Health Benefits Of Baking Soda

Regardless of who you are, everyone would definitely at one point need to use baking soda for its many benefits in everyday life. Who would have thought such a simple element would be of so much importance.

Since we would not want any of our fans to be left behind, here is a list of a a few among the countless things baking soda can be used to achieve which I found very…very helpful:

1. Use it as an antacid.
2. Use it as underarm deodorant by applying it with a powder puff.
3. Mix half a teaspoon with peroxide paste and use it as toothpaste.
4. Use it as a face and body scrub.
5. Add a cup to bathwater to soften your skin.
6. Relieve skin itch from insect bites and pain from sunburn.
7. Remove strong odors from your hands by rubbing them with baking soda and water.
8. Put two tablespoons in your baby’s bathwater to help relieve diaper rash.
9. Apply it on rashes, insect bites, and poison ivy irritations.
10. Take a baking soda bath to relieve skin irritations.
11. Heartburn? Take a teaspoon of baking soda mixed with one-half glass of water.
12. Freshen your mouth by gargling half a teaspoon of baking soda mixed water.
13. Relieve canker sore pain by using it as mouthwash.
14. Use it to relieve bee stings.
15. Use it to relieve windburns.
16. Apply it on jellyfish sting to draw out the venom.
17. Unblock stuffy nose by adding a teaspoon of baking soda to your vaporizer.
18. Keep cut flowers fresh longer by adding a teaspoon to the water in the vase.
19. Put out small fires on rugs, upholstery, clothing, and wood.
20. Put an open container of baking soda in the fridge to absorb the odors.
21. Sprinkle it on your ashtrays to reduce bad odor and prevent smoldering.
22. Sprinkle it on your slippers, boots, shoes, and socks to eliminate foul odor.
23. Wipe your windshield with it to repel rain.
24. Improve the smell of dishrags by soaking them in baking soda and water.
25. Suck it in with your vacuum cleaner to remove the odor.
26. Freshen the air by mixing baking soda with your favorite perfumed bath salts. Put the mixture in small sachet bags.
27. Restore stiff brushes by boiling them in a solution of 1/2 gallon of water, 1/4 cup of vinegar, and a cup of baking soda.
28. Put it under sinks and along basement windows to repel cockroaches and ants.
29. Scatter baking soda around flowerbeds to prevent rabbits from eating your veggies.
30. Sprinkle it onto your cat’s litter box to absorb the bad odor.
31. Sprinkle it on your pet’s comb or brush to deodorize their fur and skin.