Baking Soda for Home and Health

When you think of "Baking Soda" everyone thinks of "Arm & Hammer®" right?

We all know that baking soda is indispensable for keeping a clean house but did you know that it is one of the wonders for staying in good health or helping you to return to a healthful condition?

Baking soda is excellent as a paste for any sort of hives, insect stings, or as an addition to bath water for chicken pox and poison ivy. It does remarkable things for hair used occasionally as a shampoo alone as a shampoo type rinse or added to your shampoo. Anecdotal use includes a testimony by a friend who put a paste of baking soda religiously on a cancerous skin lesion which caused the lesion to disappear. Baking soda is alkalizing and thus is beneficial in some cases. To restore an over acid body condition to normal, a small amount of baking soda dissolved in water can relieve many stomach issues. However this is best to use only when needed and not overuse especially for those with high blood pressure as the sodium will elevate your blood pressure even more.

Baking soda will help heal sore and receding gums. It will immediately relieve the pain that occurs form gum problems. Put a paste made of baking soda on your gums and then wait for relief. It will kill any bacteria and help strengthen your gums Another effective treatment is to make a paste, spread it on your gums, then pour some apple cider vinegar on the spot which will cause it to foam like crazy. The combination will not hurt your teeth but we recommend that you use this treatment only as needed, in case and rinse your mouth out after treatment in order not to hurt your tooth enamel with the vinegar and just to play safe. This treatment worked so fast for us that we were astounded. it helped the gums go back to its normal healthy condition. Adding Propolis (Order from iherb.com with the $5 coupon code: "Jul 275") to the gums at night helped them to "regrow" back to its normal condition. But in case the Propolis temporarily stains your teeth, then baking soda will remove the staining.

Baking soda makes an excellent toothpaste and will help kill any tooth decay and prevent it from ever starting in the first place. Making a paste of baking soda with hydrogen peroxide and push it up the gumline. This will also keep the gums healthy , Use as needed and do not overdo as sometimes baking soda may irritate the sensitive gum tissue. There is nothing like it for whitening the teeth. And rinsing your mouth out in a solution of baking soda and water will freshen your breath and help re-mineralize teeth. More to come on keeping healthy on the Urban Homestead.

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