Why Silver and What Kind?

"Born with a Silver Spoon in his mouth" has been an expression passed down through the ages as a sign of wealth, health, and abundance. Hippocrates, the father of modern medicine, wrote that silver had beneficial healing and anti-disease properties. Silver compounds were used successfully to prevent infection in World War I before the advent of antibiotics, and Silver compounds are still widely used externally today to accelerate healing in burn victims.

From an acupressure point of view, the ring could have been made from almost anything. But Sterling Silver is chosen to give many additional benefits as well. It is believed that the silver multiplies the effectiveness of the ring. Many believe thiat this is further enhanced by its Yin Yang energy focusing shape. Sterling Siver is stronger than Native Silver and should retain its strength and luster for a lifetime, ... even longer than a lifetime.

Modern man has made vast strides toward increasing and understanding the knowledge base of humankind in the last one hundred years. Change has been the constant in our rapidly developing technical society, and modern medicine has made extraordinary leaps in illness diagnostic and treatment technologies.

During the past 2000 years, many civilizations have recognized the properties of silver in preventing and treating diseases and illnesses, and bringing wellbeing. In the 1800s, several physicians discovered the antibacterial (antigerm) qualities of silver and applied them to their practice of medicine.

Silver is a chemical element in the periodic table that has the symbol Ag (from the traditional abbreviation for the Latin Argentum, from which Argentina is named) and atomic number 47. Silver has the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.

The StopSnor antisnoring ring has been designed in the highest quality 925 grade Sterling Silver to not only be an item of lasting quality and artistic beauty with a full and brilliant lustre, (as beautiful as any dress ring), but as a highly functional medical aid that many will argue, brings balanced energy and general good health to the user. It has been the metal chosen for health for thousands of years.

Silver has not only anecdotally been an element which assists in the balance of wellbeing, but modern science has also brought us much information on is healing, significant biocidal, anti microbal and revitalising powers. Its value as a precious metal was long considered second only to gold. In Ancient Egypt and Medieval Europe, it was often more valuable than gold.

Numerous laboratory tests, including those formally accepted by the FDA have shown that silver has significant biocidal and anti-microbal properties. Silver is highly effective in reducing population counts in single celled organisms and every form of bacteria ever tested.

The electrical stimulation properties of silver have been scientifically noted. It is theorized that colloidal solutions with an increased zeta potential assist the body to regain health through various means which are not yet fully understood.

Your StopSnor antisnoring ring has been designed to capture every facet of wellbeing to bring you not only the Yin-Yang Charged Energy Balance of the design, but to provide gentle massage on recognised pressure points to assist lifegiving Qi (Chi) to flow through your system, coupled with the known healing qualities silver.