Vinegar and your health

[jimmie 48]

i thought it would be interesting to post some uses of vinegar in this forum. these relate specifically to health but the provided link offers many other uses for vinegar.

1001 USES FOR VINEGAR!

Stop insect stings and bites from itching by dabbing them with a cotton ball saturated with undiluted white distilled vinegar.

Soothe sunburn with a spray of white distilled vinegar, repeating as often as you like. Ice-cold white distilled vinegar will feel even better, and may prevent blistering and peeling.

For cuts and scrapes, use white distilled vinegar as an antiseptic.

Get rid of foot odor by washing feet well with antiseptic soap daily, then soaking them in undiluted cider vinegar for 10 minutes or so. Remember that cotton socks aid odor control more effectively than wool ones.

Clean a hairbrush by soaking in a white distilled vinegar solution.

Tone facial skin with a solution of equal parts white distilled vinegar and water.

If commercial aftershaves cause rashes and itching, try using undiluted white distilled vinegar as an aftershave lotion.

Lighten body freckles (not facial freckles) by rubbing on full-strength white distilled vinegar.

Eliminate bad breath and whiten your teeth by brushing them once or twice a week with white distilled vinegar.

Make nail polish last longer. Wipe fingernails with cotton balls dipped in white distilled vinegar before putting on nail polish.

[MotherOfGizmo]

Re: Vinegar and your health

My mom used to put the vinegar in a luke warm bath for us to soak in when we were sunburned Jimmie. I hated it, I always felt like I smelled like a salad!

Wonder why it will "lighten body freckles" but not "face freckles"? That's weird, aren't freckles freckles?

[jimmie 48]

Re: Vinegar and your health

i wondered that too, mog. hmmmmm............

you may have smelled like a salad but your mom was using a home remedy to ease you sunburn. did you know that?

[MotherOfGizmo]

Re: Vinegar and your health

Actually yes I did know that! And she always followed the vinegar bath with Noxzema, the smell of Noxzema still reminds of childhood sunburns too.

[dotsamantha]

Re: Vinegar and your health

I take a shot of vinegar when i have bed heartburn/reflux. I feel like I'm going to puke but the burning goes away in a few seconds.

[MotherOfGizmo]

Re: Vinegar and your health

I take a shot of vinegar when i have bed heartburn/reflux. I feel like I'm going to puke but the burning goes away in a few seconds.

My mom does that too, sounds weird but she swears it works! I tried it and can't handle it ( I have esophogus ulcers so it burns like @#$% )

[changing]

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When I boil a pot of eggs, I pour a tbsp or two of white vinegar into the water and the eggs never spill out of the shells, even if they crack!


I'm totally inept at gauging the amount of water I need in my pot to boil my eggs without cracking them a little, so this trick is useful for me. Works every time.

[Jerzaka]

Re: Vinegar and your health

As we speak, I'm soaking my toes in a solution of one part white vinegar, to one part original Listerine. My toenails look a little yellow (Maybe a fungus? I know, gross!) and heard this works.

I'll let you know if does the job.