Harm of eating with silver chopsticks 1: Heavy metal silver tableware is very common in Tibet and Inner Mongolia. In other places, many people buy silver chopsticks or give them as gifts. However, because they are not familiar with this kind of products, many people are also worried about whether it will do harm to their health. In fact, pure silver is completely non-toxic, and there is no harm in eating it directly. Of course, if it is silver with low purity, it may contain other components, such as lead or other heavy metals, which may be dissolved in contact with acidic food, leading to chronic poisoning. However, as long as it is a regular product, this problem will not occur. Harm 2 of eating with silver chopsticks: Silver ion Many people's worries about silver chopsticks come from silver ion, because many products now have the function of silver ion, which can play an effective disinfection role. Therefore, some people worry that since silver ions can sterilize, eating them directly in the mouth will also cause problems. In fact, don't worry about this, because the property of silver is very stable. When it comes into contact with food, only a very small amount of silver ions will be dissolved. It can be sterilized, but it has no effect on human body, so it can be used safely. Harm 3 of eating with silver chopsticks: allergy, so as long as it is regular silver chopsticks, it is harmless to most ordinary people. The only thing to worry about is allergies. People may be allergic to all kinds of things. If you are allergic to silver products in the past, it may belong to a special constitution. Silver chopsticks are not suitable for this situation. It's best to change to ordinary wooden chopsticks or bamboo chopsticks. According to Li Shizhen's Compendium of Materia Medica, silver has the health-care functions of calming the five internal organs, calming the mind and calming the nerves, and stopping spasm and eliminating pathogenic factors. Modern medicine believes that silver can kill bacteria, diminish inflammation, detoxify health and prolong life. If used for a long time, it can accelerate metabolism and enhance resistance. It can be seen that wearing silver jewelry often is healthy and harmless. Efficacy and Toxicological Identification Most of the ancient tea-horse roads are inaccessible mountains and dense forests, and caravans carrying goods on the road will inevitably attract bandits' eyes. In order to take away the goods of the caravan, many robbers often use the only way to poison the caravan, trying to poison the caravan and rob the goods. For the safety of their lives and property, the merchants each brought several pieces of silver tableware. After finding the water source, they first filled the silver tableware with water for inspection and confirmed that it was non-toxic before taking water, drinking horses and cooking. Therefore, for a long time, silver tableware is necessary for businessmen to go out, not only a symbol of identity, but also a guarantee for maintaining the safety of life and property. Second, diminish inflammation. Before antibiotics were discovered, inflammation was fatal. If not handled properly, even minor trauma can lead to death. According to documents, soldiers were injured on the battlefield in ancient China. When you can't find the medicine, beat the silver you carry with you into silver pieces and cover the wound, which can not only prevent the wound from infection, but also speed up the wound healing. Efficacy: The use of bactericidal silver is a miracle of modern medicine. An antibiotic can kill 6 kinds of pathogenic organisms on average, while silver can kill 650 kinds, effectively controlling stubborn strains. A very small amount of silver can destroy a large number of pathogenic organisms. In the laboratory, we haven't found any bacteria that can survive on silver plates for more than 6 minutes. At present, the only thing that can do both is silver, which can inhibit almost all known bacteria and extracellular viruses. Silver ions are harmless to human body and will not produce any side effects. Four, preserved in many areas of China, ethnic minorities like to use silverware to hold food, which can keep food fresh and delicious for a long time. Here is an example. When guests come to the grassland, the highest courtesy of grassland people is to offer koumiss in a silver bowl. The silver bowl is not only a symbol of nobility and purity, but also represents the highest courtesy, and it also has the function of keeping fresh, because horse milk in ordinary bowls will go bad after a few days. However, silver bowl mare's milk can keep delicious and mellow for a long time. Efficacy: dehumidification. For example, the climate in Sichuan Basin is humid due to terrain. Because silver has the function of expelling wind and removing dampness, people who live there like to wear silver ornaments. In Liangshan, Sichuan, the local Yi people have a folk prescription. When people are sick, boil an egg, peel it off while it is hot, then dig out the yolk, put a piece of silver in it, wrap the egg with a hot towel, and roll it back and forth on the patient's temples, the inside of his hand bowl and the eyes of his stomach. When the egg is cold, take out the silver inside, and you can see that the silver surface has turned black, indicating that the water in the patient's body has been sucked out. Efficacy: Purify water. Silver ions can sterilize and purify water. Someone has done experiments. An iron bucket and a silver bucket are filled with tap water at the same time and opened for one month. What is left in the iron bucket is half a bucket of green muddy water, and what is left in the silver bucket is half a bucket of clear tap water. Drinking in a cup made of silver can make the wine taste more fragrant because of the harmonic effect of silver ions and alcohol. In ancient times, people already knew that silver could be used both internally and externally. That is, acupuncture with silver needle is used externally, and the wound is covered with silver sheet to prevent infection. When taken orally, the red-hot silver block is put into water,