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New Study Proves Colloidal Silver Decimates Fungal Pathogens; Even Superior to Popular Anti-Fungal
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A recent study (see study overview at the end of this article) conducted by the Department of Microbiology atKyungpook National University in Daegu, Korea, and published in the prestigious Journal of Microbiology andBiotechnology, demonstrates what tens of thousands of colloidal silver users have already known for years, i.e.,colloidal silver is one of the most powerful and effective natural anti-fungal agents in the world.
The study authors tested silver nanoparticles (read: colloidal silver) against the Candida species of fungus (the chiefculprit in women’s vaginal yeast infections and the more sinister chronic candidiasis syndrome) as well as theTrichophyton species (the most common cause of athlete's foot , jock itch and ringworm, as well as hair and nailfungal infections in humans).
What they discovered is that the silver particles “showed potent activity against clinical isolates and ATCC strains”of the fungal pathogens.
What this means is silver was equally effective against lab-grown strains of the fungal pathogens and strains isolatedfrom infected specimens.
Colloidal Silver Even Beats Diflucan
The study authors also found that silver was comparable in effectiveness to Amphotericin B, one of the mostpowerful prescription antifungal drugs known to man, which is often used intravenously to cure serious systemicfungal infections.
What’s more, silver was found to be superior in effectiveness to the well-known anti-fungal drug fluconazole(popularly known as Diflucan).
Treating Fungal Infections With Colloidal Silver
This is of course nothing new to experienced colloidal silver users. They frequently use this powerful naturalantibiotic to heal fungal infections of all sorts.
For example, it is now well known that many nasty cases of dandruff are actually topical fungal skin infections indisguise. What’s not as well known publicly is that colloidal silver, put into a simple pump spray bottle and sprayedlightly on the head each morning after drying your hair from the shower will eliminate such topical stealth fungalinfections in a matter of days! Fungal infections of the inner ear can likewise be cured in only a few short days simply by putting a few drops ofcolloidal silver into the ears each day for several days in a row, allowing it to seep down into the ear for ten offifteen minutes before draining it back out.
Likewise, fungal infections of the eyes can be healed practically overnight, simply by putting a couple of drops ofcolloidal silver directly into the eyes, several times a day. (Similarly, Pink Eye can also be eradicated in a few shortdays using the same technique. And it works great for styes too, which many doctors believe are simply staphinfections in the eye.) Thrush mouth, which is simply a Candida “yeast” fungal overgrowth in the mouth, and is often characterized by awhite tongue, can be rapidly cured by using colloidal silver. Simply swish a tablespoonful of colloidal silver aroundin your mouth two or three times a day, for a good five minutes each time. You can swallow afterwards, or simplyspit it out if you prefer. Do this especially after any meal in which sugary products have been consumed. You’ll findthe “thrush” symptoms diminishing within a few short days, and eradicated within a week or two.
Athlete’s foot and stubborn toenail fungal infections can also be wiped out by using colloidal silver instead ofpotentially harmful antifungal drugs that have been known to harm the liver. Simply take a glass baking dish (suchas the ones used for baking cakes) and pour an inch and half or so of colloidal silver into it. Then soak your feet for about 30 minutes while watching television or reading a book.
Athlete’s foot can be eradicated in a few short days following this simple method. But stubborn toenail fungalinfections may take up to three weeks, or even a bit longer. Nevertheless, you’ll soon notice nice, clear new nailsgrowing in where the old yellowy, or gray-green infected nails were. Trim the old infected toenail away as it growsout naturally, and let the beautiful new, uninfected nail grow in normally.
Vaginal and Systemic Candida Yeast Infections
Perhaps the most widely known use of colloidal silver for fungal infections is its use by women who suffer fromchronic vaginal Candida yeast infections, or systemic Candida yeast infections. Women frequently use larger thannormal doses of colloidal silver for a few weeks -- anywhere from two to four ounces daily of a 10 ppm solution –inorder to rid themselves of nasty Candida yeast infections.
Internal use of colloidal silver like that against deep-seated fungal infections such as Candida yeast can beamazingly effective. However, for maximum success you absolutely have to remember to re-establish your body’snatural intestinal flora during and after the treatment period.
Contrary to popular belief, colloidal silver does not know the difference between the beneficial bacteria that inhabityour intestinal tract, aiding in digestion and contributing to the body’s overall immune status, and the nasty fungaland microbial pathogens that compete for turf in the same region and wreak havoc on your health.
Generally speaking, colloidal silver kills all single-celled microbes it comes into contact with, good and bad alike.
And if you are taking larger-than-normal daily amounts of colloidal silver (such as three or four ounces a day ratherthan several small teaspoons full per day) in order to stop a nasty internal fungal infection, you can wipe out a largeportion of your body’s beneficial micro-flora along with the fungal pathogens you’re after.
And because Candida yeast and other fungal pathogens are such rapid colonizers if there are no beneficialmicroorganisms in the intestinal tract to form a competitive barrier against them, all of your efforts to heal a Candidayeast infection can end up being for naught. The relatively large daily dose of colloidal silver will kill everything inits track, so to speak. And then when the treatment is finished, the Candida yeast fungus can step back in and re-colonize your entire intestinal tract, potentially leaving you in worse shape than when you started.
The simple solution is this: If you find that you have to use larger-than-normal daily amounts of colloidal silverinternally to rid yourself of a persistent or deep-seated Candida yeast infection, be sure to re-colonize your digestivetract daily with Lactobacillus acidophilus, Bifidobacterium and other beneficial microbes that are native to theintestinal tract.
By doing so daily, during the entire colloidal silver treatment period and for a week or so afterwards, you willcompletely stop the Candida fungal pathogen from re-establishing colonies in your digestive tract.
You can do this by taking commercial supplements containing beneficial microbes, such as one called I-Flora fromSedona Labs which contains a “grid” of 16 different beneficial microorganisms that are native to the humanintestinal tract. Or you can do so by eating moderate daily portions of high-quality yogurt containing high levels ofactive beneficial bacterial cultures.
You can purchase supplements containing high levels of beneficial bacterial at just about any good health food store.
Or you can get high-quality yogurt with active beneficial bacterial cultures at health food store as well as manylarger chain supermarkets.
One of Nature’s Most Astonishing Remedies Against Fungal Infections
With that simple caveat, you’ll probably find, like many thousands of other people have, that colloidal silver is oneof nature’s most astonishing remedies against fungal infections.
Perhaps that is why colloidal silver is one of the top-recommended products for healing stubborn fungal infections mentioned in the best-selling book, Prescription for Nutritional Healing by certified nutrition counselor Phyllis A.
Balch and her husband Dr. James F. Balch, M.D., who recommend it for everything from athlete’s foot toCandidiasis.
The Study Overview
Directly below you’ll find the brief overview I promised of the new university medical study which amplydemonstrates colloidal silver’s incredible effectiveness against fungal pathogens of the Candida and Trichophytonspecies.
It is too bad the U.S. medical community refuses to embrace this vital, peer-reviewed information. If they did, theycould pretty much help put an end to today’s growing epidemic of fungal infections, which can cause diseasesranging from Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and fibromyalgia to serious immune system deficiencies, cancer and otherlife-threatening conditions.
The intransigence of the medical community in regards to its refusal to embrace colloidal silver even in the face of agrowing body of new studies proving its effectiveness is due chiefly to the overwhelming influence wielded by thehuge multi-billion dollar pharmaceutical corporations. Big Pharma simply does not want to see any relativelyinexpensive, safe and natural nutritional supplement competing with their expensive and potentially harmfulprescription antifungal, antiviral and antibiotic drugs.
So that’s where things stand. And it is largely why bureaucrats in the U.S. EPA and FDA are working so hard to re-classify beneficial silver nanoparticles (read: colloidal silver) as a “pesticide,” so they can regulate this safe, naturalsubstance into oblivion at the behest of the big pharmaceutical companies. (See the latest blog post on this topichere.) They don’t want you to know what researchers in other parts of the world are confirming in droves, i.e., that safe,natural colloidal silver is simply the most powerful natural pathogen killer on the face of the earth.
J Microbiol Biotechnol. 2008 Aug;18(8):1482-4.
Antifungal effect of silver nanoparticles on dermatophytes.Kim KJ, Sung WS, Moon SK, Choi JS, Kim JG, Lee DG.
Department of Microbiology, College of Natural Scienes, Kyungpook National University, Daegu 702-701, Korea.
Spherical silver nanoparticles (nano-Ag) were synthesized and their antifungal effects on fungal pathogens of theskin were investigated.
Nano-Ag showed potent activity against clinical isolates and ATCC strains of Trichophyton mentagrophytes andCandida species (IC80, 1-7 microg/ml).
The activity of nano-Ag was comparable to that of amphotericin B, but superior to that of fluconazole (amphotericinB IC80, 1-5 microg/ml; fluconazole IC80, 10- 30 microg/ml).
Additionally, we investigated their effects on the dimorphism of Candida albicans. The results showed nano-Agexerted activity on the mycelia.
Thus, the present study indicates nano-Ag may have considerable antifungal activity, deserving further investigationfor clinical applications.

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