It keeps me from feeling blue.
Posted on 04/16/2020 3:30:58 PM PDT by BenLurkin
The first recorded use of copper as an infection-killing agent comes from Smith's Papyrus, the oldest-known medical document in history. The information therein has been ascribed to an Egyptian doctor circa 1700 B.C. but is based on information that dates back as far as 3200 B.C. Egyptians designated the ankh symbol, representing eternal life, to denote copper in hieroglyphs.
As far back as 1,600 B.C., the Chinese used copper coins as medication to treat heart and stomach pain as well as bladder diseases. The sea-faring Phoenicians inserted shavings from their bronze swords into battle wounds to prevent infection. For thousands of years, women have known that their children didn't get diarrhea as frequently when they drank from copper vessels and passed on this knowledge to subsequent generations.
And copper’s power lasts. Keevil’s team checked the old railings at New York City’s Grand Central Terminal a few years ago. "The copper is still working just like it did the day it was put in over 100 years ago," he says. "This stuff is durable and the anti-microbial effect doesn't go away."
Copper has a free electron in its outer orbital shell of electrons that easily takes part in oxidation-reduction reactions (which also makes the metal a good conductor). As a result...it becomes a “molecular oxygen grenade.” Silver and gold don’t have the free electron, so they are less reactive.
Copper kills in other ways as well... When a microbe lands on copper, ions blast the pathogen like an onslaught of missiles, preventing cell respiration and punching holes in the cell membrane or viral coating and creating free radicals that accelerate the kill, especially on dry surfaces. Most importantly, the ions seek and destroy the DNA and RNA inside a bacteria or virus, preventing the mutations that create drug-resistant superbugs.
(Excerpt) Read more at smithsonianmag.com ...
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I been swallowen a penny a day since this all begun.
In for a penny
In for a pound.
Sounds good. I hear zinc is also good against diseases.
Pretty sure I read on FR that the Wuhan virus can survive 9 hrs on copper.
But since they didn’t know about viruses or bacteria then, copper was instead viewed as something magical.
Copper paint was used on boats to discourage marine growth.
If Trump touted the anti-viral properties of copper, they’d call him a quack, say he was peddling “snake oil” and false hope, and investigate his stock portfolio to look for copper shares.
Trump could call penicillin antibacterial and the media would call him a quack, and worse than Hitler.
So...put a wheat back under your tongue?
copper
silver
gold
all have positive effects
Also the reason for brass door knobs.
If you can find any “wheaties”
It keeps me from feeling blue.
Finally got my chelated Zinc with copper today.
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I’ve built an iron man suit out of copper.
The copper pads used for grilling can be made into face masks
My Dad as a child played hide the dime with his brother, and sisters. He hid it in his mouth. Well naturally someone slapped him on the back and he swallowed it. And this was Pre 1965 when dimes were still made of silver.
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