The healing properties of baking soda

Surely every home has baking soda, but not everyone knows that it can take its rightful place in the first aid kit. We are used to using it only for preparing culinary dishes, but it turns out that it is an effective remedy.

What does baking soda cure:

1. One of the best remedies for mitigating a cough is soda dissolved in milk; it perfectly thins phlegm. You need to dilute 1 teaspoon of baking soda in boiling milk and take it at night.

2. Nothing relieves a sore throat as well as gargling it 5-6 times a day with a solution of baking soda (2 teaspoons of soda per glass of warm water).

3. Dropping a soda solution into your nose will help you cope with a runny nose. And in case of heavy discharge, it is recommended to do soda rinses 2-3 times a day.

4. For conjunctivitis, repeated washing of the eyes with a soda solution using soft cotton swabs helps.

5. A sudden attack of palpitations can be stopped by taking half a teaspoon of soda.

6. Soda also helps with hypertension: due to increased removal of fluid and salts from the body, it reduces blood pressure.

7. Soda is an effective remedy against motion sickness in transport. It can also help with large blood loss, poisoning that occurs with repeated vomiting and diarrhea, prolonged fever with profuse sweating.

8. Baking soda is great for removing unpleasant odors. A solution of soda can help with unpleasant odor in the feet, mouth, and armpits. This is due to the fact that the unpleasant odor is caused by bacteria that multiply in an acidic environment. The soda solution neutralizes the acid, as a result of which it prevents the appearance of odor.

9. Baking soda is great for mosquito and midge bites. The itching that appears after a bite is an allergic reaction of the body to substances that insects inject into the skin. If you make a paste out of soda and apply it to the bite site, the itching will disappear almost immediately, and then the redness of the skin will go away.

10. If you have a cold, pour 1 glass of water into the kettle, add 1 teaspoon of soda. When the water boils, you need to put a paper tube on the spout of the kettle and breathe over the soda steam for 10-15 minutes to remove phlegm.

11. For sore gums, mix baking soda with a small amount of water and apply it with your fingers along the gum line to a small area of ​​your mouth.

12. Very often, stomach dysfunction can cause headaches and not only them. In this case, it is enough to drink a glass of milk at room temperature with two pinches of soda.

13. For wrinkled, rough and keratinized skin on the elbows, a special bath with soda is useful.

14. If your feet sweat excessively, you should wash them with a soda solution.

15. To treat fungal diseases on the feet, you need to dissolve 1 tablespoon of soda in a small amount of water and rub the area affected by the fungus with this mixture.

Regular baking soda can easily cure many diseases. A good housewife must have soda in her first aid kit, just in case, and there are different cases...