Overlooked 150 Year Old Household Cleaner a Remedy for Swine Flu? Posted by: Dr. Mercola

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Overlooked 150 Year Old Household Cleaner a Remedy for Swine Flu?
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Mercola
December 15 2009 | 292,866 views

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influenza, swine flu, H1N1, flu remedy, flu remedies]In today’s modern world
of medicine the FDA just will not let companies that sell products make
medical claims about them unless they have been tested at great expense, and
approved as a drug. But this was not always the case.

In a 1924 booklet published by the Arm & Hammer Soda Company, the company
starts off saying, “The proven value of Arm & Hammer Bicarbonate of Soda as
a therapeutic agent is further evinced by the following evidence of a
prominent physician named Dr. Volney S. Cheney, in a letter to the Church &
Dwight Company:

“In 1918 and 1919 while fighting the ‘Flu’ with the U. S. Public Health
Service it was brought to my attention that *rarely* *any one who had been
thoroughly alkalinized with bicarbonate of soda contracted the disease, and
those who did contract it, if alkalinized early, would invariably have mild
attacks.*”

Recommended dosages from the Arm and Hammer Company for colds and influenza
back in 1925 were:

- During the first day take six doses of half teaspoonful of Bicarbonate
of Soda in glass of cool water, at about two hour intervals
- During the second day take four doses of half teaspoonful of
Bicarbonate of Soda in glass of cool water, at the same intervals
- During the third day take two doses of half teaspoonful of Bicarbonate
of Soda in glass of cool water morning and evening, and thereafter half
teaspoonful in glass of cool water each morning until cold is cured


Sources:

Sodium Bicarbonate November 30,
2009


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Baking soda (also known as sodium bicarbonate), popularized by Arm &
Hammersome 155 years ago, is
derived from a natural occurring mineral, and is one
of the safest and most versatile substances around. In fact, if you search
for “baking soda” on my site, you’ll find a number of articles detailing its
potential uses, including using it as a:

- Household cleaner
- Sunburn remedy
- Alternative to toxic
antiperspirants
- Sports performance
enhancer

Few people realize, however, that baking soda also has potent medicinal
properties. Taken internally, it helps maintain the pH balance in your
bloodstream. This is likely the basic premise behind its recommended uses
against both colds and influenza symptoms, and even cancer.

*WARNING!!!
*

Many believe that Arm and Hammer Baking Soda is contaminated with aluminum
even though the company that makes it claims it does not. We have been able
to confirm that there are aluminum free baking sodas like Bob's Red Mill
Baking Soda. If you have any
information on this please add it to the comment section below.

*Baking Soda as an All-Natural Cold Remedy*

In their booklet “Arm & Hammer Baking Soda Medical Uses,” published in 1924,
Dr. Volney S. Cheney recounts his clinical successes with sodium bicarbonate
in treating cold and flu:

*“In 1918 and 1919 while fighting the ‘flu’ with the U. S. Public Health
Service it was brought to my attention that rarely anyone who had been
thoroughly alkalinized with bicarbonate of soda contracted the disease, and
those who did contract it, if alkalinized early, would invariably have mild
attacks. *

*I have since that time treated all cases of ‘cold,’ influenza and LaGripe
by first giving generous doses of bicarbonate of soda, and in many, many
instances within 36 hours the symptoms would have entirely abated. *

*Further, within my own household, before Woman’s Clubs and Parent-Teachers’
Associations, I have advocated the use of bicarbonate of soda as a
preventive for “colds,” with the result that now many reports are coming in
stating that those who took “soda” were not affected, while nearly everyone
around them had the “flu.”*

According to the Materia Medica by Walter
Bastedo,
sodium bicarbonate taken internally can soothe your mucous membranes and
dissolve thick mucus.

It’s worth noting that I have personally never tried this cold remedy, but I
wouldn’t be surprised if it worked, as maintaining proper acid-alkalinity
balance in your body will have a beneficial impact on your natural immune
system function.

If any of you have experience using baking soda as a cold remedy, I’d love
to hear about it.

The administration is easy enough, and is harmless even if you should not
experience relief from your cold symptoms. Simply dissolve the recommended
amount of baking soda in a glass of cold water and drink it.

Recommended dosages from the Arm & Hammer Company 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

Further dosing recommendations and instructions for taking sodium
bicarbonate can be found in Mark Sircus’ book *Sodium Bicarbonate – Rich
Mans Poor Mans Cancer
Treatment*,
which is also available in Kindle
edition.


According to Arm & Hammer’s dosing instructions, do not exceed seven doses
of ½ teaspoon per day, or three doses of ½ teaspoon daily if you’re over the
age of 60. In addition, do not use the maximum dosage for more than two
weeks.

*The Potent Healing Power of Baking Soda*

Dr. Tullio Simoniciand
Mark
Sircus, Ac, OMD both advocate using
baking soda for even the most serious of diseases – cancer!

Unfortunately, despite all the evidence showing that baking soda indeed has
enormous potential as an effective and non-toxic cancer treatment,
conventional medicine is refusing to take notice, as baking soda will never
be a huge profit center for any drug company.

Even worse, the industry tries to discredit or downright destroy those who
dare bring inexpensive treatment options like baking soda to the forefront.
Make no mistake about it, cancer treatment is big business, and for all the
promises to find a cure, there seems to be an unwritten law somewhere
stating it will only be studied and accepted if there’s big profits to be
had.

Dr. Simoncini, who is an oncologist (cancer specialist), was ousted from the
medical community when he refused to use conventional cancer treatment
methods and elected instead to administer sodium bicarbonate.

This despite the fact that he’s been able to show that *99 percent of
breast- and bladder cancer can heal in just six days*, entirely without the
use of surgery, chemo or radiation, using just a local infiltration device
(such as a catheter) to deliver the sodium bicarbonate directly to the
infected site in your breast tissue or bladder!

You can watch actual before and after footage of the treatment working in
this video.


In his book *Winning the War on
Cancer
*, Dr. Sircus writes:

*“Sodium bicarbonate is the time honored method to 'speed up' the return of
the body’s bicarbonate levels to normal. Bicarbonate is inorganic, very
alkaline and like other mineral type substances, supports an extensive list
of biological functions.

Sodium bicarbonate happens to be one of our most useful medicines because
bicarbonate physiology is fundamental to life and health.” *

Many chemotherapy treatments actually include sodium bicarbonate to help
protect the patient’s kidneys, heart and nervous system. It’s been said that
administering chemotherapy without bicarbonate could possibly kill you on
the spot.

Could it be that while mixing chemo poisons with baking soda, any
improvements seen are the result of the baking soda, and not the toxic
poisons? Dr. Sircus believes that may be the case.

*“There are no studies separating the effects of bicarbonate from the toxic
chemotherapy agents, nor will there ever be,” *he says*.*

*Final Thoughts*

If you keep an open mind, you will quickly learn that there are numerous
ways to support your body in healing that have nothing to do with toxic
drugs, vaccines, or surgery, even when it comes to a serious condition like
cancer.

For my Top 12 all-natural cancer prevention strategies, please review my
previous article, Winning the War on
Cancer
.

As for preventive measures against cold and flu, please read through the
three articles listed below. They’re all chockfull of helpful tips and
guidelines to make cold and flu symptoms a thing of the past.* *



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