Cheap Remedies... but do they work?

Have you heard about Baking Soda Cures? Well, I just did and I'm hear to tell ya about it!

I'm sure a lot of you have a box in your frig for odor control, and some use it to brush their teeth, maybe even a little in the armpits for more odor control? And who hasn't used it for indigestion on occasion?

What I recently read posted on Torah Women was about its ability to alkalize the body.

The folks at Arm & Hammer recommended doses for colds and influenza back in 1925 were:

• Day 1 -- Take six doses of ½ teaspoon of baking soda in glass of cool water, at about two hour intervals
• Day 2 -- Take four doses of ½ teaspoon of baking soda in glass of cool water, at the same intervals
• Day 3 -- Take two doses of ½ teaspoon of baking soda in glass of cool water morning and evening, and thereafter ½ teaspoon in glass of cool water each morning until cold symptoms are gone

I am willing to try this next time I feel a bug coming on and I will let you know how it works for me!

According to Arm & Hammer’s dosing instructions, we're not exceed seven doses of ½ teaspoon per day, or three doses of ½ teaspoon daily if you’re over the age of 60... and not to use the maximum dosage for more than two weeks. I guess there's only so much alkalizing the body can take!

Here's a link for some indepth medical information.

Here is some info from the above link:

Materia Medica, pharmacology and Therapeutics (Bastedo, Page 88) clearly outlines these rules to follows when taking Arm & Hammer Baking Soda:

“The effect of an alkali in the stomach will vary according to the nature of the stomach contents 
at the time of administration. In the resting period (after food is digested) sodium bicarbonate merely dissolves mucus and is absorbed as bicarbonate into the blood, to increase its alkalinity directly.

“In the digestive period it reduces the secretion of gastric juice, neutralizes a portion of the hydrochloric acid, liberates the carminative carbon dioxide gas, and is absorbed as sodium chloride.“In cases of fermentation or ‘sour stomach’ it may neutralize the organic acids and so result in the opening of a spasmodically closed pylorus (the opening between the stomach and the small intestine); while at the same time it acts to overcome flatulency (accumulation of gas in the stomach and bowels).

“The time of administration must, therefore, be chosen with a definite purpose. Usually for hyperchlohydria (excess of acid) one hour or two hours after meals will be the period of harmful excess of acid.  “A dose at bedtime tends to check the early morning acidity, or a dose on arising cleans the stomach of acid and mucus before breakfast.” Whenever taking a bicarbonate solution internally the soda should be dissolved on cold water.