Uses Of Gold From A Medical Perspective

By Jack Wagon

Gold compounds are used in treating medical conditions. The study of this area is known as chrysotherapy, or aurotherapy. Dating back to 2500 BC, gold is famous for its medicinal healing qualities since a long time. The exclusivity of gold as a metal with diverse properties has stayed intact over the years, making people believe things like drinking gold water can extend their life duration, and make them young for good. This belief was very strong during the middle ages.

It was in the year 1927 that marks the pharmacological use of gold. This started with the development of Auranofin, which was a medicine meant to cure Rheumatic arthritis, thus improving the condition of the limbs that were painful, tender, and stiff. Regarding the immune system, gold happens to have some benefits too, as it acquits the immune system from the pain resulting from the symptoms of arthritis.

As for the current scenario, many researches have been conducted regarding the properties of gold in terms of medical treatment. Especially one research in MIT has found out the ability of gold in the detection of cancerous cells when it comes to prostate cancer in men, as for women, this holds true for ovarian cancer detection. This detection is made possible with the injection of nanorods. The destruction of these cancerous cells is also achieved through gold vapours that do not have any kind of effects, harmful, or otherwise on the surrounding cells.

The relaxation characteristics of gold add to its already long list of benefits. This holds truest when it comes to treating neurological disorders. The medicines for this purpose have gold, as their ingredients in small quantities. By strengthening the conductivity of the nervous system, gold enhances the ability of the nerves to relay information from, and to the brain in the form of activating the nerves functioning.

The ability of gold to prevent the formulation of bacteria, and microbes around itself has earned it the status of a helper for surgeons, as they implant gold patches during the course of a surgery such as microsurgery of the ear. In the case of dentistry, gold has been of frequent utility since ages, being consumed for the construction of crowns, and bridges. A distinct attribute of gold that makes it exclusive is its biocompatibility. Regardless of being used in oral form, injection in the body or implantation during surgery, gold is believed, and confirmed to be actually harmless.

It has also been used in treating alcoholism in the USA in the nineteenth century. Even today, gold is used to curb the urge to consume alcohol, caffeine, nicotine, and carbohydrates. Furthermore, it is used in making an anti-malarial medicine.

Gold is viewed as a new avenue of awareness on part of biochemists. It is considered helpful as a biomedical tool in the study of different functions, and anomalies that exist in the human body. This is done by attaching a molecular market with a miniscule gold particle, the combination of which is allowed access inside the body. The paths of its internal journey as well as the reactions of individual cells, and molecules are known with the aid of an electronic microscope. This way the reactions of the human body to things like toxins, heat, and stress are expected to be fathomed along with the causes behind those reactions.

With the expectations of groundbreaking achievements in Genetic Sciences to occur in the near future in attribution to the use of gold in the study of genetic traits, and diseases. The medicinal use of gold does not have an equal till now. When it comes to colloidal gold, it contributes towards a number of traits such as enhancing energy, the reduction of appetite, the intensification of libido, or the natural reduction of mental, and emotional stress. Albeit gold is incapable of bringing permanence to life, youth, or health, it does contribute a lot towards adding value to life. - 33380

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