Pam, MSM is a derivative of DMSO. DMSO is a "solvent", which means it penetrates through the skin like water through a tissue (the "wetting agent" effect). Because DMSO is a sulphur-based compound, it has a garlic-like smell, which, when you put DMSO on your skin, would in seconds cause your breath to smell like garlic. MSM does not have this odour problem. Whether the processing of DMSO to MSM gives it more benefits to the body than DMSO I am not certain of. But Brooks Bradley puts as much MSM into the CS as it takes for it to reach saturation (no more will dissolve) and uses that both externally and internally, as much as the client is willing to take (no overdose or side-effect worries). He adds ascorbic acid to offset the bitterness of MSM. I assume that means he puts in the ascorbic acid first (don't know how much) and then reaches saturation with MSM afterwards. Hope this helps. Terry Wayne
--- Pam Whitmire <paw...@lcc.net> wrote: > Could someone please explain the term 'wetting > agent' in relation to CS? > Does this simply mean something that will help the > CS stay on your skin > longer, or help it to enter the skin? I have read > some postings on using > MSM...could this be explained too? If MSM is a > powder and CS a liquid, > does it make a paste? And if so, how does one use > this? > Pam > > > > > -- > The silver-list is a moderated forum for discussion > of colloidal silver. > > To join or quit silver-list or silver-digest send an > e-mail message to: > silver-list-requ...@eskimo.com -or- > silver-digest-requ...@eskimo.com > with the word subscribe or unsubscribe in the > SUBJECT line. > > To post, address your message to: > silver-list@eskimo.com > > List maintainer: Mike Devour <mdev...@id.net> > > _____________________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Bid and sell for free at http://auctions.yahoo.com -- The silver-list is a moderated forum for discussion of colloidal silver. To join or quit silver-list or silver-digest send an e-mail message to: silver-list-requ...@eskimo.com -or- silver-digest-requ...@eskimo.com with the word subscribe or unsubscribe in the SUBJECT line. To post, address your message to: silver-list@eskimo.com List maintainer: Mike Devour <mdev...@id.net>
