Mercury means a lot of things to us. Mercury can be the god in Roman religion who was responsible for merchandise, merchants, commerce, travel, and thievery. Mercury has a winged hat and staff and was introduced early for worship. He had a temple on the Aventine Hill in Rome which was dedicated in 485 BC and his festival falls on May 15 together with the goddess Maia.
Mercury can also be a planet. Mercury is the closest planet to the sun in our solar system. It is slightly smaller in diameter than the moons Titan and Ganymede. Since the third millennium BC or the time of the Sumerian, Mercury has already been known. It was even given two separate names since it was believed to be a morning and an evening star.
Then mercury can also be an element; a metal that at room temperatures is at liquid form. The surface of mercury is known as quicksilver and is used as the stuff of mirrors. It is also used for thermometers, barometers, electrical device and many more. Though used in a lot of things today mercury remains to be toxic and very poisonous. In its pure metal form it is relatively safe but in compounds such as mercuric chloride, it is very dangerous. That is why when you experience mercury poisoning, you need to have chelation therapy and EDTA (ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid, a natural amino acid).
Chelation therapy is the process of administering chelating agents to remove heavy metals intoxications such as lead, arsenic or mercury from our body. Chelation therapy can also be used as treatment for other toxic metal poisoning such as uranium, plutonium and iron. Chelation therapy can be done intravenously, intramuscularly or orally depending on the type of poisoning agent and chelating agent.
Chelation therapy was first used during the First World War by the British to treat soldiers that were exposed to arsenic-based poison gas which was used indiscriminately during that war. Then it was also used during the second world war on navy personnel which were exposed to lead poisoning from the paint on navy vessels. EDTA was the chelating agent used.
Now, chelation therapy is United States Drug Administration approved and EDTA is the chelating agent mostly used by the American medical industry.
So even if we use mercury today, remember that we must be careful in handling it as mercury remains toxic to our bodies. Have a safe day!
Author Resource:-
Hyperbaric Oxygen Chamber Therapy helps Autism, Cerebral Palsy, MS, Parkinsons, Athletic Performing, healing of wounds, used as immune defense and much more. Visit our site at Hyperbaric Oxygen Chamber Articlesto learn more about our lowest market priced single and double chambers.
![[Valid RSS feed]](http://www.massagebyben.com/articles/images/icon_Rss.png "XML Feed For RSS"){kind=icon}
Category Rss Feed
Print This Article
Add To Favorites 