Is it OK for children to wear silver bracelets?

Children are the focus of the whole family's attention, and parents will give their children all the good things. In order to keep their children safe, many parents also give their children silver bracelets. In fact, when children wear silver bracelets, in addition to keeping them safe, they also have antibacterial and disinfecting effects. However, in order to ensure the safety of the child, there are many things to pay attention to when the baby wears a silver bracelet. Next, I will introduce to you the relevant knowledge about children wearing silver bracelets.

1. The benefits of wearing silver bracelets for babies

1. Ensure safety

The ancients said that wearing pure silver will bring health and wealth, soothe the five internal organs, calm the mind, stop panic and eliminate evil spirits. Therefore, there has been a custom of letting children wear silver jewelry since ancient times, which is beneficial for eliminating "fetal toxins" in the body and has the function of warding off evil spirits and calming the mind. Roman aristocratic families use pure silver spoons to feed their babies on a daily basis. This is not only because silver is a symbol of wealth, but also because they believe that this can eliminate diseases and drive away demons to keep children safe.

2. Antibacterial disinfection

Silver has excellent antibiotic and sterilization effects. General antibiotics can only work on 6 types of bacteria on average, but silver can kill 650 types of bacteria. Silver has the best thermal conductivity among all metals and can quickly dissipate heat from blood vessels. Assuming the thermal conductivity of silver is 100, gold is 53.2, iron is 11.6, and platinum is 8.2. This distinct thermal conductivity can quickly reduce the heat of blood and has excellent therapeutic effects in preventing various diseases. Silver has the function of absorbing toxins, which is one of the reasons why it changes color. Therefore, it has excellent disinfection performance. This discoloration is only a surface reaction and can be eliminated with toothpaste or medicine. This shows that the importance of silver to health cannot be ignored.

2. Taboos for babies to wear silver bracelets

1. Avoid contact with cosmetics: Cosmetics not only contain mercury, but also sulfur, which can turn silver into black silver sulfide. In addition, it is not suitable to wear silver if there is sulfur in the air. Those who live or work in chemical plants should be careful and should not wear silver.

2. Avoid ozone: Ozone can also cause silver to turn black. For example, negative ion generators and disinfection cabinets used in daily life should not be placed with silver jewelry.

3. Avoid hydrochloric acid and silver nitrate: Silver is soluble in hydrochloric acid and nitric acid. You should pay attention if you are engaged in this kind of work.

4. Avoid wearing it after bathing: The tap water used for purification often contains bleaching powder or chlorine, which can seriously corrode silver. After corrosion, the silver will lose its luster and produce white silver chloride. Therefore, it is not advisable to wear silver when bathing.

5. Avoid contact with laundry: laundry detergent contains bleach. The main component of bleach is chlorine, which has a certain corrosive effect on silver. 6. Avoid contact with mercury: Mercury and silver will react with each other, causing serious damage or even forming mercury paste, so be careful when using a thermometer.

3. What are the requirements for babies to wear silver bracelets?

1. Don’t buy something too heavy

Parents like to give their children the best, the bigger the better, the more money the better, but this is not true. Pay attention to the weight of silver jewelry when choosing. Babies are too young to bear too much weight. Generally, bracelets or longevity locks are bought for babies. The weight of silver bracelets for children should be around 20 grams. If a bell is added, it should not exceed 26 grams. Longevity locks are generally around 20 grams. Be sure to weigh them when buying in a physical store. If you buy online, you must read the instructions carefully.

2. It is better to match a silver chain than a red rope

When choosing a longevity lock, it is best to choose a sterling silver chain instead of an ordinary red rope, because the baby can easily put it in his mouth and suck it. If the rope is easy to fade or break, it will be unsafe. In addition, the color of the matching chain is more uniform and better looking, and it is heavier and more upscale, and it will also give you face if you give it as a gift to someone.

3. Pay attention to excessive lead content

Be careful about the lead content in some children's silver bracelets on the market. It is difficult to separate harmful substances from materials. Some jewelry manufacturers do not carry out these projects in order to reduce costs. These harmful substances are difficult to excrete from the human body. If children wear silver bracelets for a long time, it may even cause serious consequences such as blood lead.