Tricia Swanton - Essential uses : baking soda, salt, vinegar, lemon, coconut oil, honey, and ginger : the ultimate wellness, beauty, and healthy-home bible

Fresh and ground ginger root

In this book, you will learn new ways to use baking soda, salt, vinegar, lemons, coconut oil, honey, ginger, and a myriad of other natural items. Baking soda makes a perfect alternative to most man-made cleaning solutions, and is gentle enough to avoid damaging surfaces. Salt is rich in vitamins and minerals that are vital for your bodys health, and also makes a great exfoliant to help soften and rejuvenate your skin. Apple cider vinegar can help cure dandruff, improve your digestive health, and even remove warts. Lemon juice can be used to freshen your breath and whiten your teeth, while both coconut oil and honey are great for you skin, hair, and overall health. Ginger is as close as you can get to a superfood; you can add it to your diet to help fight off disease, or add it to a face or body mask to cleanse and soften your skin.

MAKE IT YOURSELF

Also included in this book are countless recipes, instructions, and tips to help you create your own DIY face masks, bath salts, and soothing herbal teas, all using nothing but these natural ingredients that you can find around the home or in any store near you. By making use of the information in this book, you can start to take better care of your skin, your health, and your homeall while saving money, getting better results out of your products, and reducing the overall harm you do to the environment.

Every one of these natural items has its own benefits, and once you learn the best ways to put them to use, you will be able to start cutting out toxic and expensive chemical products from your life, replacing them instead with green, natural solutions that provide all the same benefits with none of the harmful side effects or carbon footprint. From using dark chocolate to help kick your caffeine addiction to using ground cloves to prevent wrinkles and liver spots, theres something here for anyone who wants to start taking steps towards living a healthier, more natural life.

Lemon balm tea with honey

Honey, honeycomb, honey candles, and bee pollen

BAKING SODA USES

Baking soda, or sodium bicarbonate, is a mineral found and mined around the world. Throughout history, baking soda has been used as a leavening agent in baking, as it causes batter to rise. Baking soda has a variety of uses that can benefit your health, home, and general wellness. A popular addition to most kitchen cupboards, it has invaluable uses in cooking and cleaning, as well as being an inexpensive remedy for many common ailments.

Baking soda in your babys bathwater

Soothe poison ivy rash

Paste of baking soda and water for bug bites

Hand scrub with baking soda and honey

Baking soda toothpaste

Polish tarnished jewelry

WELLNESS

Aside from its uses in baking, baking soda is best known for its natural cleaning abilities. While it is an incredibly effective, inexpensive, and versatile cleaning agent, it also boasts a wide variety of wellness benefits.

From calming irritated skin to upset stomachs, baking soda can go a long way in keeping your family healthy. Baking soda is very alkaline, meaning its makeup has the properties of an alkali and is very basic. It is this alkalinity that makes it such an effective levener in baking Because of its basic pH level, baking soda can neutralize stomach acids quickly to counter any digestive issues. Additionally, baking soda is lightly abrasive and is therefore a gentle way to clean your teeth and body.

CALM INSECT BITES AND STINGS

Make a paste of baking soda and water and apply to your skin. Apply the paste up to three times a day. This is an effective method to combat itchy bites as well as painful bee and wasp stings.