All the amazing features of soda

A box with baking soda - sodium bicarbonate is in every house, and in most cases it is almost complete, since most housewives do not know how to use it and what it can be useful for. There are even a few jokes about the fact that one package can last a lifetime.

Soda at home

Being one hundred percent sodium bicarbonate, an odorless and pronounced white powder called baking soda is most often used as a baking powder for dough for sweet pastries. We began to use soda for these purposes many years ago, and to this day it is one of the most popular food additives.

Interesting! For the first time, a compound called baking soda was obtained by an experiment conducted by Austin Church and John Dwight.

Soda as a universal cleaner

In ancient Egypt, soda was used as soap. Today, sodium bicarbonate is more often used as a cleaning agent with which you can wash your entire house. The advantages of using soda as a universal cleaning agent include the following properties of the substance:

1. Naturalness of origin. Fully eco-friendly baking soda powder is environmentally friendly. They can wash children's dishes and dishes of people prone to manifestations of allergic reactions.
2. Efficiency. Soda, along with popular detergents, copes with grease, soot and stains from dried leftover food in the kitchen and other contaminants in the bathroom and other rooms in the house.
3. Universality. In everyday life, it can be added to powder to increase its volume, used as an enhancer of the action of bleaches, and used as a detergent for dishes.
4. Bactericidal activity. It has been proven that sodium bicarbonate adversely affects most bacteria and pathogens that are on the surface of dishes, walls and tissues.
5. The ability to eliminate bad odors. The linen bag with the substance is able to draw in any unpleasant odor.
6. Availability. A pack of soda costs several times less than the cheapest means for washing, cleaning and washing dishes. You can buy it at any store.

Soda and laundry soap - universal cleaning

A mixture of laundry soap and soda can be used to wash things and as a cleaning agent for kitchen surfaces and utensils. In the first embodiment, a powder is prepared from these components and a few drops of any essential oil. To get 1 kg of such a powder, you need to take 500 g of soda and 500 g of grated 72% soap and mix.

Advice! To mix the ingredients better, they can be beaten at low speeds with a mixer.

Important:

• it is necessary to store home-made powder in a container with a tight twisted lid;
• washing things must be carried out at a temperature not lower than 60 degrees;
• if the material can not be washed in hot water, then the component of the powder should be not bar soap, but liquid laundry soap, it can also be washed at 30 degrees.

The second version of the cleaning agent is prepared according to the principle of the first. The only difference is that the resulting mixture must be diluted with a glass of hot water. The resulting paste can be used to wipe the stove, oven or the outer surface of the pan, tile and bathroom fixtures from fat.

Important! Soda paste can be used without putting on protective gloves on your hands, as it does not dry your skin.

Health Soda

As a means of combating certain diseases, bicarbonate has been used for as long as in cooking or at home. Due to its wide spectrum of action, bicarbonate is used both internally and externally for treatment.

Against heartburn

Few people know that most popular anti-heartburn remedies contain in their composition nothing more than sodium bicarbonate (its other form). It quickly neutralizes the acid secreted by the stomach and eliminates peptic ulcers and indigestion symptoms.

Dissolved half a teaspoon of soda in a glass of water to eliminate heartburn, you need to drink every two hours (no more than 7 servings per day). Older people need to withstand a time interval between receptions of 3 hours.

Important! Pregnant women extinguish heartburn in this way is prohibited.

Know-how - losing weight with soda

In order to lose a few extra pounds, many women drink several glasses of soda drink daily. Thus, they contribute to the acceleration of internal metabolic processes and the speedy breakdown of fats.

Also, soda is often added to various mixtures to wrap the problem areas of the abdomen, legs, arms or hips. As a result of this wrapping, toxins are removed from the body along with sweat through the skin, which, in turn, after the procedure becomes soft and smooth.

Soda against ulcers, stomatitis, etc.

Stomatitis and candidiasis are a frequent companion of young children during teething and adults who have the habit of biting matches, toothpicks or caps from ballpoint pens. It is most often used for stomatitis and thrush because of its properties because it eliminates the acidic environment, inhibits bacterial growth and eliminates inflammation, it creates good conditions for the regeneration of affected tissues.

Important! Soda is safe for children and adults. It is allowed to be used to treat newborns.

Adults with stomatitis are recommended to rinse their mouth with soda solution every 2 hours. For small children, the affected areas of the mucosa are gently wiped with a gauze swab moistened in solution every 2-3 hours.

Other uses of soda

In addition to the above areas of application, bicarbonate is allowed to use:

• as a means of eliminating pain and itching from insect bites;
• as a natural deodorant;
• as a means for preparing baths for exfoliating the skin from the hands and feet;
• as a means to remove splinter;
• as a means of saving from sunburn and domestic burns;
• like toothpaste whitening paste.

Harm soda

Soda has some contraindications for use and can cause a number of negative reactions in a person.

At home

Do not use soda paste for cleaning Teflon surfaces, as it can scratch them. In addition, you should be careful with the calcified form, which is considered more caustic alkali.

Also, some housewives prefer to use a mixture of vinegar and soda as a cleaning agent for carpets and textile surfaces of sofas or chairs. You should be very careful with such mixtures, since they can leave stains on synthetic materials.

For good health

Treatment with sodium bicarbonate is not carried out in the following cases:

• the presence of allergies and special sensitivity;
• renal failure;
• internal bleeding;
• low acidity of the stomach;
• diabetes mellitus.

Do not abuse the intake of soda solutions inside. They are suitable for short-term use and are not a means of treating diseases. If you have any health problems, you should first consult a doctor. This is especially true for young children and the elderly.