Baking soda is pure sodium bicarbonate, a fine white powder that has many uses. You may wonder about bicarbonate of soda vs. baking soda, but they are simply alternate terms for the same ingredient. If your recipe calls for bicarbonate of soda, it is simply referring to baking soda.
What are the health benefits of sodium bicarbonate?
Uses of sodium bicarbonate:
- Use it as an antacid.
- Use as an underarm deodorant.
- Use it as toothpaste.
- Use it for facial and body snares.
- Use it to moisture your skin.
- Use it to help relieve itchy skin from insect bites and pain from sunburn.
- Remove strong odors from your hands.
- Relieve the rash of children.
- Apply them to insect bite places.
- Relieve pain by using mouthwash.
What are the benefits of bicarbonate soda?
Here are a few things found in the kitchen that you can clean with baking soda:
- ovens
- stained coffee cups
- stained marble
- grease stains
- kitchen tiles
- clogged drains
- tarnished silver
- microwaves
What medications contain sodium bicarbonate?
Multi-ingredient medications containing sodium bicarbonate:
- aspirin/citric acid/sodium bicarbonate systemic
- bisacodyl/polyethylene glycol 3350/potassium chloride/sodium bicarbonate/sodium chloride systemic
- calcium carbonate/potassium bicarbonate/sodium bicarbonate systemic
- calcium carbonate/sodium bicarbonate systemic
- citric acid/potassium bicarbonate/sodium bicarbonate systemic
What is sodium bicarbonate used to treat?
- kidney disease;
- liver disease;
- heart disease;
- high blood pressure; or
- if you are on a low salt diet.
