I think they may be talking about silver compounds such as silver
nitrate and silver citrate.  These are of course ionic as well.

Marshall

Terry wrote:

> From "International Pharmaceuticals" (linked on the
> www.silvermedicine.org site):3.) IONIC SILVER SUPPRESSES THE CD4 AND
> CD8 FUNCTION OF THE IMMUNE SYSTEM:<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns =
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> “Ionic” silver must be produced via electrolysis (via electricity
> ((anode + cathode))), and ions will suppress the CD4 and CD8 functions
> of your immune system. One should therefore “not” use “ionic” silver
> (misnamed as colloidal silver by the uninformed and marketers) because
> “ionic” silver is “TOXIC” to your immune system.
>
> I think the folks at silver-list@eskimo.com would find this statement
> at odds with their own experiences; they regularly report significant
> results with "toxic" ionic silver (@ 5 ppm concentration).
>
> Terry
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Reg Whelan [mailto:whelan...@iprimus.com.au]
> Sent: Friday, May 14, 2004 4:21 AM
> To: pralt-disc...@prostate90.com
> Subject: Re: [pralt-discuss] Collodial Siver
>
>
>      Hi Michael, Your link was welcome.Everything old is new
>      again. Even in the holy grail of Medicine. They stopped
>      using silver about 1939 and now it's come full circle.
>      today's electrically produced silver ions are far removed
>      from the days of yore. todays antibiotics can sometimes
>      cause more damage to the body than good. You can learn about
>      coloidal silver at..http://www.silvermedicine.org You can
>      see graphs produced by big pharma to strengthen a part of
>      it's case for the introduction of electrically produced
>      silver ions (in this case the body's own electrical
>      circuitry is in part used to generate the silver ions) in
>      the control of bacterial infection
>      at...www.acticoat.com There is a support forum
>      at..http://groups.yahoo.com/group/silverdatawebsite Reg
>
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