Undoubtedly, everyone in the kitchen has a pack of baking soda, which is useful not only in cooking, but also in the household, and even for the correction of health.
Benefit for health
The maximum possible benefit to the human body sodium bicarbonate brings, thanks to its ability to disinfect and antiseptic. The chemical properties of this product normalize the alkaline acid balance.
Soda also benefits the body as an expectorant, it is worth adding very warm milk to it. Use of this product will allow to get rid of inflammatory processes in case of sore throat or stomatitis.
Also, carbonic acid and sodium acid salt can accelerate the resorption of flux, to fight tooth decay and get rid of the unpleasant smell coming from the mouth. Using soda, people eliminate swelling, normalize heartbeat and lower blood pressure.
Food poisoning will pass as quickly as possible if you take sodium bicarbonate during this period. When used properly, this product will help eliminate nicotine addiction, relieve the corns and calluses, relieve the itch of the affected skin by insect bites.
Observed benefits of baking soda and in the fight against obesity.
And if you prepare a face mask with this snow-white powder, then expensive cosmetic peeling products will no longer be necessary to acquire.
The harm of baking soda for the human body
Of course, sodium bicarbonate cannot have extremely beneficial properties for the human body. Each product also has negative characteristics. So soda in the treatment of heartburn can only aggravate it.
Taking sodium bicarbonate reduces the level of acid, which is capable of provoking the "boomerang" effect. The fact is that, due to inverse reactions, the saturation of the acid may increase even more.
So a person will not only get rid of unpleasant sensations, but also strengthen them.
Baking soda can not be fully used as a drug. This is explained by the fact that after its reception in the body begins to occur a strong alkaline reaction.
In addition, during it, carbon dioxide is released. In this case, it will not be possible to do without bloating and gas formation in the intestines.
What and how to treat baking soda
- inflammation of hemorrhoids. With such ailments, cooling lotions should be made using 2% sodium bicarbonate solution. They should be replaced 2 times per hour;
- headaches. They are often the result of a violation of the stomach. In this case, you need to sprinkle a glass of slightly warm milk with a small amount of baking soda;
- purulent inflammation of the mobile limbs of the feet or hands. In 2 tbsp. hot water needs to be diluted with 55 g of sodium bicarbonate. In this solution it is necessary to lower the inflamed part of the finger and hold for 20 minutes. Regularity of the procedure: 3 times a day;
- conjunctivitis Regular rinsing of the inflamed eye should be done with a soda solution of 1-2%;
- urinary tract infections. Burning and itching during this vital process will help to remove drinking a glass of water from 1 tsp. sodium bicarbonate;
- fungal foot infections. It is necessary to rub abundantly the affected areas with a paste of soda. Then rinse the limb with water and sprinkle with talcum powder;
- hives. Get rid of this itchy rash will help warm bath with the addition of 400 g of baking soda. This procedure should occur twice a day;
- corns. It is necessary to dissolve 10-15 g of sodium bicarbonate in 1 l of water. In such a bath you should keep limbs for 10 minutes with skin thickening a couple of times a week;
- greasy dandruff. Before the next hair wash you need to rub the scalp with soda solution. Its proportions: 10 g of sodium bicarbonate per 1 tbsp. water;
- cough. Bred in 1 tbsp. Milk (good warm) 10 g of soda. We accept for the night;
- runny nose Soda infusion should be used instead of a nasal spray. 20 ml of water should be mixed with 1-2 g of sodium bicarbonate. Instill fluid into the nose several times a day;
- flux, toothache. We dissolve 25-30 g of soda in 200 ml of water and rinse the mouth cavity with this warm substance abundantly. Repeat the procedure as necessary;
- sore throat. 1 tbsp. This white powder stir in 1 tbsp. water (well warm). We rinse regularly. To heighten the effect, you can add a little salt and a couple of drops of iodine;
- burns. A piece of gauze should be plentifully moistened in soda solution and applied to the burned area of the epidermis;
- hangover. The dosage depends on the degree of withdrawal syndrome. In 200 ml of water should be stirred from 3 to 10 g of sodium bicarbonate and take orally;
- heartburn. ¼ Art. water we add 1 g of baking soda and we take 3 times a day.
Does soda help in losing weight?
Sodium bicarbonate in its composition contains such components that help speed up the process of splitting fats, and even the products from the collapse are able to withdraw. In order to feel significant changes, it is necessary to take soda regularly, and this is dangerous because the level of hydrochloric acid in the body rises, resulting in an ulcer or gastritis.
Accelerate the metabolism will help bath with sodium bicarbonate. To do this, fill the bath well with warm water and dilute ½ kg of sea salt in it, add 1/3 kg of soda and add orange or lemon essential oils. It is necessary to take such water procedures once in two days for 2/3 months.
Terms of use inside
- It is best to take carbonic acid and sodium acid salt from the very morning, on an empty stomach;
- Throughout the day, it is also important to use soda regularly, the main thing is half an hour before and one hour after meals;
- If there is no experience with sodium bicarbonate, then start with a small pinch and gradually increase the dosage;
- Continuously take soda is strictly prohibited, it is necessary to do the courses. But if the body rejects this product, then you do not need to force yourself.
There are several ways to use soda:
- Preventive reception.
1/3 tsp Sodium bicarbonate should be diluted in boiling water a small amount and then add cold water so much so as not to exceed the volume of the glass.
Soda solution is important to drink exclusively on an empty stomach. It is necessary to use a maximum of 3 times per day for several weeks.
- Reception for treatment.
The dosage in this case is selected exclusively individually and it is best to seek the advice of a doctor. With the sharpening of ailments, the amount of sodium bicarbonate used may exceed 150 g per day.
But before you begin to use, you need to figure out whether you really need to do it. To do this, purchase litmus paper in a pharmacy, which helps determine the pH level.
Other uses of baking soda
- Gen.
Baking soda can be an indispensable assistant in the economy. It will not be difficult to wash the dishes, sinks, tiles and wash the glass without staining. This product in this regard is much better than specialized products, which include chemicals that are unsafe for the body.
In the wash also sodium bicarbonate may become indispensable and not depending on whether you are washing with your hands, or using a washing machine. For hand washing, sodium bicarbonate is used to soak laundry. And during the machine wash baking soda should fall asleep in the tank for detergents.
- Beauty.
To whiten your teeth at home is not difficult. Just sprinkle soda with a toothbrush and just brush your teeth. Tortured black dots? Stir a small amount of sodium bicarbonate into the acquired mask. This simple way to get rid of acne, triggered by adolescence.
A variety of fixing gels and varnishes poorly washed off the hair? Add some soda to your usual shampoo and wash your hair as usual.
Cautions
It is strictly forbidden to ingest soda solution to children. Only lotions, rinses and inhalations are permitted. People suffering from diabetes should also stop drinking soda.
Women during breastfeeding and pregnancy should take sodium bicarbonate solution with extreme caution. By all means, it is strictly forbidden to drink soda solutions with sick ulcers. Yes, and intolerance to this product is the reason not to use it.
The most important thing in taking soda for prophylactic or therapeutic purposes is not to overdo it. A large amount of sodium bicarbonate in the human body can cause an attack of nausea or vomiting.
Reviews of consumers and doctors
I woke up tonight from an itchy pain in the lymph node under the jaw. The cold does not want to retreat. From despair decided for the first time to resort to soda solution. In a glass of very warm water ½ tsp. soda I drank it. I waited a bit. And just unbelievable, intolerable pain vanished.
Irina, 31, Moscow
Ever since childhood, my grandmother has been treating ARVI with a solution of ordinary kitchen soda. Runny nose, sore throats, coughs disappeared without a trace after applying this wonderful fluid. Now, as soon as I start to feel that the cold comes, I immediately drink soda. This tool helps me much better than various expensive antiviral mixtures and pills.
Valentina, 40 years old, Kemerovo
I will not go into the details of the birth of my addiction. But one day she decided to quit smoking. It’s just an unreal feeling when the palms of the lack of nicotine even started to itch, and I could only think about smoking another “last” one.
Subtracted on the Internet that rinsing mouth with soda helps in this difficult rejection of the bad habit. Honestly, I didn’t believe at first that this was possible. But because of the interest I decided to try.
Several times a day I rinsed my mouth with water, in which I diluted about 1 tsp. soda The taste, of course, is not pleasant, but remembering the taste of cigarettes, she stopped even thinking about it.
Zhanna, 36 years old, Krasnodar
Once an unusual case happened in my practice. A young lady with ARVI appealed to me and flatly refused to take all the proposed drugs, stating that she did not want to "cheat chemistry." Assigned her treatment with soda solution. After 4 days, I returned to close the hospital completely healthy.
Ivan Nikolaevich, therapist, Vladivostok
Not so long ago, a guy with a flux turned to my office. The young man was so afraid of the dentists that he completely disagreed with surgery, even with the introduction of an anesthetic drug. I had to advise treatment, guided by traditional medicine.
He polished his mouth for several days with a solution of sodium bicarbonate, and during the next intake I found that the flux had gone away.
Nadezhda Eduardovna, dentist, Omsk
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