal silver in six minutes or less, in a dilution as little as five parts per million.
• Dr Richard L. Davies, then of the Utah Silver Institute, reported in 1978 that in four years they had described 87 important new medical uses for silver.

NASA is often mentioned in the same breath: after comparing water-purification methods, silver systems were used on spacecraft. Several airlines have used silver or silver-and-peroxide filters on stored drinking water. Those are industrial and aviation uses, not a substitute for treating water that is chemically poisoned.

Practical skin routines people use

The topical section above covers the principle. These are the extra, specific household patterns that come up again and again in the older handbooks — always as well as taking silver, not instead of it:

• Acne-prone skin. Wash, rinse, then massage a little silver into the area two or three times. Repeat through the day. Many people keep a small 20ml or 50ml bottle in the bathroom for this.
• Cuts and grazes. Onto the wound and onto the dressing. It can be the only thing on the plaster, or used with another dressing.
• Eczema and rash. Dab, keep the patch moist, bandage lightly if you wish, and change the bandage daily. Pair with the cream and atomiser if the area is stubborn.
• Warts. A small plaster kept wet with a few drops, rather than a single wipe. Larger ones take longer.
• Eyes, ears, nose and throat. A dropper or spray is how people reach those surfaces. It does not sting, which is why it is used on broken skin.
• Nebuliser. Some households use a mist for chesty spells. That is a use-pattern, not a prescription.

Water, leftovers and travel

Silver is used to keep stored water sweeter for longer. A common household figure in the old manuals is one or two tablespoons per gallon of clean water for keeping; a little more if the water is biologically suspect (not if it is chemically contaminated). Picnic food that sits in a warm bag — mayonnaise, dairy, leftovers — is the other classic use: stir a little through, keep it sealed and cool anyway.

For home-canned jars, the same literature suggests a small amount per quart so the jar is less likely to grow a film. That is in addition to proper canning, not a replacement for it.

A Nebraska demonstration is often retold: 250 litres of raw sewage put through a silver electrode array, with E. coli gone within about three hours. That is a water-treatment story, not a kitchen recipe.

A short glossary

Ag

The chemical symbol for silver.

Argyria

A grey-blue tint in skin or nails from excess large-particle silver stored in tissue. Covered in the mainstream-misinformation section above.

Catalyst

Something that changes the speed of a reaction without being used up. The usual explanation for how silver disables a pathogen’s oxygen enzyme.

Colloid

Particles suspended in a liquid, small enough to stay up, large enough not to be a true solution.

ppm

Parts per million — how strength is often labelled. Five ppm in tissue is the figure quoted as a working minimum in the older handbooks.

Titration

Starting with a set daily amount, then adjusting up or down for the individual. About one sixth of people, those sources say, need less than the average; another sixth need more.

Herxheimer / healing crisis

A short achy, flu-like spell when a lot is cleared at once. Extra water is the usual first step. See the directions section above.

More questions people ask

Is colloidal silver the same as silver nitrate?

No. Silver nitrate is a caustic silver salt used in industry and some medical dressings. A drinking colloid is silver and water. Do not treat them as interchangeable.

Why is some colloidal silver yellow?

Often because the particles are large, the water was poor, dye was added, or the silver has started to oxidise. Ours is made to stay clear.

Can I keep a bottle in the car or on a sunny windowsill?

A cool cupboard is better. Heat plus light is a fast way to oxidise a clear colloid.

Does it harm the friendly bacteria in the gut?

The traditional claim is that a true colloid is absorbed in the mouth, throat and stomach, so it does not behave like a gut antibiotic. That is why people also put a little in the drink with a meal as a digestion aid (see Other Uses above).

What strength should I look for?

Labels vary. Very weak solutions mean you would need an impractical volume to reach the tissue levels described in the old texts. Ask what the ppm is, how it was measured, and whether the water was distilled. We publish what goes into each Crystal batch.

Is there a difference between a dropper, a spray and a large bottle?

Same liquid, different job. A 20ml dropper is handy for ears, gums and travel. The atomiser is for skin and surfaces. The larger amber bottles are the daily cupboard bottle.

Where can I read more?

David Hooper’s Colloidal Silver Handbook (2008) and Max Crarer’s Everything You Need to Know About Colloidal Silver are two of the longer popular compilations. Dr Robert Becker’s The Body Electric and Cross Currents are the books most often cited for tissue repair. None of them replace a qualified professional if you have a condition or take medication.

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