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Healthy Household: Ionic Silver

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I like that I can refill the nasal spray bottle. It’s nice to see a company design reuse into its packaging.

In the past, I have had a long history of reoccurring sinus infections. I even got surgery which didn?t help much. I started using Serrapeptase which cured my sinus problem. Unfortunately, the company changed the formulation and added rice flour. Since the change in formulation, Serrapeptase doesn?t work for me.

So, I started researching other alternatives to treat sinus infections. After a number of dead ends, I learned about ionic silver in Matthew Stein?s book, When Technology Fails. The author outlines how to make ionic silver at home very cheaply with a couple of 9 volt batteries and two pure silver rods. If you haven?t read the book, I would highly recommend getting a copy.

I have been experimenting with ionic silver for about a year. For my experiment I used a commercial ionic silver. I bought a bottle of Sovereign Silver Silver Hydrosol and Sovereign Silver Nasal Spray which could be refilled from the larger bottle. Sovereign Silver is just one brand but there are many good brands available or you can make your own ionic silver at home.

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I like having a spray bottle for ionic silver. All the bottles and tops are reusable and interchangeable.

Ionic silver is a very flexible and effective product. It can be made at home in large qualities, very inexpensively. Here are just a few ways I have used ionic silver during the last year:

  1. I bought a bottle of ionic silver and a refillable nasal spray bottle. I have used the spray two times a day when I feel a bit stuffy. I haven?t had any sinus infections this winter nor did I get sick. I think the mist from the nasal spray bottle could be breathed-in and used for mild lung infections.
  2. My eldest daughter had a big wart on her hand. The wart was resistant to being burned-off with chemicals or cold. She used an?ionic silver gel under a band-aid. It took over three weeks of twice daily application to kill the wart. Amazing!
  3. My family has been using ionic silver for any open wounds or scratches. Ionic silver seems to work well as a mild wound cleanser. I have replaced my antibiotic cream with ionic silver in my first-aid kit. If the ionic silver doesn?t do the trick, I use tea tree essential oil or oregano essential oil.
  4. I have used ionic silver to remove skin tags. I used ionic silver gel twice a day under a band-aid. It took about a week for the skin tag to turn white and fall off.
  5. I have not taken ionic silver internally. I know someone who came back from central America with intestinal worms. She took ionic silver for six weeks and passed the dead worms. (Sorry, for the unfortunate image.)
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I refill this glass dropper from the big bottle. The 473mL bottle will last a long time.

It is always better to reuse old containers from products you regularly use, but if you are looking for quality glass bottle and specialty tops, Mountain Rose Herbs is a good source. I have reused my bottles and tops over and over again for my homemade medicines.

For more recipes please see Healthy Household: Staying Clean Safely and Saving Money.

Specific Carbohydrate Diet: A Personal Story

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I became very sick after the birth of my first child. My childhood asthma and allergies came back with a vengeance. I did over two years of weekly allergy shots with little improvement. I developed chronic sinus infections. I did course after course of antibiotics only to become sick again with new infections. I was taking very high doses of corticosteriods daily without much improvement in my condition. All these new medications I added to my anti-convulsion medication for epilepsy. I started having problems with yeast infections. The doctors said this sometimes happens taking corticosteriods. So, I had to decide which was more important, breathing or itching. More drugs were needed.

Dr Darlene Hammell, my family doctor, told me that if I lost some weight my asthma would likely get better. I joined Weight Watchers and lost over 40 pounds. I did so well on the program, I became a leader, and worked for Weight Watchers for a year. Everyone thought I looked great. My doctor even gave me a big hug after losing all that weight. But I was still on all the medications, coughing all night long, tired all day long, and starting to wonder if I would be alive to see my children become adults.

My family made the painful decision to leave Victoria, BC for a dryer climate. We sold our house and started looking for another place to live. During this time of desperation, I paid to see a doctor who specialized in peak performance, Dr Kevin Worry. He talked to me for about three hours, ordered a ton of blood tests, and offered me a book to read. The book was Breaking the Vicious Cycle by Elaine Gottschall. I read the book that night. Something written in the book resonated with me on a very deep level. I started the diet, and within three days was feeling better. It was like a fog lifting from my mind. I didn’t even know my thinking was foggy before changing my diet.

In the first 18 months on the diet I had stopped all allergy and asthma medication. I do not have asthma or allergies any more. I stopped the yeast infections by using probiotics and doing a low-carbohydrate version of the SCD. I blended the WAPF nutrient dense foods with the SCD for a great result. I found going high fat was the final piece of the puzzle, something I would have never done in my Weight Watchers days. (I found my personal carbohydrate tolerance is about 40-60gm per day.) My dragging fatigue became a thing of the past.

About a year ago, even though I was really scared, I stopped my anti-convulsion medication for epilepsy. After nearly twenty years on anti-convulsion medication, I am now free of this drug. I was told I would likely have to take the drug for the rest of my life. I have now been drug and seizure free for a year.

The sinus infections were the hardest problem to solve. I found that taking high doses of serrapeptase if I got sick finally stopped the cycle of antibiotics and recurring infections. I had one cold this winter and I did not get an infection.

I started on the SCD about three years ago. I am now completely drug free. I have energy to work a normal job and care for my family. The diet saved my life or at least my quality of life.

Update October 2, 2009: I have been thinking about why I lost 40 pounds on the Weight Watchers program, when so many other motivated people could not. I was different from most women on the program because I was breastfeeding at the time. I am starting to learn a lot about human metabolism from watching livestock. It is a well known fact that “a cow will milk herself skinny” in about three months feeding a calf. This may have been the reason why I had such good results on the Weight Watchers program.

Updated June 20, 2013: Just an update on serrapeptase. The company I got it from has moved from tablets to capsules. Unfortunately, they use rice flour for a flow agent in the capsules. I react to the tiny amounts of rice flour in the supplement so now the supplement does not work for me. I have found another solution, ionic silver. I used the nasal spray if I felt a bit stuffy over this last winter. I didn?t get sick or develop a sinus infection this winter. This is the product I used but any ionic silver product will likely work.