Medicinal value of Silver
Monday, April 25th, 2011Did you know that silver can be used as medicines? Yes, silver in its colloidal form can be used as an antiseptic to cure infections because of its antibacterial and antimicrobial properties. There are various FDA approved drugs and wound dressings, that are used as dressing material for wounds or to be applied on the wounds. The various types of wound dressing materials are adhesive strip, a type of wound dressing that forms a multilayer barrier, and packing strips. The silver in these dressings act on the wound through the silver ions which are released slowly into the body tissues around the wound.
These are usually used in various situations such as for covering wounds post surgery, wounds on the nostrils, dermal ulcers, for superficial wounds, or when there has been a burnt skin and lacerations. According to the FDA certain products of colloidal silver are not available over the counter, but only available to the doctors.
The silver colloidal solutions are made by re suspension of the dried nano particles of silver in solution, so that they are aggregated into clusters. The colloidal solutions have different colors when at different states of aggregation, they will be clear yellow when they are dilute and still as individual units, when they turn dark gray, it means that the state of aggregation is irreversible.