When drinking water from a silver cup, silver ions can be dissolved in water, and when they meet bacteria, they will be adsorbed on it, so that their colloids will converge and solidify until they die. This is what people often say: "Silver has bactericidal effect". Silver is a natural antibiotic. Generally, antibiotics only act on 6 kinds of bacteria on average, but silver can destroy 650 kinds of bacteria, and silver ions can weaken the enzymes that do activity in bacteria.
The history of using silverware in China can be traced back to more than 2,000 years ago and prevailed in the Tang Dynasty. Long ago, the ancients discovered that silverware had the function of prolonging life and distinguishing poison. According to the Compendium of Materia Medica, silver has the functions of calming the mind, calming the nerves, treating convulsions and strengthening bones, and calming the heart and clearing the purpose.
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Precautions for using silver cups:
1. Do not pour boiling water directly before use. The inner container of the silver cup will be deformed due to thermal expansion and cold contraction, so it should be preheated by pouring 60-degree hot water first. When the temperature of the cup is hot, you can pour boiling water, which can eliminate the stress change caused by thermal expansion and cold contraction.
2. After pouring boiling water, don't tighten the lid to prevent the liner from deforming. The correct way is to screw half the lid first, but not the rest, so as to prevent the inner container from being deformed due to uneven internal and external pressure and avoid the disadvantage of not being unscrewed.
3, silver cups are often used to drink tea, pay attention to easy to leave tea stains. The way to avoid tea scale is to clean it after each use and store it after drying.
4. It is forbidden to contact with acid, alkali and corrosive substances, which has caused the silver cup to oxidize and turn black. The black recovery of the silver cup can be recovered by wiping with a professional silver cloth.
5. When not used for a long time, dry the inside and outside of the cup with a soft cloth and store it well. Store it in a box to avoid falling dust and getting dirty. As long as you always pay attention to details, it will always be as good as new.
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