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Medical and Surgical Reporter, Volume 74, page 285,1896
Dr. L. Duncan Bulkley, in Medical Record, January 18, relates his experience in the treatment of colds by the administration of bicarbonate of soda. This use of the remedy he discovered accidentally. When suffering from a cold he took some of the alkali for stomach acidity. In a short time he repeated the dose, and found that the cold was greatly relieved as well as the acidity. On other occasions he tried it upon himself and others, and finds it of the greatest service. His method of employing the bicarbonate is to give twenty to thirty grains (1/2 teaspoon) to an ordinary adult every half-hour, in about three ounces of water, until three doses are given, and then a fourth dose in an hour. In two or three hours the course of four doses may be repeated if the cold is not broken up. He has very seldom found it necessary to administer a third course of four doses. In the influenza type of colds he orders five to ten grains of phenacetine with ten to twenty grains of soda bicarbonate in powders. One of these is taken every two hours in hot water for a day or two.
Baking Soda
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EC: Warning: baking soda contains a lot of sodium. Be careful.
Baking Soda
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I had all the early signs of a cold / flu coming on yesterday - achy, runny nose, sore throat, cough. I started taking 1/2 tsp of baking soda in a glass of cold water every 2 hours last night, and cut back to every 4 hours this afternoon. It has been just over 24 hours, and I feel FINE. I can hardly believe it myself, but I KNOW I was exposed, I KNOW I was getting sick... now, I am fine. Absolutely worth trying if you are coming down with a cold or flu!
