Baking Soda - Health and First Aid Feel better with baking soda

July 31, 2006

Baking sodahas many ways of making us feel better. Soothing, cleansing and relief arewords that describe it very well.1. Soothe bee stings and other insect bites with a paste of bakingsoda and vinegar.2. Anti-acid - mix 1/2 teaspoon in 4 ounces of water and drink. Itwill cause you to "burp," as it neutralizes stomach acid.3. Put sunburned kids in a cool (not cold) baking soda bath for halfan hour. Also works for chicken pox and mosquito bites.4. Relieve itch from poison ivy by making a paste with water,spreading it on the affected area and letting it dry.5. It's said that if you put a small amount of baking soda in glass ofwater and drink it, it will clean out your kidneys. (Note: Be aware that ifyour diet is salt restricted, you should not use baking soda for anyinternal reason, other than normal cooking.)6. My optometrist told me to gently rub my soft contact lenses with acream made with baking soda and water. I do this every other month. It"sweetens" them, removing the impurities.7. From another reader: When my son was a baby he got heat rash on hisface. My doctor told me to sprinkle baking soda on his sheets and it wouldkeep him from lying in his drool - worked!8. From the same reader: The doctor also told me it was better thanbaby powder to use on babies - keeps them drier and cuts sour smells fromburps.9. My two year old ran through a huge fire ant nest, and ants coveredher feet. Both feet turned bright red, I grabbed a bowl of water and box ofsoda, we soaked her feet in it and you couldn't tell she had ever beenstung.10. Apply that and water paste to jellyfish or sea nettle stings toremove the burn.11. I mix a teaspoon of baking soda and a teaspoon of epsom salt in aglass of water to akalinize my entire body and clean my blood stream.12. To relieve an upset stomache put a pinch of baking soda and apinch of salt into a cup of mint tea. It's not the best tasting thing in theworld but it will ease and relieve an upset stomache.13. When I get a minor burn from ironing or while baking, I takebaking soda and water and make a thick paste to apply to the burn; leave onuntil it dries. It takes the pain away.14. Another excellent use for baking soda is for mouth ulcers and coldsores. Simply mix a teaspoon of baking soda with 100mls of water and use asa gargle. For cold sores use the same solution. Dab directly onto the coldsore using a cotton bud. Do this at least twice a day.15. I use baking soda to remove splinters. Make a paste of baking sodaand water, and place the paste on a plastic bandage Apply the bandage to thesplinter and leave for a full day. When you remove the bandage, the splinterwill be sticking above the skin and can be pulled out easily. I once got ashard of glass in my toe that was so deeply imbedded that I couldn't evensee it. It took three days and three changes of the baking soda bandage, butit came out. I was amazed to see that the shard was about 1 cm long!--

The coward believes he will live forever If he holds back in the battle, But in old age he shall have no peaceThough spears have spared his limbs Stanza 16 of the Havamal (the Sayings of Har) from the Poetic Edda

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