This is protection, and makes me want to wear a lot more silver around my heart space.

For whatever scientific or chemical reason, silver has a unique effect upon vampires when it comes in contact with their skin. Not only does it burn, but it also has a paralyzing effect, making it so a vampire cannot pull the silver off of itself. It’s somewhat similar to the way humans become paralyzed by electrical currents – the muscles seize and the person becomes unable to disconnect themselves from the source.

https://www.gods-and-monsters.com/vampires-and-silver.html

Silver is a major conductor and communicator.

Wearing silver balances moods and increases energy levels.

Silver is a powerful antimicrobial agent. It helps in fighting infections and aids in cold and flu prevention, wound healing, and more.

Silver has mystic powers. https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/SilverHasMysticPowers

Silver is Yin energetically, which means that, unlike gold, it helps soothe, cool, and calm one’s spirits. People who wear silver jewelry enjoy improved intuition, dreams, love, protection, psychic abilities, and better brain function. Many seers and other psychic experts use silver to sharpen their psychic capacity.

Silver is capable of removing and redistributing negative energy and, therefore, can be used to clean a person’s aura.