Three to four tablespoons of oats or barley are enough to satisfy your daily requirement for silicic acid – this was what many food experts recommended until recently. Today’s reality, however, looks quite different: Plants frequently do not take up enough silicic acid from the soil because it is depleted or had a low silicic acid content in the first place, for example calciferous soil. Food products cultivated on this soil with low silicic acid content will only contain small quantities of this essential trace element. If you want to be on the safe side and be sure your body is getting enough silicic acid, you should therefore treat yourself to a cure with Original silicea Gel over a period of several weeks once or twice a year. Typical symptoms for silicic acid deficiency may be: flabby connective tissue (cellulite); weak ligaments and tendons; an increased occurrence of bone fractures; growth disorders; pale, sallow, and blemished skin; itching; thin and dull hair with split ends; hair loss; brittle nails; problems with teeth and gums; an increased disposition for infections; a general feeling of faintness; and a tendency to feel cold. Especially older people should take care to feed their body enough silicic acid, as the silicic acid content of the tissue decreases with age.

The tremendous significance of the silicon contained in silicic acid for the health of higher creatures was recognised much later than that of other trace elements and mineral substances. While scientists identified silicic acid as an essential component in plants and animals as early as 1848, it was only almost 125 years later that Professor Edith Muriel Carlisle, a pioneer in the field of research into silicic acid, succeeded in proving that the substance is vital for animals. In the years to follow, scientists eventually discovered that the trace element has many vital functions within the human body.

In principle, silicic acid can be administered both externally and orally. To achieve a lasting, clearly measurable success in the structure of skin, hair, nails and connective tissue, however, it should be taken orally. The reason is that inelastic connective tissue, ageing and dry skin, brittle nails, and thin hair are frequently the unattractive consequences of an insufficient level of active silicic acid compounds in the tissue. Taken orally on a regular basis, Original silicea Gel increases the silicic acid content in the connective tissue, causing it to become firmer, more flexible, and healthier. This is the only way to ensure that the hair roots, the nail bed, and the upper skin layers also perform their functions as best as possible and that your skin, hair, and nails are provided with a sufficient supply of nutrients and vital substances through the connective tissue. An additional external treatment with silicic acid gel is recommended in exceptional cases only: for example for the treatment of teeth and gums and of sun-stressed and otherwise fatigued skin, and to promote the healing process in areas of local irritation, small injuries to the skin, itching, skin impurities, and herpes (cold sores).

From WiseGeeks…

A variety of herbal remedies are available for enhancing aesthetic beauty. Silicea is a homeopathic medicine used to help improve the condition of hair, skin, and nails. It also has other healthful uses.

Derived from flint or quartz, silicea is an abundant mineral naturally found in the earth’s crust. Part of the structural makeup of bone and cartilage, the remedy is present in humans as a trace element. It can be found in connective tissues as well as hair, skin, and nails.

Its cleansing effects make it particularly useful in treating dry skin, nails, or hair. Silicea can be used to improve acne, blemishes, ulcers, boils, inflammation, or generally sickly skin. Infections from abscesses, skin eruptions, glass shards, and splinters can all be remedied with the help ofsilicea. It can also be used for preventing hair loss and dandruff. Scar tissue visibility may be diminished through use of the mineral.

General body weakness and anemia may also be healed with the remedy. Some people have used the herbal remedy to help with menstrual cycle issues. Digestion can be aided by the natural remedy. Homeopaths say that the mineral can help the body utilize nutrients once food has been consumed. Constipation can also be assuaged through use of silicea.

Silicea is usually prescribed for conditions that have progressed slowly over a lengthy period of time. Homeopathic practitioners often advise people with chronic conditions to use the mineral. It can be used to treat the flu, common cold, and other seasonal health problems. Other ailments the herbal remedy is said to help with include irritability, vertigo, back pain, fatigue, nerve damage, headaches, tremors, and paralysis.

Homeopaths look for certain traits in patients before prescribing a remedy. With silicea, the patient is usually suffering from confusion, overwork, weakness, sensitivity, lack of direction, and fear. The mineral remedy is said to alleviate these problems, providing structure and clarity. Homeopathic doctors claim it has the power to stabilize and restore the human body to homeostasis.

People who are susceptible to infections may be able to benefit the most from this homeopathic cure. Unlike many herbal remedies, it is considered beneficial to children as well, though a physician should be consulted prior to use with any herbal remedy. Gel made from silicea can help soothe razor burns from shaving. The liquid form of the remedy is considered the most popular. It is also available in capsule form and powder extract.

Me: So it seems the compound is really only used in the field of homeopathic medicine, and most clinical medical professionals don’t talk much about it. The variety of stuff it is treated for seems to range throughout all of the human body systems, so it is very difficult (at least for me) to figure out what it exactly does. I note the part where it states clearly …”particularly useful in treating dry skin, nails, or hair”

From the ABC Homeopathy website HERE, I get little information on what Silicea is used for since it seems to be used to treat everything.

I got frustrated and decided instead just to do a search on Silicic Acid and see if it could possibly have any height increase potential. This is what Wikipedia (HERE) says about silicic acid.

Silicic acid is a general name for a family of chemical compounds containing the element silicon attached to oxide and hydroxyl groups. This family of compounds have the general formula [SiO_x(OH)_4-2x]_n. Some simple silicic acids have been identified, but only in very dilute aqueous solution, such as metasilicic acid(H₂SiO₃), orthosilicic acid (H₄SiO₄, pK_a1=9.84, pK_a2=13.2 at 25 °C), disilicic acid (H₂Si₂O₅), and pyrosilicic acid (H₆Si₂O₇); however in the solid state these probably condense to form polymeric silicic acids of complex structure.

Preparation and occurrence

Silicic acids may be formed by acidification of silicate salts (such as sodium silicate) in aqueous solution. The main problem for the chemist is that these silicic acids readily lose water to form silica gel, a form of silicon dioxide. Such conversion involve condensations.

In the oceans, silicon exists primarily as orthosilicic acid (H₄SiO₄), and its biogeochemical cycle is regulated by the group of algae known as the diatoms. These algae polymerise the silicic acid to so-called biogenic silica, used to construct their cell walls (called frustules).

Silicic acid in health

Continuing research of the correlation of aluminium and Alzheimer’s disease has in the last few years included the use of silicic acid in beverages, due to its abilities to both reduce aluminium uptake in the digestive system as well as cause renal excretion of aluminium.

Study has shown that physiological concentration of orthosilicic acid stimulates collagen type 1 synthesis and osteoblastic differentiation in human osteoblast-like cells in vitro.

Choline-stabilized orthosilicic acid is a bioavailable nutritional supplement. It has been shown to prevent the loss of hair tensile strength, have positive effect on skin surface and skin mechanical properties, and on brittleness of hair and nails, abate brittle nail syndrome, partially prevent femoral bone loss in the aged ovariectomized rat model, increase collagen concentration in calves , and have potential beneficial effect on bone collagen formation in osteopenic females.

Me: So the last few sentences is what clearly jumps out about this Silicea compound. Wikipedia states that orthosilicic acid might stimulate collagen type 1 synthesis and osteoblastic differentiation. The study it references is from HERE .

The abstracts are posted below for you to analyze.

Orthosilicic acid stimulates collagen type 1 synthesis and osteoblastic differentiation in human osteoblast-like cells in vitro.