AURASOL®

AURASOL®

I. GENERAL INFORMATION

Gold is a precious metal which exists in nature in two basic forms: metallic gold and gold salts, Metallic gold is called a noble metal because it does not react with other compounds easily and is usually inert. This is true for bulk gold, such as gold nuggets. If metallic gold is divided into fine particles with sizes ranging from one to one hundred billionths of a meter, metallic gold becomes colloidal and possesses new properties due to the large amount of gold atoms exposed at the surface of the particles. Colloidal gold possesses a negative charge at the surface of the particles and absorbs strongly to other molecules without changing their chemical and biological properties.

On the other hand, gold salts contain positively charged gold that forms strong chemical bond with other compounds normally present in the body and change their properties. This causes toxic reactions in the body because the immune system does not recognize these gold salts' complexes as self. (1)

Gold salts are currently used in the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) with some success, but they cause side effects, sometimes severe enough to discontinue the gold salts: skin rashes, diarrhea, anemia, abnormalities in blood and urine tests. Because of those immune reactions, gold salts cease to be effective after 1-2 years and are rarely used in RA at the present time because of their toxicity. (2)

II. THE ROLE OF COLLOIDAL GOLD IN HEALTH

Colloidal metallic gold has been used since antiquity as a remedy for revitalization, rejuvenation and to improve memory and mental alertness. Colloidal gold is extremely safe without any known side effect. (3) The oral administration of 30 mg of colloidal gold (Aurasol ®) per day to five subjects for one month, increased their mean I.Q. score by 20%. (4) There was a carry over effect of one to two months after stopping the gold.

There is some evidence that colloidal gold formed in the body after administration of gold salt is the active ingredient in the treatment of RA and the side effects are caused by the gold salt themselves, which interfere with the beneficial effects of the colloidal gold. In 10 patients with RA not responding to previous treatment, the administration of 30 mg of colloidal metallic gold (Aurasol ®) daily for one year resulted in marked improvement of joint pain, swelling and mobility within one week. After six months of colloidal gold ingestion, the mean scores for joint pain and swelling were tenfold lower. No evidence of toxicity was observed clinically and in a blood tests performed up to one year in the RA patients. (5)
Even though gold is present in minute amounts in the human body, mainly in the liver, this metal is not considered an essential element for good health and there is no minimum daily requirement. It is possible; however, that metallic gold in the colloidal form may play important roles in human health. Such colloids enhance the effects of antioxidants by catalyzing electron transfer in oxidation-reduction reaction. (6) This antioxidant effect in protecting from free radical damages may play a role in the beneficial effects of colloidal gold. Since colloidal gold concentrates in certain cells of the body, involved in surveillance and protection against infectious microbes, and foreign compounds; in detoxification of the liver; and in destruction and elimination of dead cells from the body; it is likely that colloidal gold plays important, if at the present unknown, roles in overall well-being.

III. USE OF AURASOL® Aurasol ® is the culmination of 10 years of research on the preparation, storage, stability and effects of concentrated aqueous dispersions of colloidal metallic gold, and of the dried powder obtained after water evaporation of Aurasol ® liquid.

The gold particle sizes of Aurasol ® are below 20 billionths of a meter (<20 nm). Bio-availability studies with oral administration of different colloidal sizes of gold revealed that intestinal absorption was almost nonexistent with sizes greater than 20 nm. (Unpublished).

As a nutritional supplement, the recommended amount is one tablet of 10 mg in the morning after breakfast. However, your health care provider may recommend different amounts depending on your condition. Even though over the last 10 years, no side effect has been observed with the use of Aurasol® in amounts from three to 60 mg/day, it is best that your response to Aurasol® be monitored by a qualified healthcare provider.

IV. PACKING
Aurasol® is available in bottles of 30 tablets.

REFERENCES
1. Schuhmann, D, et al: Adverse Immune Reactions to Gold. I. Chronic Treatment with an Au (I) Drug Sensitizes Mouse T Cells not to Au (1), but to Au (III) and Induces Autoantibody Formation, J. Immunol., 145:2132-2139, 1990.
2. Epstein, WV, et al: Effect of Parenterally Administered Gold Therapy on the Course of Adult Rheumatoid Arthritis, Ann. Int. Med., 114:437-444, 1991.
3. Mahdihassan, S: Cinnabar-Gold as the best Alchemical Drug of Longevity, called Makaradhwaja in India, Am. J. Chinese Med., 13:93-108, 1985.
4. Abraham, GE, et al: Effect of colloidal Metallic Gold on Cognitive Functions: A pilot study, Front. Persp. 7: 39-41,1998.
5. Abraham, GE Himmel, PB: Management of Rheumatiod Arthritis: Rationale for the Use of Colloidal Metallic Gold, J. Nutr. Med. 7:295-305,1997.
6. Freund, PL, Spiro, M: Colloidal Catalysis: The Effect of Sol Size and Concentration, J. Phys. Chem., 89: 1074-1077,1985.