When colloidal silver water dries, it oxidizes into a brownish or grey
residue. [soak a paper towel with CS and let it dry]  
 This is not argyria.
 Ken


At 12:12 PM 7/1/01 -0400, you wrote:
>----- Original Message -----
>From: Ode Coyote <coy...@alltel.net>
>To: <silver-list@eskimo.com>
>Sent: Sunday, July 01, 2001 12:16 PM
>Subject: Re: CS>Angyia
>
>
>> And even then, turning blue [argyria] is very rare.
>>  Something like one case in a thousand over threshold exposure.
>>  Ken
>
>I write as someone who makes her own CS and is very committed to taking it,
>recognizing its benefits.
>
>Several years ago one of my dogs' paws became infected. I took a very long
>cleaned glass Sorrell Ridge jelly jar and filled it with warm water, Epsom
>salt (to draw out the pus and other impurities), about 3 ounces of colloidal
>silver, and about 1 ounce of 3% food grade hydrogen peroxide. I am giving
>you approximate measurements. I soaked her paw 2 to 3 times a day for about
>15 to 20 minutes at a time.
>
>The infection cleared up nicely after about 3 days. However, I DID notice
>that beneath her fur, the skin had turned grey. I simply noted it. After
>about a month the grey color disappeared and returned to normal.
>
>I know that many people in the medical-pharmaceutical industries cite the
>grey color presumably caused by CS as "proof" that CS is harmful, not
>distinguishing the genuine silver colloid from compound silver--as in silver
>salts or silver proteins--that CAN cause the skin to turn grey. However, I
>know what I saw with my dog. The CS I make is pure colloid; and except one
>time when the electrodes were too close to the sides of the container which
>yielded flakes at the bottom of the glass container, I never had any
>problems with either the purity of the solution or the beneficial effects.
>
>Is it possible that the Epsom salt and/or hydrogen peroxide reacted with the
>silver? (If, however, they DID react and the silver changed into silver
>compound, I would think that my dog's paw wouldn't have healed as quickly as
>it did.) Would anyone know the reason for the TEMPORARY change in the color
>of my dog's skin?
>
>Thanks for your brainstorming here.
>
>Regards,
>Nina Silver, Ph.D.
>dedicated to world healing and social change
>visit my website http://www.Heart-of-Healing.com
>
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