Eytons' Earth: Natural & Alternative Medicine

[turquoisegrece]

I read that "the purification aspect of clay is thought to work by delivering its negative charge over an exceptionally large surface area due to the microscopic particle size. The smaller the particle size of the clay, the more effectively it works."
What do you think of that? Right?
I am afraid there might be out there some clay in nano size particles, do you think there is?
If I tried to make my clay powder finer with my food processor, I am worried it could be a problem, the blade being metallic and the heating of it.
Although how is the commercial one grinded? Metallic rolls?
What is your opinion about it?
Thanks.

[eytonsearth]

Hi -

Generally speaking, yes, a smaller "particle" in a "colloidal state" with a "zeta potential" and large surface area is more oligodynamic, active, and effective than a larger particle.

However, don't let all of the scientific brainiacs, who tend to be attached to single ideas and thoughts, lock you into this sole position of thought.

There are cases where this is not true, which can be revealed readily by studying particle dispersion. Furthermore, there is some concern about using earths made up of particles so small that they might enter the bloodstream via oral ingestion.

There are some products on the market that probably should only be used with great care, due to the fact that any crystalized mineral that acts as a transducer can also act as a carrier. In other words, it may unwise to take an earth internally that might deliver and release toxic substances in the most reactive areas of the body's metabolism ( like the bloodstream ).

Damage from this type of action may not become readily evident for 20 or 30 years, and would likely be an individually unique problem ( and thus hard to generalize about ).

To my knowledge, there are no smectites that one should be concerned about, and I do not believe that products such as French Illite are problematic, nor any of the products that I list in the various parts of our website.
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Studying the chemical properties of clay, furthermore, is only one small aspect of clay's healing power. As an example, we know that overprocessed bleached, irradiated clays, even with the smallest particle sizing, is not nearly as effective as a natural, sun dried, hand gathered clay, even if the general particle sizing is larger.

It's fabulous to look at the properties of clay, and to attempt to quantify the properties scientifically... But it is also wise to learn that we really do not have the instrumentation to measure some of the more healing properties of clays... Mainly because our science has not yet truly penetrated the study of things happening in-moment... we are greatly limited to observing nature outside of the actual real moment that things occur in. We can only get a snapshot of before and after, and then devise theories to explain the observations, and hopefully then determine "laws".

But, keep in mind that may of us have seen healing clay break these "laws" into itsy bitsy peices. True explanations only start to come, then, by delving into the world of quantum mechanics, where particles can travel backward in time, exist in two places at once, and other apparent insanities!

It's more USEFUL to admit what we don't know, rather than try to pin everything into what we do know.

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Chances are, you are not causing any real harm by using a food processor for a few quick moments with you clay. You'll likely notice that your blades dull very quickly, but you most likely won't be overly contaminating the clay to the point there is a health risk.

That said, I still prefer to take my clay directly out of the ground, with no processing, and hydrate it without any mixing at all, even though that takes some patience with some clays!

Kind Regards,

[turquoisegrece]