http://www.natural-immunogenics.com/...-_Jun_2003.pdf


alot of good healing info -

INTRODUCTION: HISTORICAL SUCCESSES AGAINST VIRAL INFECTIONS
WITH SILVER FORMULATIONS
The pre-dynastic Egyptians started using silver as currency around 3500 BC. Since ancient
times, silver has been highly regarded as a premier preservative and antimicrobial agent
[1–4]. So esteemed was silver for this purpose that it literally permeated the known world,
including ancient Greece, Rome, Phoenicia and Macedonia [5, 6]. Hippocrates (circa 400
BC) taught that the flowers of silver by itself, in the finest powder, would heal non-healing
wound ulcerations [7]. In 69 BC, silver nitrate was described in the contemporary
pharmacopoeia [8].
A few thousand years later (1897), silver nitrate began to be widely used in America. The
result was an enormous alleviation in blindness among newborns, as it still is today [9, 10].
Just prior to this event, a major discovery occurred that was to give lasting purpose and
impart definitive meaning to the entire spectrum of silver-based aids. This pivotal discovery
Journal of Nutritional & Environmental Medicine (June 2003) 13(2), 109–118
ISSN 1359-0847 print/ISSN 1364-6907 online/03/020109-10 # Taylor & Francis Ltd

HISTORICAL VERSATILITY OF SILVER ADMINISTRATION
The older medical literature provided various guidelines and methods of administration for
crude silver formulations. Solutions, ointments, sprays, dusting powder, tablets, irrigations,
suppositories, and tampons were employed. Direct application of different silver
formulations depended upon their caustic or non-caustic attributes, and accordingly
were applied to conjunctiva, nose and throat, topical wounds and ulcers, urethra, bladder,
vagina and rectum [37].
The application methods included intravenous, intramuscular, subcutaneous, and oral.
Historic clinical reports have stated that injected Ag1 produced dramatic immediate
improvement in URT infections [15].
DISCUSSION: PROBING THE STRATEGIC ASPECTS OF THE
ANTIMICROBIAL PROPERTIES OF SILVER
Like bacteria and fungi, infectious viral organisms may have multiple susceptibilities when
encountering oligodynamic Ag1. On the other hand, evidence suggests that oligodynamic
Ag1 will not interfere with normal white blood cell (WBC) activity, and may even enhance
WBC activity [38, 39]. Feng et al. [40] concluded that oligodynamic Ag1 offered profound
immune benefits because of its ability to intervene with select bacteria in three key ways
almost simultaneously. Central to all three is the ability of oligodynamic Ag1 to denature
(dose-dependent permanent inactivation) essential microorganisms’ protein and DNA:
1. One type of essential protein maintains the integrity of the cell’s membranes and
boundaries. Once the membranes become unstable, the cell begins to rupture.
2. Simultaneously, the smallest sizes of Ag1 may more easily penetrate the membrane
pores of the bacteria. Once penetration occurs, life-essential enzyme reactions governing
cell metabolism go into partial or full arrest.
3. As the silver further penetrates the most interior recesses of the cell, the genetic building
blocks (nucleic acids) of the germs are paralyzed, ending the ability of the invaders to replicate.
DOI: 10.1080/13590840310001594061