Healer, baker, and assistant: 15 soda methods you didn't even know about

Mistresses know several methods of applying soda. Recently, for the first time in a long time, the packaging design has changed. To make pancakes lush, quench soda with vinegar and add to the dough... That's all most people know about soda. In fact, the listed facts are a drop in the bucket!

What can soda do?

Yes, almost everything! This is the main assistant for any housewife. Soda can be used in cooking, and as a means of personal care, and in cleaning, and even as a medicine.

Treatment

In chemistry, baking soda is called sodium bicarbonate or sodium bicarbonate. The main secret is that this substance is found even in cells.

our blood. Naturally, for the body it will be indispensable, which means it will help with some problems.

• Freshen your breath

After eating, rinse your mouth with a solution of soda. So your breath will not be clouded by unpleasant odors.

• Muscle pain

A warm bath with soda will help to qualitatively steam out the body and gently neutralize the effect of “clogged muscles”.

• Itching and unpleasant foot odor

These are signs of a developing foot fungus. Regular foot baths can neutralize them. Type warm water in a bowl, dissolve 1-2 tablespoons of soda in it, drip a little peppermint oil and lower the feet into water. After several such procedures, all irritants will disappear.

• Bites of bees and other insects

You can attach soda to the bite site, and after a couple of minutes itching and pain will clear as if by hand.

• Itchy hand

As we already remember, soda copes with irritation with a bang. And with plaster it can easily blow out a hairdryer.

Advice! Do not forget to turn on the cold air mode.

• Cough inhalation

Remember, in childhood, my mother saved from coughing, forcing to gargle with soda solution? A similar miracle recipe is regular inhalation.

• Heartburn

In a glass of milk, add a pinch of soda, mix thoroughly and drink. The abdominal pain will pass almost immediately.

• Corns on hands

The substance in question softens the skin perfectly. 2-3 times a week do soda baths for handsThen even a cream is not needed.

Soda - an assistant in everyday life

With how organically she copes with maintaining the health and beauty of the body, we have already seen. But that's not all! Sodium bicarbonate is also able to replace a huge amount of household chemicals.

• Cleaning precious metal jewelry

Pre-soaking the jewelry in a hot solution for 10-15 minutes, it will be much easier to restore their pristine splendor.

• Washing glasses

Crystal is beautiful when it sparkles. Dirty and muddy, it looks like ordinary glass. Add a little soda to the dishwashing detergent and any of your glass items will shine.

• Bad smell in the fridge

A handful of soda can neutralize the smell.. Leave the cup with it for a couple of hours inside the refrigerator, and all the smells will simply disappear.

• Enhance the effect of washing powder

Soda acts like a balm. It softens water during washing, and makes things themselves much softer. It also helps with whitening.

• Instead of soap

Against strong odors (for example, fish) you need a strong remedy! And we remember how effectively sodium bicarbonate coped with the “amber” from the refrigerator.

Cooking help

Yes, yes, it's just about how to make beautiful holes on the pancakes, and not to let all the raisins fall to the bottom of the cake.

• Instead of yeast

By the way, soda is more effective than yeast, it is an excellent emulsifier and is able to “bind” the dough so that it becomes very soft and lush. And even less nutritious than with yeast.

• Bean cooking

It takes a lot of time. And the process itself is rather tedious. But, adding a handful of sodium bicarbonate, we find: the product will be ready much faster.

So, now it’s clear that to keep on the shelf an extra stack of soda (and preferably two) is simply necessary. An amazing tool - an assistant in all matters!