I mentioned this application of Bentonite for Poison Ivy to my wife -- she related that a friend got lead toxicity from bentonite. Our Naturopath explained that there are many grades of bentonite. He recommended only pharmaceutical grade bentonite, not food grade.
I don't know much about the factors involved but I did a search on the terms "bentonite" and "pharmaceutical" and got back hundreds of pages. One of them, Southern Clay Products, at http://www.gelwhite.com/phar/index.html shows several different pharmaceutical grade bentonite products: One of them, GELWHITE HNF lists 0.884 ppm lead. They seem to indicate the limit for Pharmaceutical grade is 40 ppm, and the limit for Purified Pharmaceutical Bentonite is 15 ppm. These are CFTA guidelines, whatever that is. I found some info on Dr. Schulze's detox program at http://www.projectenlightenment.com/schulze1.html he lists pharmaceutical grade bentonite as one of the ingredients. Don't have any more info now, but it bears checking out further. Rex > a few ideas. In a bath, put four cup of pure bentonite and some baking > soda. Bentonite is one of the handiest things to have around. Have > used it for many things. I buy a 50-lb bag from well drillers. Be sure > to ask for pure bentonite. My brother-in-law puts 4 cups of bentonite > and 1/2 bottle of peroxide in a hot bath after a day of crawling under > houses fixing pipes. Really helps the aching joints. > > marmar1...@aol.com wrote: > > > > 2 year old is doing better with his cold. Now, 13 year old has come down > > with another bout of poison ivy! He is one of those who for some reason > > cannot go near it or he breaks out terribly. He has had it off and on all > > summer since we moved out to the country. The problem is that even though he > > knows what it looks like and even though he wears long pants, he still > > manages to get it. The last bout was awful! All over his body and it drove > > him nuts. Any chance that anyone has had any good experience with cs and > > poison ivy??? > > > > Thanks. > > Marlene > > <")))>< > > -- 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 Silver-list archive: http://escribe.com/health/thesilverlist/index.html List maintainer: Mike Devour <mdev...@eskimo.com>
