I've made gel with just CS and Xanthan Gum. Xanthan Gum is cheap and its supposed to be very safe. (Its also used as an ingredient in gluten free foods foods I think). A 100 g packet from the health food store is about $7 Australian. I estimate thats enough to make about a gallon of gel. But I suggest you just make what you can use in a reasonable time. I sat an open jar of Gel made with plain water and X-gum on a window ledge outside and it started to develop mold spots after about 10 days. A jar made with CS and X-gum took about 20 days to go spotty.
I also made up a jar using CS , X-gum, MSM, and a couple of drops of Old Spice After Shave. This has been kept inside and only opened a couple of times of day. So far its shown no sign of mold after about 6 weeks. I'm not sure if its the MSM, the closed jar, or the after-shave thats providing the mold prevention. My partner is using this on her dry elbows. (There's no real logic behind this at all.) Its not real pretty to look at (the gel I mean) because I made it with extra strong CS that's very light sensitive so it's gone a bit of a grey color. Then again, to make it a pretty color it would probably need even more ingredients of dubious merit. I'm sure pure CS sprayed straight onto the skin would normally be more effective than a gel, but a gel is less messy sometimes and has a certain psychological appeal. If you search this list you'll find a recipe for CS Gel using Xanthan, but it has other ingredents that I dont understand and I figure the fewer the ingredients the better. As for applying CS gels to wounds, I have some issues with this. The CS is not a concern, but what about the other ingredients in commercial and home-made gels? The gels feel nice but are the extra ingredients going to help or hinder the healing? I assume the silver particles (or oxides) would be bound in the gel until they are absorbed through the skin, but what happens to the silver ions in a gel? There doesn't seem to be any real research or even reliable anecdotal evidence behind this. David -- The Silver List is a moderated forum for discussing Colloidal Silver. Instructions for unsubscribing are posted at: http://silverlist.org To post, address your message to: silver-list@eskimo.com Silver List archive: http://escribe.com/health/thesilverlist/index.html Address Off-Topic messages to: silver-off-topic-l...@eskimo.com OT Archive: http://escribe.com/health/silverofftopiclist/index.html List maintainer: Mike Devour <mdev...@eskimo.com>
