Has anyone tried colloidal silver as a remedy for illness?
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Colloidal Silver is harmful.  It can cause argyria; a condition which causes silver salts to be deposited in the skin giving the skin an ashen grey appearance.\n\nWhile collodial silver may be effective in the labratory against bacteria so is bleach.  And nobody is suggesting you injest bleach.\n\nSale of collodial silver has been banned in both the US and Australia (and probably other places, too.)\n\nMost often, as in the previous answer, the person using collodial silver simply gets better on his own--the silver had nothing to do with it--but credits the silver.\n\nIt does nothing; and is potentially harmful.
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I've got bad hearing loss and severe tinnitus.\n\nI cannot understand anyone talking to me from across an average sized room from all the "noises"\n\nYou can run yourself broke trying various medicines and concoctions to treat it.......heck,,even just to find something that helps.\n\nWhat works for one person may not necessarily work for another\n\nOne thing that I just stumbled upon which helps a bunch for me,,\nand everyone I've suggested it to claims to have gotten noticeable results...\n\nZINC>>a buncha Zinc.\nI take a zinc tablet 2~3 times a day.\n\nPotassium>>I take one tablet a day\n\nVitamic C>>I always take a bunch,,a huge bunch-- I dont even know how much,,I practically "snack" on vitamin C tablets\n\nB-100 complex>>one a day\n\nIt works SLOW,,,barely noticeable on a day to day basis.\nThen in about a week I notice that the noise is very minimal.\n\nIf I quit/skip(which I do too frequently),,in 3~4 days the noises become extreme again,,,\nand only THEN do I realize how much improvement had been  made.\n\nI think the Zinc has the most profound effect.\nPotassium is probably 2nd.\nB-100,,probably ties with Potassium\nVit C,,I cant tell,,I've taken so much for so long it's hard to say.\n\nOne thing I've been Told 1st hand by several people who swear it helps THEM,,but I never tried it myself,\nis an herbal thing called Black Cohosh Root.\n\nIt's commonly promoted for female hormonal probs during menopause.\nThere's been several studies which "prove" it's effectiveness for that app.\n\nI read a little about the stuff and it's effects,,,and it made sense to me.\n\nIt's influences are not so much a "female health thing",,,\nbut how it influences a variety of symptoms that females just happen to experience during those conditions\n\nI've intended to give it a try for several years,,\nand have no reason why I haven't,,,\nexcept that maybe the noise is satisfactorily under control for me most of the time.\n\nI take all the other stuff anyway for other reasons,,and my ears stay "good enough" to be bearable\n\nIt's fairly cheap,,\nYou may wanna read up on Black Cohosh for TINNITUS,,and see what ya think.\n\nZinc & Potassium  I am CERTAIN it helps ME a bunch with the prob.\nC & B complex,,I beleive it helps me a good bit\n\nGood Luck,,hope you get some releif
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take magnesium phosphoricum 3X 3pills 3hr during peroids\nits a homeopathic remedy
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I use echinacia as a tea and a neti. Works wonders if you have a normal immune system.
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In my own experience, its really best that you consult specialist for it. Trying out random remedy is risky.
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Ammoniated mercury  is used to treat impetigo, psoriasis, minor skin infections, and other skin disorders.\n\nThis medicine is available without a prescription. Your doctor may have special instructions on the proper use of this medicine for your medical condition.
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From what I've learned it is far from being a wonder cure as some have made it out to be. In support of claims made for it's curative qualities they give this quote. "The most powerful concept in disease prevention and treatment today is inflammation. Inflammation may well turn out to be the elusive Holy Grail of medicine - the single phenomenon that holds the key to sickness and health." \n~Meggs, WJ. The Inflammation Cure. (we don't know who this is: His expertise, qualifications, training or ...?) But MonaVie reps claim that by reducing inflamation they will help to cure "heart disease, cancer, arthritis, obesity, diabetes, asthma, Alzheimer's, and allergies(2004)".The response that can be made to that: "Inflammation is not a disease, and it is not the cause of disease. It is a symptom of disease. You cannot cure pneumonia with a cough suppressant.... it's no real facts, just hype."\nOne person claimed that a lab report he obtained, showed MonaVie is only 5% Acai juice, that the rest is mostly water. There are complaints about other treatment/cure claims of MonaVie, such as severe pain from arthritis or a fall from a 30 foot ladder being eliminated within 1-2 days. People also criticise because MonaVie is network marketing or MLM which is viewed by many as a legal pryamid enterprise. Price of MonaVie is outrageous, one bottle costs $45 (& price keeps shooting up)and recommended amount is 4 bottles a month! You don't have to pay absurd amounts to get any of the questionable benefits claimed. Just do as I and many others do; follow a careful organic vegetarian wholefood balanced diet with lots of raw food. It's far cheaper and better. And you know what you are getting.
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Well what you have described is totally treatable and curable in Homeopathy .\nPlease send me your details and i can tell you your remedy which will set all of this right with no side effects and complications !\nTake care and God Bless !\nI am a Homeopath !
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Go Get This Homeopathic Remedy AURUM MET 30 and take three drops in a sip of water thrice a day and let me know how much did it improve your moods and help you overcome depression !
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It certainly should.  Zinc is much higher in the "electromotive series" than is silver.  This means it would displace silver.\n\nZn (s) + 2 AgNO3 (aq)---> Zn(NO3)2 (aq) + 2 Ag (s)\n\nSolid zinc dropped into silver nitrate solution will precipitate silver.
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Hmm, for an inner ear infection my mom used to put a clove of garlic in our ear.  It was supposed to draw out the infection somehow.  I had inner ear infections a lot as a child, and it always helped the pain if I put a hot water bottle (or rice sock, made by putting about 2 cups of rice in a clean tube sock, tying the end and heating it up in the microwave for a few minutes) over my ear.  Colloidal silver was another remedy that she used (taken orally) on my siblings; zinc, goldenseal, Echinacea, and vitamin C are all helpful for ear infections.  You can get these at most larger drug stores or discount stores and the recommended dosages are on the bottles.\n\nGood luck, I hope you feel better soon!
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My daughter suffered from severe migraines including vision loss, blacking out, fainting, tunnel vision and vomiting.  We were never able to find relief for her and I'm not sure the medical world actually has anything to cure this.  She tried everything.\nWe then found an all natural product that has medical validation that she decided to try.  She has not had even a mild headache since starting this and no longer worries about fainting at work.  This is an adaptogen which works on all auto-immune deficiencies and we have found it works when nothing else did!  Contact me if you would like to learn more about it.
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i remember hearing it spoken of by my mother, who would be 90 this month if she were still alive.  it was as a "booster" or tonic type remedy.  maybe for anemia or energy.  no real personal knowledge of accuracy of that, but that's what i remember.....
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YES.\nCHECK FOR FOOD ALLERGY.\nPUT A WATER FILTER ON YOUR BATH WATER.\nDO NOT WEAR OR USE PREFUME SOAPS OR PRODUCTS ON YOUR SKIN OR CLOTHS..\nAND I FOUND DR. OHHIRA PROBIOTIC SOAP AND THE PROBIOTIC 12 PLUC CAP.. STOPPED MY 15 YEAR PROBLEM IN TWO WEEKS....I ALSO USE "GARDEN OF LIFE"" AND FOR MY HUSBAND DRINKING GOATS MILK VERSE COW MILK STOPPED HIS..
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Take SILICEA in 6X potency hourly, its a Homeopathic remedy and it will bring out the embedded needles out the way they went in, In getting rid of foreign objects out of the body it perform miracles and without any pain , discomfort, side effects or complications. Truly a gem of a remedy in bring out wood splinters, glass shreds bullets and slugs. Read more about it by clicking the link :- http://homeoint.org/books/boericmm/s/sil.htm\n100% cure guaranteed, and please let everyone know that it worked the way I said its going to work and without any side effects or complications and you can decide after being cured whether Homeopathy is Placebo or for real  :-) . Nothing works better trust me !\nTake Care and God Bless you !\n\nP.S\nAnd you can disregard any biased comments about Homeopathy till you have tried and got cured of your suffering exactly the way as I have said above :-)\nTake care
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I'm a RN who has taught Nursing for over 20 years in numerous clinical settings.  I am so sorry to hear about your father's health problems and I understand your concern about how to best manage the symptoms medically.  You have described his lab results and present symptoms very well.  Except for the constipation which can be quite easily managed, the remainder of his symptoms are significant CNS symptoms causing his brain dysfunction.  I agree with his doctors' provisional diagnosis based on the medical/clinical information you presented and also encourage you to facilitate chelation therapy  for your dad as soon as possible.  BAL is a harmless compound used for binding the mercuric ion to it but the therapeutic usefulness of BAL depends on its immediate administration at the acute onset of the mercury poisoning.   I think that it would be no longer useful for your dad.  I believe that your dad is experiencing chronic mercury poisoning  and Penicillamine may well be the drug of choice.  Penicillamine can be administered orally and appears to chelate mercury selectively, with considerably less effect on copper, which is essential to many metabolic processes.  Your dad's copper level was borderline low so you would want to preserve as much copper as possible which Penicillamine does.  Penicillamine has an advantage of being well absorbed from the gastrointestinal tract and promotes the excretion of mercury in the urine.  N-Acetyl-dl-penicillamine is even more effective than Penicillamine in protecting against the effects of mercury on the brain, probably because it is more resistant to metabolic degradation, and it has the advantage of being less toxic.  I'm not as familiar with the use of DMSA or DMPS as chelating agents for mercury removal from the brain.  Also you did not mention your dad's kidney function.  Mercury is highly toxic to the kidneys and I suggest that the functioning of his kidneys be evaluated.  I also suggest that your dad be assessed by a neurologist as soon as possible if that has not yet occurred due to the serious CNS symptoms that your dad is presently experiencing.  I wish your dad God's blessings and healing touch.  Good luck to you.
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Start with this, I have never heard anything about hemp seed; sounds like quack practice. mcc_md@yahoo.com for further info.\n\nTREATMENT OF SLE — Although there is no "cure" for SLE, a variety of general and specific treatments and strategies to reduce symptoms, limit damage to vital organs, and reduce the risk of recurrence are available.\n\nGeneral treatment considerations — Although specific drugs are used for particular organs, a number of general issues are applicable to every person with SLE. Diet and nutrition, exercise, and preventive measures including immunizations, avoiding certain medications, and issues related to pregnancy are among the most important general issues for patients with SLE. (See "Overview of the therapy and prognosis of systemic lupus erythematosus in adults").\n\nDiet and nutrition — It is not well known what the effect of dietary modification is in SLE. One study reported that frequent intake of meat was associated with more active and progressive disease. In contrast, dietary fish oil has been reported to be beneficial. These findings await confirmation, however, and at present we do not recommend fish oil supplements in the treatment of SLE.\n\nA conservative approach is a balanced diet consisting of carbohydrates, proteins, and fats. However, the diet should be modified based upon disease activity and the response to therapy:\n\nPatients with active inflammatory disease and fever may require an increase in caloric intake. \nCorticosteroids (prednisone and others) enhance appetite, resulting in potentially significant weight gain. Hunger can be somewhat lessened by the ingestion of water, antacids, histamine H2 blockers (eg, zantac), and/or proton-pump inhibitors (eg, prilosec). If weight gain is significant, however, patients should follow a low calorie diet. \nSignificant increases in blood levels of fat and cholesterol may occur (hyperlipidemia). Patients with hyperlipidemia should be encouraged to eat a low fat diet. A lipid-lowering agent should be considered if cholesterol levels remain high despite a change in diet. \nVitamins are rarely needed with a balanced diet. However, a daily multivitamin should be taken by patients who are not able to obtain an adequate diet or who are dieting to lose weight. \nPatients on long term steroids and postmenopausal women should take 400 to 800 units of Vitamin D plus 1000 to 1500 mg of calcium per day to minimize the degree of bone loss. \nIt is important to note that herbal supplements are of unproven benefit, and may even cause harm.\n\nExercise — Inactivity produced by acute illness causes a rapid loss of muscle mass and stamina. As a result, fatigue may follow even after the illness subsides. This can usually be treated with graded exercise. In selected cases that do not respond to regular exercise, relief of fatigue can sometimes be obtained with prednisone or antimalarials (hydroxychloroquine or chloroquine).\n\nImmunizations — Influenza vaccine is safe and effective; pneumococcal vaccine is also safe but fewer antibodies are created in people with SLE than in those without the disease. People whose immune systems are weakened should not receive live vaccines. The efficacy and safety of hepatitis B vaccination has not been determined.\n\nAvoiding certain medications — Sulfonamides and penicillin (but not the synthetic penicillins) may cause exacerbations of SLE and should therefore be avoided. In contrast, medications that cause drug-induced lupus, such as procainamide, hydralazine, and isoniazid do not cause exacerbations of SLE and may be used if otherwise needed.\n\nPregnancy and contraception — Pregnancy should be avoided during active disease (especially in women who have significant organ impairment) due to the high risk of miscarriage. Women with SLE should not become pregnant until the disease has been controlled adequately for at least six months.\n\nOral contraceptives containing high dose estrogens c