Hydrogen Peroxide or H2O2 and is basically oxygenated water, made up of two hydrogen molecules and two oxygen molecules. It is used as an oxidiser, bleaching agent, disinfectant, antimicrobial and antiseptic, in a dilute solution in water for consumer use and in higher concentrations for industrial use. The above food grade hydrogen peroxide is for consumers and is only 12% strength but still needs to be greatly diluted with water for human use.
If you suddenly get a bad sore throat, get a medium sized glass, put one teaspoon of 12% hydrogen peroxide in half a glass of water. Then gargle with it for awhile and you will find the sore throat disappears!
When you clean your teeth in the morning and night, keep a small glass of water with one teaspoon of 12% hydrogen peroxide by your basin. Dip your toothbrush in it, which will remove all germs on the toothbrush before you clean your teeth and again after you finish. Over time, your teeth will whiten!
The hydrogen peroxide will remove bacteria at the edges of your teeth and gums, as hydrogen peroxide will kill the bacteria. This will help prevent toothache. Dip the toothbrush in a hydrogen peroxide and water mix, this time in a smaller cup with less water and one teaspoon of it and if you clean your teeth with this mix around the gums, the toothbrush will become frothy. Your teeth will become whiter and your mouth will be fully cleansed and antiseptic.
I wrote an earlier article about using lemon juice to dissolve plaque around the teeth and gums, which works very well if you do it every night. I have discovered that only lemon juice dissolves the plaque. This practice will prevent painful visits to the dentist for people with gum disease. Some people are concerned that the lemon juice may remove the enamel of the teeth but I have not found it so.
The other day, I slightly cut my finger while chopping something. Just a tiny nick but I was worried a little food might have got in, so I dipped the finger into a water/hydrogen peroxide mix for a little while to cleanse it and it later healed perfectly with no problems.
Another thing I have used it for is to internally alkaline my body. I have actually drunk hydrogen peroxide in an extremely dilute glass of water. For this, take a large glass of water and put in about half a teaspoon of the 12%. If the hydrogen peroxide you buy is higher than 12%, you will have to try to calculate how much to put in as I am only talking about the 12% product in this article. If in doubt put as little as possible! You will know if it is too much, as it will burn when it hits your stomach! Don't worry you will be fine if that happens! It is safe in small doses.
Hydrogen Peroxide has its own distinctive taste. If your dilution is too strong, you will taste it but really it should be so dilute that you can hardly taste it at all. That is how you can gauge it.
When I buy a bottle of 12%, I would divide it up and draw six lines along the bottle and pour one sixth into another 500 ml bottle, which I dilute by filling that up with distilled water or purified water. Then I use the 500 ml diluted bottle but that still needs to be diluted again in a glass or cup.
I have drunk it when I have cystitis or heartburn. It gets rid of it immediately and after only a small amount! Yes, it gets rid of cystitis! All illness with 'itis' means inflammation. It just quickly alkalizes your system, makes it alkaline, instead of acidic (inflammation).
Again, if you have cancer, a tiny bit in water every day, would be very helpful, as cancer always involves inflammation and acidity in the body and as hydrogen peroxide is oxygen in water, it clears inflammation away quickly. Oxygen itself is the greatest cure for inflammation.
According to an article I am reading, which adds further uses to the ones I have already tried, hydrogen peroxide mixed with water can remove foot fungus if you soak your feet in it for about 10 minutes. Here it says you can make up half with 20% hydrogen peroxide and half with 50% water. It's probably safer if it's more concentrated for the feet.
Further, the article says cleaning your contact lenses with very dilute hydrogen peroxide is the best way of disinfecting them without harming them.
The article also suggests you use it for household cleaning including wiping in areas with dust mites, cleaning your windows with a little, a tiny bit in your dishwasher for perfect dishes, cleaning your children's toys, bleaching your clothes to remove stains, disinfecting walls, cleaning your fridge, cleaning your chopping boards.
In addition, it suggests using diluted hydrogen peroxide on spots on your face, for lightening your hair and putting some in your bath. For lightening hair it suggests using half 3% hydrogen peroxide in a spray bottle with half water and spraying on your hair which will gradually lighten your hair naturally.
I think it is relatively easy in America to buy hydrogen peroxide for every day use but in Britain it is hard to find. The above pictured food grade Hydrogen Peroxide 12% is from a company in Britain called Health Leads UK.
You will probably find even more uses for hydrogen peroxide, as I have!
