Saw today on AOL that salt gargled in water is a good mouthwash. Seems that odor causing bacteria thrive in an acidic environment. The salt helps to counteract the acids on the tongue and in the mouth.
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Saw today on AOL that salt gargled in water is a good mouthwash. Seems that odor causing bacteria thrive in an acidic environment. The salt helps to counteract the acids on the tongue and in the mouth.
That's awesome, cuz for some reason I've found it neccessary to load up on prodigious, ungodly amounts of salt. Cha-ching!
I've brushed and gargled with baking soda before...
For whatever reason, I was raised with the old wives tale that the thing about salt that made the cankers go away was how much pain it caused. My grandpa would take a moist finger full of salt and grind it in to his cankers.
Fortunately, I availed myself of medical science, and came to understand that hydrogen peroxide does the same thing, pain free.
I have gargled with salt water, but am concerned by gargling with hydrogen peroxide. What if I were to accidently swallow?
You'd probably barf. My wife used it on our dog after he downed an entire turkey carcass a few thanksgivings ago. A few swallows of peroxide, and out into the yard with him! It really did the trick.
It's also good to put some drops in your ears after swimming... bubbles up and gets rid of the excess water which can give you (and your kids) an earache or a cold.
(H2O2, that is, not salt.)
OK, here is the silly question, how does the H2O2 get rid of the water? I didn't do well in Chem101.
It combines with the H2O and turns into a gas, apparently. Quite nifty. I suppose one could do a little experiment on that right in the kitchen sink... mix the two and see what happens.
added to my todo list.