A Silver Lining for Sore Throats

Perhaps one of the most miserable cold symptoms of them all, a sore throat is not only painful, it interferes with important everyday activities including eating, drinking and speaking. Simply put, when it comes to a sore throat, you want real relief and you want it fast.

THE CHOICE IS CLEAR

There are plenty of products on the market formulated to soothe a sore throat. However, many of them are far from the gentle relief you might prefer for delicate inflamed throat tissue. Formulated with cooling and numbing agents meant to ease the pain, such products can often result in a stinging sensation when applied to irritated tissue. This, in combination with less than desirable artificial flavoring— not to mention artificial coloring—can make your average throat spray an unpleasant experience in itself. And forget trying to use these formulas on kids!

If you do choose to use one of these sprays, you may benefit from temporary relief; however, these sprays are not formulated to expedite the healing of tissue, or to shorten the duration of the illness causing the sore throat. And ultimately those are the two factors that will give you relief in the long run.

When it comes to a product that can provide relief for a sore throat, both in the short term and the long term, silver hydrosol is an exceptional choice. Silver hydrosol is a crystal-clear solution of silver nanoparticles in ultra-pure water. It looks, tastes, smells and feels like water, so is as gentle and soothing as water when applied, and it can be given to children without fuss.

SILVER SOOTHES

Rather than numbing or “cooling” the irritated tissue and simply masking the problem for a short time, silver hydrosol actually helps the tissue to heal. Silver has been observed to have anti-inflammatory properties that can start working on inflamed tissue upon contact. In a 2005 study using nanocrystalline silver, the research team discovered that the anti-inflammatory properties come into play as silver suppresses the expression of cytokines TNF-alpha and IL-12, thereby inducing apoptosis of inflammatory cells. A reduction of inflammation will ease swelling and tightness in the throat, as well as the hot sensation that comes with many sore throats.

In addition to soothing inflammation, silver ions actually help to regenerate tissue. While conducting in vitro and in vivo studies on silver as an antimicrobial for wound healing, silver pioneer Dr. Robert O. Becker observed a very positive side effect: Silver actually spurred significant growth stimulation in damaged tissues. This can help with recovery for mucous membranes in the throat that are raw from coughing, nasal drip, and inflammation.

GETTING TO THE ROOT OF THE PROBLEM

Just as important as silver’s ability to heal the irritated tissues, silver can help the body to cope with the immune crisis that causes the sore throat in the first place, helping you to get rid of that sore throat for good!

A sore throat can be caused by a few different factors. If a sore throat is one of your first noticeable cold or flu symptoms, it is probably caused by inflammation as your immune system gears up to fight viral invaders. Another cause can be breathing through your mouth due to a stuffy nose. This causes dryness and irritation in the throat, especially during the winter months when the air is especially dry. Nasal drainage down the back of the throat is yet another cause of irritation. Each of these causes is best addressed by helping the body recover from the infection causing the illness.

Silver works directly against microbes including bacteria, fungi, and of course viruses, including the cold and flu virus. While this antimicrobial ability has been know for thousands of years, researchers have only recently gained an understanding of how exactly silver works against infectious microbes.

Silver works as the ions bind to the infectious microbes, preventing them from binding to the body’s healthy tissues where they replicate. Silver ions also have the ability to rupture the outer membrane of the infectious agent, thereby exposing the internal components for easy clean-up by the body’s white blood cells. As the viruses are prevented from replicating, the immune system has less work to do cleaning up after the invading viruses. This will shorten the duration of your illness, and if you catch it in time, you may even be able to prevent a sore throat from becoming a fullblown case of the cold or flu.

FINDING THE RIGHT FORMULA

Clearly, silver is a great choice for soothing a sore throat and helping the body to fight or recover from viral invasion, be it a cold or the flu. However, there are a few things you will want to know before you purchase a silver supplement. First, keep in mind the silver formulations sold in health food stores should not be confused with medical drugs and devices. These silver formulations are considered to be dietary supplements that will support your health but will not cure diseases.

Second, remember that all silver preparations are not the same. A quality silver hydrosol is really the best bet when it comes to finding a safe and effective product. Silver hydrosol differentiates itself from other silver products, such as colloidal silver (a type of silver preparation commonly found in health food stores), in that the silver particles are sub-nanometer size: so small they essentially dissolve into the water base.

One product that truly stands out is Sovereign Silver™ from Natural-Immunogenics. Sovereign Silver is the first “true silver hydrosol” with the smallest particle size ever produced at .8 nanometers. In fact, the particles in this formula are so small, they are actually measured on the picoscale, which is even smaller than the nanoscale, meaning their antimicrobial and healing properties are even more prevalent than those found in formulas utilizing nanoparticles. As Dr. Eric Rentz points out, when it comes to silver solutions, “It all comes down to bioavailability.” And when it comes to silver, bioavailability comes down to particle size.

The solution of ultra-pure water and silver is created using an electromagnetic process that creates particles only when elemental silver is provided with a positive charge. Natural-Immunogenics says this process assures that each bottle fundamentally contains at least 96 percent active particles. The positive charge, combined with the small particle size, allows for even dispersion as well; the particles actually repel one another with their positive charge, so the dispersion is uniform. This widely dispersed concentration also allows for maximum results with minimal silver. Sovereign Silver has a very low silver concentration of just 10 ppm (parts per million) meaning that it is not only one of the most effective silver preparations on the market, but one of the safest as well!

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Sovereign Silver, the only true silver hydrosol on the market, is a safe, effective, low-dose, versatile product that appears to exemplify the unique characteristics that make silver such a promising material. However, such silver formulations have not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) as drugs and thus must be considered dietary supplements that will support your health but cannot be claimed to cure disease. Therefore, they should only be used with that in mind. For more information, or to find a retailer in your area, visit www.sovereignsilver.info or call (888) 328-8840.