Silver has been a symbol of wealth since ancient times. It has been used as currency, ornaments, and utensils. It has also been used as a token, a religious marker, a drug testing tool, and so on. The ancients said that the health and wealth of silver is accompanied by it because it is not only a precious metal, but the silver is more effective than human gold in medicine.

Since ancient times, silver banquets have been used in grand banquets to entertain VIPs. This is both a respect for the guests and a show of the richness of the owners. The use of silver tableware also detects whether the diet is toxic, because silver reacts with many toxins, making the silverware black and easy to identify with the naked eye.

The use of silver in medicine dates back to BC. The ancients knew that silver has the effect of accelerating wound healing, preventing infection, purifying water quality and preserving antisepsis. Using silverware to store food can prevent bacterial growth and prolong food storage. In the "Compendium of Materia Medica", Li Shizhen, a medical scientist of the Ming Dynasty in China, described the effects of silver shavings on the five internal organs, the mind, the convulsions, the evil spirits, and the evil spirits. The long-term service can lighten the body for a long time, and the silver is spicy and non-toxic. Chinese medicine silver diagnosis and treatment of related diseases. Western medical silver ulcers have been recorded for more than 100 years. In 1884, the German obstetrician Crede dripped a 1% silver nitrate solution into the neonatal eye to prevent neonatal conjunctivitis and reduced the infant's blindness rate from 10% to 0.2%. Until today, many countries still use the Crede prevention method, and China is no exception. In 1893, medical experts found that silver has a killing effect on bacteria and other microorganisms. Silver has excellent antibiotics and sterilization effects. The average antibiotic can only affect six kinds of bacteria, but silver can eliminate 650 kinds of bacteria. Silver ions can weaken the enzymes that make vitality in the pathogens, thus preventing the side effects and the tolerance of the bacteria, and fundamentally controlling the growth of the bacteria.

Silver has a wide range of medicines. 0.5% silver nitrate is the standard solution for treating burns and wounds. 10%-20% silver nitrate can be used to treat uterine erosion. Professor Fox of Columbia University combines silver with sulfadiazine to produce silver pyrimethamine, which is at least 50 times more active than sulfonamide alone. Since the introduction of silver sulfadiazine into the market in 1968, silver sulfadiazine has become an important drug for the treatment of trauma (such as burns) because it has a high-efficiency killing effect on various bacteria and fungi and contributes to wound repair without skin grafting. It has been listed in the National Basic Insurance Drug List. Colloidal silver and protein silver are also effective local anti-infective substances. Colloidal silver is used for gynecological washing and sterilization. Dr. Fick has developed a new product that uses a layer of silver on the bandage for use as a dressing. Inspired by him, people have used silver antibacterial effects to develop silver-plated sutures and silver-plated catheters. At present, there are more than a dozen all-silver products in the United States, which have been approved by the FDA as medical devices.

The thermal conductivity of silver is the most prominent among all metals, and it can quickly dissipate the heat of blood vessels. It is assumed that the thermal conductivity of silver is 100, gold is 53.2, iron is 11.6, and platinum is 8.2. Its distinctive heat transfer performance quickly reduces the heat of the blood vessels, and has excellent effects in preventing various diseases. Silver has the property of absorbing toxicity, silver discoloration is precisely for this reason, so it has excellent disinfection performance, and this color change is only a surface reflection. It can be removed with toothpaste or medicine. It can be seen that the importance of silver to health cannot be ignored.

[China Antibacterial Fabric Network ]