Silver WELL-BEING
WELL-BEING
BY CINDY CLARKE
A noble history in health care
A
truly noble element, silver has
merchants and men of means. History points
instruments. In the mid-1960s, Johnson Space
made history for millennia, prov-
to the Phoenicians’ preference for storing
Center developed a lightweight generator to
ing its mettle as one of the earth’s
water, wine and vinegar in silver bottles to
dispense silver ions into the drinking water
most precious metals – and very
prevent spoiling. Ancient Greeks, Romans
aboard the Apollo spacecraft to kill bacteria,
first antibiotic. Silver gave birth to wealthy
and Macedonians were reputed to use silver
and in 2015, NASA approved the use of a
empires around the globe beginning in China
to keep the immune system strong thanks
silver-based water purification system aboard
around 900 BC. Ancient Egyptians considered
to its antiseptic properties. And sailors used
the International Space Station.
it magical and used it to ward off evil. Mer-
to throw silver coins into their milk to keep it
Its history as an effective germ-fighter
chants and traders banked on it. Aristocrats
from spoiling on long journeys before modern
remains untarnished today. All of which begs
toasted it and doctors operated with it. And
refrigeration.
the following questions, especially in light of
while gold gets top billing, it’s silver that con-
Wealthy families in the Middle Ages, a time
tinues to make the everyday world go ‘round.
rife with unsanitary living conditions, were
What if you could wear a mask, gloves and
Consider its uses in modern-day merchan-
known to gift silver spoons, naturally hygienic,
scarf threaded with 99% ionically plated silver
dise by the innovative company founded by
to babies to keep bacterial illnesses at bay.
to disarm opportunistic viruses when out and
entrepreneur Sharon Whiteley, TRU47, with
English royals were believed to be healthier
about in crowded places?
everyday health and wellness in mind. Silver
than the commoners they ruled thanks to their
Or wrap handles handled by countless unfa-
is the core element of all TRU47 products,
use of disease-defying silver utensils, plates
miliar hands with an antibacterial silver cover to
from masks, wraps and wipes to spritzes,
and goblets.
protect you from unhealthy organisms?
COVID and flu season concerns.
skincare, scarves and more, each meticulously
Hundreds of years later across the pond,
Or spray and wipe away thousands of
designed to inhibit the growth of germs, fungi
silver coins were dropped into drinking water
germs on suspect surfaces with a sanitizing
and viruses including odor-causing bacteria.
barrels for protection against water-borne
silver spritz or germ-fighting StellarCleenz
Its intrinsic antimicrobial properties were
illness, and during the Civil War, silver was
cloth?
first documented by Hippocrates, the “Father
used to treat syphilis and battle wounds. In
Or safeguard your skin with silver-formu-
of Medicine,” who wrote of using silver to
the 1880s, the use of silver nitrate in the eyes
lated soaps and creams that deter infectious
improve wound care and limit infection. Silver
of newborn infants to prevent post-delivery
invaders?
gained a sterling reputation for its sanitizing
infections was introduced. First discovered
You can, thanks to the folks at TRU47
swagger in the centuries that followed, valued
in the 1890s, colloidal silver became many
who are remaking history with a virtual trea-
as currency, and spoilage savior for mariners,
physicians’ treatment of choice for boosting
sure chest of silver bullets to ensure your
the healing process for their patients. Today
well-being. ☐
you’ll find it in TRU47’s skincare products and
TRU47.com
inhalers to support and enhance overall wellbeing, along with nourishing essential oils. Before the advent of manmade antibiotic drugs in the first half of the 1900s, silver was a leading player in the medical field, where it was commonly used in wound coverings, sutures and surgical
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