An acquaintance drinks colloidal silver water (let us assume safe doses) as a precaution to combat the upcoming corona virus.

I find this article that silver is mostly used against bacteria and that therefore it should be used sparingly to prevent bacterial immunity.
Antimicrobial Silver in Medicinal and Consumer Applications: A Patent Review of the Past Decade (2007–2017)

So this article warns for potential bacterial immunity and is thus not in particular suggestive to drink colloidal silver as a prevention measure (the silver is not immobilized when drinking it).

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The alternative health circuit is much more praising, it's good for this and that and whatnot. There I found this article that denies the immunity problem of micro organisms when it comes to silver. I put the pdf in attachment, this is the header:
If it works on influenza virus it might work on corona virus too? I would think so.
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So here's a contradiction in bacterial immunity towards silver.
If anyone has intel on this matter to share, it's very welcome, thx in advance.

Also welcome about other potentials to strengthen ones selves in these corona times, I certainly continue with my daily Syrian rue habit.

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Disclaimer: I am not a medical professional by any means so take what I say with serious caution in order to reduce potential damage to ones own health and well-being after consulting with an actual qualified expert first. Hey Jees, can't say I'm too informed on silvers antibacterial-antimicrobial properties or biology for that matter, but I may have some input on other factors listed: P.harmala, E.coca, diet and exercise.

Peganum harmala:

For starters I've already mentioned in a previous post (link below) that the seeds of this Mediterranean plant does indeed have a plethora of medicinal properties not limited to inhibiting the replication of the influenza virus, demonstrating some antimicrobial properties. However what therapeutic potential these seeds have against the corona virus if any, still remains unknown to me.

Erythroxylum coca:

This remedy is more of an aid-helper in the case of someone who has already contracted the corona virus and is seeking to rid oneself of one of the primary symptoms being breathlessness. I've been on and off of this plant ally of mines and one thing I always notice and I'm sure others will back me up here too is the invigorating effect the low dose tropane alkaloid has on ones respiratory system. In turn allowing to one to breath much more easier wiliest also clearing blocked (or partially) sinuses. Its very refreshing to say the least.

Diet and Exercise:

Since this form of protection has already been emphasized more than enough by various sources of medical literature I won't say too much on this other than this is arguably one of the most important factors to an individuals health and well being. Be it physical as is the case for strengthening ones immune system helping fighting off various diseases including cancer or mental as is the case for staving of depression via positive neural changes (e.g. increased synaptic catecholamines).

Link:

Peganum harmala - A Brief Medicinal Review - https://www.dmt-nexus.me...aspx?g=posts&t=91611

Edit:

My pleasure Jees! Anyway I forgot to mention that with the coca leaf I always pre-dose with a strong brew of coffee because I feel that the caffeine adds a 'little' bit of an extra push in amplifying the aerobic activity of these two wonderful plants, not to mention the explosive stimulant effect. Also to add that these two plants by themselves have shown some efficacy in treating respiratory-aerobic issues hence why they've been used to treat altitude sickness and improve aerobic athletic performance in the past and to this day. So it wouldn't surprise me if this combination would provide at least some help in one form of another be it the increased respiration or the extra energy one has to combat fatigue and relieving the symptoms associated with the COVID-19 virus. However again, like the syrian rue and it's effect (if any) on this particular virus, this combination has never been proven as an effective medicine and may even pose hazardous, hence why I gave the disclaimer. None of this has been tested.

KT, love this kind of posts

Pau d'arco.
I've got some in da house, among it's list is flu, asthma, bronchitis, infections from viruses
https://www.webmd.com/vi...edientmono-647/pau-darco

Sleep 8+ hours.
Exercise.
Healthy diet - inc fresh garlic, ginger, herbs and spices.
No alcohol.

That alone is more than enough. Your immune system needs practice too, so cleaning everything down and washing your hands incessantly is kinda counter productive.

Anything extra is just fiddling with the edges and pointless IMO. Stressing out over it that much, again is counter productive.

first, your immune system has to recognize the pathogen. otherwise, none of those matter.
you can run 8 miles everyday, it won't matter. a lethal pathogen will do you in, regardless of how healthy you are. fortunately, this one doesn't appear to have high lethality...but there still isn't a lot of data. it is "novel", non-native to humans, unlike influenza-a, b, and c.
this is where a lot of people are misguided...treating this novel pathogen, as something ubiquitous.
Interferon likely has the most promise, as it always has been (used as a known anti-cancer treatment in the 80's, and anti-HIV), but it's prohibitively expensive.

Jees, the concern with colloidal/nanoparticle silver is not about bacterial resistance; rather, the concern lies with the general toxic - colloidal silver showed cytotoxicity to kidney cells at above 0.5 μg/ml in the study you attached - and ecotoxic effects: if silver nanoparticles are released into the environment they will carry on indiscriminately killing microorganisms until the nanoparticles are neutralised in some way. Since it has become increasingly apparent that healthy microbiomes are a desirable thing, indiscriminate use of colloidal silver is something to be avoided.

It is generally accepted that because of the mechanisms of silver's antibacterial action it is very difficult for bacteria to develop resistance. There is no contradiction. The potential for bacterial resistance to occur is still a legitimate concern and the more that nanosilver antimicrobials are used, the greater the chance that some bacteria will develop resistance.


I'm keeping my viral resistance up with the methods xss27 has outlined, although Syrian rue may well be added to the mix in the near future.

But older people have a much higher chance of dying because of it. So being in good shape probably increases your chances of survival somewhat.

*preexisting conditions..

people with asthma are more at risk, as are people living near refineries/industrialized area.
you could be fit 24-y.o., living in Port Arthur, and still get snuffed. It's taking the lives of old, young, healthy, unhealthy... sure, the rates don't favor the old and unhealthy. I don't think a well-balanced diet and weight-lifting have a significant effect on the data. There's no causality correlation, and/or simply not enough data.

but do whatever makes you feel better. some people pray.

So why are the experts telling us to wash our hands?

Traditional ginger ale could help ?

To stop the spread of it. You may have the virus and not display any outward symptoms at all, but then go and touch various surfaces, depositing it for someone else to then get on their hands and infect themselves.

The issue with incessant hand cleaning is that your skin contains its own colony of bacteria. Alcohol based hand gels in particular strip all of it away and actually allow for more harmful bacteria to colonize the skin, which is counter productive. We also run the risk collectively of creating resistant strains of bacteria by our constant disinfecting of surfaces - we've already done this through over zealous use of anti-biotics.

It sucks that people are going to die. But our efforts actually make things worse in the long run for ourselves.. because the simple truth is nature always wins.

Incidentally I wasn't suggesting that a healthy diet etc will stop someone from getting a virus, but it's your best form of defense by giving your immune system the strongest possible foundation. Anything more (silver etc) is just negligible fiddling with the edges.

This topic has been locked since it includes a lot of well meant but also ill advices for personal hygiene and health.


The Traveler