Baking Soda is Good Medicine

Baking soda is an essential part of any home remedy kit. It can be used to ease heartburn, as a salve for insect bites, a soak for itchy skin and even to help cure urinary tract infections.

This baking soda remedy for heartburn is used by my dad, who has suffered with uncomfortable indigestion for years. Until he discovered this remedy, he took either prescription medicine or daily doses of over-the-counter stuff. Now, he needs to treat his heartburn only once or twice a week.

Heartburn Remedy

Dissolve a 1/2 teaspoon of sugar into 1 tablespoon of warm water. Add a 1/2 cup of cold water. Then add a 1/2 teaspoon sugar, 1 tablespoon vinegar and a 1/2 teaspoon of baking soda. Stir the mixture, then drink the whole thing quickly, while it’s fizzing.

Insect Bites & Itchy Skin Remedy

For insect bites, make a paste out of baking soda and water, and apply as a salve onto affected skin. To ease the itchies, shake some baking soda into your hand and rub it into damp skin after bath or shower.

Remedy for Urinary Tract Infection

Cranberry juice is a great natural treatment for urinary tract infection, but if you buy it in the grocery store, it can be loaded with sugar. Here’s an alternative, less sugary treatment for urinary tract infection using baking soda. At first symptoms, mix a 1/4 teaspoon of baking soda into an 8-ounce glass of water. Drink the remedy once per day.

Note: If you have high blood pressure, do NOT ingest baking soda remedies before consulting your health care practitioner. For any health issue of concern, discuss with your doctor.

Want to find out more simple and great ways to use baking soda? Click here for Annie B. Bond’s top 10 uses of baking soda in the home.

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By Lynn Behrendt, contributing writer for Green Living at Care2.com

Disclaimer: The views expressed above are solely those of the author and may not reflect those of
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Winn A.

10:50AM PDT on May 25, 2012

Thanks

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Donna H.

10:14AM PDT on Mar 22, 2012

Thanks for the info.

Pat W.

11:06PM PST on Mar 3, 2012

I am trying to get back to basics and homeopathic ideas

Butterfly K.

1:16PM PST on Jan 26, 2012

Thanks for the article. Another good use for baking soda is in the treatment for Gout, It helps to breakdown & dissolve the Uric acid crystals in the blood & tissues. Use 1/2 tsp dissoved in 1 glass h20 & take before going to bed & immediately upon waking in the morning, also use 2-4 times between meals during the day, but no more than 4 tsps per day.

1:10PM PST on Jan 26, 2012

Thanks for the article. Another good use for baking soda- used for treating gout, add 1/2 tsp of baking soda to 1 glass h20 & drink before going to bed at night & immediately upon waking in the morning, also once every 4 hrs in between meals, but do not exceed 4 tsps per day. This helps to dissolve the Uric acid in the blood & tissues.

Rosie L.

11:48AM PST on Jan 24, 2012

thanks!

New G.

5:08PM PST on Jan 3, 2012

Thank you.

Wachy F.

12:57PM PST on Nov 20, 2011

Good for Cancer????

Cheryl B.

6:29PM PDT on Nov 5, 2011

great info... thanks