An interesting fact is that ordinary baking soda, which is a white powder with a slightly alkaline and slightly salty taste, has found application in the kitchen, in everyday life and in traditional medicine relatively recently, despite the fact that it was known even in the Paleolithic era. The fact is that the discovery in the 18th century of this substance by Leblanc, a chemist from France, was kept secret for many years. Widespread, primarily in cooking, baking soda was received only after the discovery of a new method for its production. It is mainly used in drinks and in baking. Many are aware of its healing properties.
Drinking soda is an excellent remedy for many diseases. For procedures in the form of rinses, rinses, prepare a solution of two spoons of soda and a glass of warm boiled water.
They are washed their eyes (repeatedly) with conjunctivitis. For each eye, a separate cotton swab is required.
Five - six-time (per day) gargling with this solution will relieve sore throat.
Soda solution is instilled into the nose with a mild runny nose, and with profuse - they are washed. With a cold, the same solution, brought to a boil, is given a ten-minute inhalation to make sputum easier to discharge.
A strong dry cough is mitigated by taking a glass of milk with a spoonful of soda diluted in it overnight.
There is no unequivocal opinion on the use of this tool in the form of douching with thrush. The solution is prepared much weaker than for washing and rinsing: a teaspoon of soda powder is added to a liter of boiled warm water. Some people think that a couple of such procedures are enough, others - that you need to douche every hour during the day.
Drinking soda well removes salts and liquid from the body. This property allows you to successfully use it to lower blood pressure. Hypertensive patients have to take a considerable number of tablets. Their dose can be reduced by drinking baking soda with them (½ teaspoon each).
This substance effectively helps with motion sickness while traveling in a car, bus; with poisoning, accompanied by profuse vomiting, with bleeding. All cases listed above are characterized by fluid loss. To replenish its amount, you need to give the victim every five minutes a spoonful of a solution of salt and soda (in a liter of warm boiled water, dilute a teaspoon of salt and half a spoonful of soda).
Rinsing the mouth with a solution of a tablespoon of soda in a glass of 3% hydrogen peroxide helps to eliminate a bad smell.
If you periodically brush your teeth with soda, previously moistened with water and applied with your fingers to the gums, they will soon be well polished. At the same time, acidity in the oral cavity is also neutralized.
An excellent cosmetic product at home is again the same baking soda. For a person covered in acne, with clogged pores, black dots, nothing better than a mixture of this powder with soap shavings (ideally household). She needs to wipe the skin every three to four days. It is very advisable to steam the face before the procedure.
It can be done a little differently. Dissolve in a glass of boiling water over a teaspoon of sugar and soda. Moisten a cotton swab in the resulting liquid and wipe it well with your face, paying particular attention to problem areas. Then you need to wash with warm water and soap (preferably household) and lubricate the area with acne with cow butter. After an hour, you need to wash again, but already without using soap.
Since soda neutralizes the acidic environment in which bacteria develop, it is useful to wash your feet more often with their solution if they are sweating excessively. By the way, this same procedure will serve as a good prevention of fungus, which often develops between the toes.