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Sodium Carbonate
Posted by Alain (Ottawa, Canada) on 06/12/2008
First: Great Site-Really great Site, there may be still some hopes for the human race after all.
I live in Ottawa and I am trying to find Sodium Carbonate (a.k.a washing soda). I found two products at Wal...t, but ...
The first one is Arm & Hammer SoClean Super Washing Soda (UPC_CODE:6533300330). The box did not list any ingredients. So I emailed the company in both Canada and USA in order to know if it was 100% pure Sodium Carbonate. The US company replied the next day (no answer yet from the Canadian Company). Here is an excerpt from the answer:"This product is made from 100% Sodium Carbonate. However, the Canadian formulation has a fragrance added." Well ... we sure do not have the same understanding of 100%. I hoped it may help others to know.
My question: I don't think it is safe to use that product in the carbicarb formula? or is it? Anyone has an opinion?
The second product is a pool product called pH up (a kind of Wal...t noname product) which only says that "this product contains sodium carbonate", That's all there is as far as ingredients are concerned. I noticed that it, however, does not say "contains only sodium bicarbonate". Well, it does not say "contains only sodium carbonate". But my guess is, because it is for swimming pools, there is no need to add other garbage and therefore is probably "cleaner" than the "SoClean" product. Am I right? Anybody with an opinion?
So, my third question is: Does any of EC Canadian readers know how to obtain 100% pure Sodium Carbonate? I do not mind if it is only available online.
Again EC your a great site.
PS:One suggestion. I think it would be great if, beside an item in a list of remedies, you would indicate the yeas count, so it would make it easy to find the most popular remedy for a particular ailment.
Sodium Carbonate
Posted by Kay (Toronto, Canada) on 08/26/2008
I want to try the carbicarb remedy for eczema also, and went to W..M..t today and found the Arm & Hammer washing soda. it MUST have fragrance in it. I went online and found the same info as you. It says the brand that we've both purchased contains 86% sodium carbonate and 15% water. It didn't say anything about fragrance, but it clearly has one. Hmm.. I wish someone would reply to your question because I'm anxious to try it. I've done some research on the carbicarb remedy in general, and it seems safe to take. better than using just sodium bicarbonate. Due to the fragrance though in the Washing Soda, I'm wary to take it. I checked the cautions for the Washing Soda "Warnings: May be harmful if swallowed. May irritate eyes. Avoid contact with eyes. If contact is made, flush with water. If swallowed, give water or milk. Contact a physician. Keep out of reach of children." Also "Ingestion: Slightly toxic. Ingestion may cause abdominal discomfort and irritation of the oral and alimentary mucosa. Ingestion may also present a potential aspiration hazard. Medical Conditions Generally Aggravated by Exposure: None given". Here's the link. Useful info!... http://householdproducts.nlm.nih.gov/cgi-bin/household/brands?tbl=brands&id=3005006
Sodium Carbonate
Posted by Chris (Blairsville, Georgia) on 08/28/2008
I bought a product called "Arm & Hammer ALL NATURAL Super Washing Soda" from
www.soapsgonebuy.com It has the same warning label: "May be harmful if swallowed". Hope this helps!
Onion Extract
Posted by Linda (Harrison, Arkansas) on 03/27/2008
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I found onion liquid juice in the local grocery store, in the spice and extract section, it would save alot of time and tears. and yes it is working!!
Where to Buy: Thailand
Posted by Tom (Bangkok, Thailand) on 10/21/2007
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Ted: I live in Thailand like you. I see you mention using a wide variety of supplements, vitamins, minerals, etc.I cannot find much available in Thailand. Chiang Mai has a few health food stores but never see any in Bangkok. Where in Thailand do you buy all of the items you mention on this website? You can respond to my email if this is not of general interest. Really appreciate your information on this site.
Where to Buy: Thailand
Posted by Ted (Bangkok, Thailand) 392 posts
The wide variety of supplements I obtain either from a chemical supply store, a supplement wholesaler or purchased over the internet. Bangkok is the only city that has some, but not all. However, I go to a sports supplement wholesaler store (Thai Sports on Asoke) for some amino acid supplements such as L-Glutamine and a popular chemical suppliers for foreigners (easy to find) with exception of H2O2 is Vittayasom on Rajdamnern Road. I send you more details later or if you want more detail, you can write to this email.
Where to Buy: Thailand
Posted by Geoffrey (Bangkok, Thailand) on 04/04/2010
To Khun Ted, Bangkok,
Hi Ted, where does one buy food grade H2O2 in Bangkok please ?? Thai Sports Asoke ??
Many thanks
G
Where to Buy: Thailand
Posted by Ted (Bangkok, Thailand) on 04/18/2010 392 posts
Dear Geoffrey: H2O2 food grade may not be available in Bangkok. However, there is a medical grade H2O2, laboratory grade, and technical grade that are acceptable. There are many chemical suppliers along the Rajadamnoern Road, near the front of Kao Sarn Road, where the Japanese journalist got shot during the Army crackdown here.
Borax
Posted by Dee (Lafayette, La) on 10/02/2007
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Hello. I am writing in response to the posts about borax use. Many people have asked if they should just use 20-mule-team borax. I just found this site so I haven't used the remedies yet, but I wanted to write and give your readers a lead on a cosmetic grade borax. Actually, if they just type that into a search engine, they could find it themselves. But I found it at a place where I buy bulk organic herbs and flowers for making my own personal care products. This is the description from their site: "A natural source cosmetic grade Sodium Borate that does not contain surfactants and detergents which are commonly found in commercial Borax products. Borax acts as an emulsifier, natural preservative and buffering agent for moisturizers, scrubs and bath salts." Now, I would imagine that this means the borax in the store is NOT the one you would want to ingest, even in small amounts, since it more than likely DOES contain other ingredients that you don't want. So, if I were to try this remedy, I would look for 'cosmetic grade sodium borate'. The place I found the above description was mountain rose herbs, listed under miscellaneous products. I do not work for them and have no vested interest in telling you their name. I am, however, very impressed with them in general. I've purchased many things from them and everything has been good quality. You can delete the company's name if you'd like, it matters not to me. As long as your readers type in the correct words, they would find the site I'm talking about, or at least a place that sells the grade of borax that I'm referring to. Well, good luck! I'm off to email Ted to see if the borax will kill spirochetes.
Borax
Posted by Jo Ana (Tucson, AZ) on 06/06/2008
I just checked on the Mountain Herb website and the end of the detailed description of their borax product is that it should NOT be consumed for any reason. Their product is used for cosmetic purposes so it's much purer than commerical borax. A rep from Mountain Herbs is checking now to make sure that there is no aluminum in their baking soda and will get back to me. I will update Earthclinic.
Borax
Posted by Mark (Chicago, Il) on 04/14/2010
Has anyone tried the Mountain Rose borax? I'm not comfortable taking a borax that makes no claims of purity, and is processed by Dial Corporation. At least MontainRose says theirs is manufactured according to USP standards. So I was wondering if their chemical analysis means that nothing was added to the Borax, or if 20 Mule Team/Dial Corp is still the best option in the USA.
Here's Mountain Rose's Chemical Analysis:
Anhydrous Borax- 70.1%
Boric Oxide - 48.5%
Sodium Oxide - 20.8%
Water of Crystallization - 46.2%
Chloride- 37ppm
Borax
Posted by Misty (Crivitz, Wi) on 12/27/2011
I found this on the 20 Mule Team product website. Yes, its made by Dial but according to this, it appears that 20 Mule Team is more pure than the Mountain Rose brand which contains only 70% borax.
How much Borax is in 20 Mule Team? 20 Mule Team® Borax is comprised of 99.5% pure borax, a naturally occurring mineral composed of sodium, boron, oxygen, and water. (The scientific name for borax is sodium tetraborate decahydrate. ) The remaining 0.5% is composed of trace minerals.
Potassium Bicarbonate, Asorbic Acid
Posted by Tom (Midland, Texas) on 06/09/2007
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I bought Potassium Bicarbonate for $6.95 a lb. and Ascorbic Acid for $2.25 an oz. plus shipping from Midwest Brewing and Winemaking Supplies. web site is: www,midwestsupplies.com
Magnesium Chloride
Posted by Tom (Midland, Texas) on 06/09/2007
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Source of Magnesium Chloride: You can get natural Nigari which is mainly Magnesium Chloride plus trace minerals. It is what is left after the Sodium Chloride is removed from sea water. Used a coagulant for making Tofu. You can order it from GEM Cultures (
www.gemcultures.com ) cost is $8.00 for 12 oz. or $21.50 for 4 lbs postpaid. This is a very small business so please consider this fact when ordering. They only accept money Orders and Checks mailed to them by snail mail.
Potassium Bicarbonate
Posted by Charles (Oceanside, CA) on 03/31/2007
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Potassium Bicarbonate, pure and kosher, one pound for $9.90 plus postage. Packaged by Green Sense, located in Garland, TX 75041. Phone: 800-864-4445.
www.GreenSense.net.
Multiple Products
Posted by Charles (Oceanside, CA) on 03/31/2007
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You can purchase the following items:
Hydrogen Peroxide (3%) from Walmart if it is bottled and comes from Aaron Industries, Inc (www.aaronindustriesinc.com), corporate Headquarters in Clinton, SC 29325. Phone: 800-525-2558. Only purified water is added to the hydrogen peroxide. One quart sells in Walmart for $0.94.
Potassium Bicarbonate, pure and kosher, one pound for $9.90 plus postage. Packaged by Green Sense, located in Garland, TX 75041. Phone: 800-864-4445. www.GreenSense.net.
pH test strips (80 count) can be purchased ($8.99 post paid) at www.snyderhealth.com. Click on The Alkaline Shop (right side), then click on pH Test Strips (on the left). These are better than paper, give readings in .25 increments.
Decolorized Iodine
Posted by Tamara (Houston, TX) on 03/25/2007
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I had a lot of trouble finding decolorized iodine also, but I found it online. Try searching 'iodo blanco'! Good luck all!
Decolorized Iodine
Posted by Joan (Coos Bay, Oregon) on 07/05/2008
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You can find Decolorized (White)Iodine at Amazon.com. Enter search term "white iodine". You may also be able to find "Todo Blanco" another type of White Iodine at ebay.com by entering search term "decolorized iodine"
Disodium EDTA
Posted by Diane (Nottingham, England) on 10/21/2006
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Thank you for Ted's comments. I have now moved to Nottingham and have found an holistic practitioner who agrees with a lot of info from your site. I have taken Ted's remedies on board and am feeling a lot better. I am not sure where to get the disodium though as i am not sure what it is. I am on the zinc and B vitamins etc though. I am still oil pulling and have found that my face is a lot smoother. The hydrogen peroxide must be working along with the other remedies but I'm not sure which is the best method, inhalation or drinking. Can Ted help me on this, also how much do I need for prevention once I have been cured. The ACV and Bicarb seem to be giving me more energy also so all in all things are looking up! Thank you
Disodium EDTA
Posted by Ted (Bangkok , Thailand) 392 posts
Disodium EDTA is a chelating substance which removes free heavy metals from the source, such as drinking water for example. Assuming I am tested positive for free heavy metal in my urine, then adding 1/4-1/2 teaspoon of Disodium EDTA to one liter of water will cause my urine to be free of the heavy metals. One exception to the EDTA is that it only chelates the free heavy metals. I will drink this one liter of water over the course of a day. If I drink more than one liter, I will add EDTA also to the second liter of water, for example.
However, oil pulling is also great for removing heavy metals from your body too, such that I sometimes refer this as oil chelation. However, most bacteria, mycoplasma and heavy metals tend to be oil soluble organisms making oil pulling one way to reduce the problem.
Most food processors should have disodium EDTA as a food preservative so you might obtain it from that source, but different countries are subjected to different controls. Most difficult for me, to obtain any chemicals, appears to be the UK. I do not know why. perhaps restrictions in the sale of chemicals.
Once you are cured, maintenance dose of 1/2 teaspoon of bicarbonates are needed, which can be distributed to two doses at 1/4 teaspoon in the morning and 1/4 teaspoon before bedtime. However it is becoming increasingly evident that certain people do need this again around 11.00 a.m. as a preventive of certain symptoms from appearing, which often occurs around 12.00 p.m. to about 4.00 p.m., when the body is most stressed.
Fulvic Acid
Posted by Darrel (Toronto) on 09/20/2006
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Fulvic Acid
Posted by Ted (Bangkok, Thailand) 392 posts
Dear Darrel: Based on customer feedback through my private email, buy only those product clearly labeled with the words "fulvic acid". The link you are providing won't work well.
Fulvic Acid
Posted by Rose (Portage, Mi, Usa) on 08/14/2012
that's a good location. I found an additional website for fulvic acid: www.purefulvicminerals.com.
It has a lot of further research on the process of making fulvic minerals and different testimonials, etc. etc.
pH Meters
Posted by Adele (USA) on 08/12/2006
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pH Meters
Posted by Ted (Bangkok, Thailand) 392 posts
I am not particular on any model number. Get anyone that you can conveniently use. Most pH meters with display of two decimal points are o.k. (x.xx). The one thing you have to look is that you will be measuring both your saliva sample and urine sample conveniently.
Sodium Thiosulphate
Posted by Adele (USA) on 08/11/2006
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I found the sodium thiosulfate at the pet shop 4 oz. $4.99
Sodium Thiosulphate
Posted by Wydo (Ventura, Ca) on 12/14/2009
I have tried every pet shop around here and an aquarium store. Most of the declorinators on the shelf do not list ingredients. The ones that do don't list sodium thiosulphate. I have found some online that say Pentahydrate or lab grade. I also found lage amounts for over $100 but nothing afordable. I could sure use some help here finding a small amount. Is the Petahydrate or lab grade ok to use? If you know where to find it please post it here. If you know here at EC please email me.
Sodium Thiosulphate
Posted by Wydo (Ventura, Ca) on 01/26/2010
If anyone is still having problems getting sodium thiosulfate at the pet store after reading all this here is what I did. Go to your local pet store and find where they keep the dechlorinators and write down the product names and the brand name. Then look them up on their website. You should be able to find a page with the MSDS or material safety data sheet. The MSDS will give you the ingredients. Some times the bottle will have the URL for the website on it so you can write that down.
Potassium Bicarbonate, Sodium Bicarbonate
Posted by Methuselah (Los Angeles) on 08/09/2006
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With regards to where I get my supplies, we do not seem to have many choices. I tried to get some of the basic chemicals such as potassium bicarbonate or chloride from local chemical suppliers, but first of all most of them only carry industrial grade, not food grade, chemicals, and secondly, they are set up to only deal with businesses and do not wish to deal with individuals.
That narrows our options to only the health food outlets and manufacturers. Hence, I shop for all these chemicals such as magnesium salts (malate, ascorbate, citrate, aspartate, etc.) as well as most other supplements online at iHerb.com which carries a very large selection of products from many manufacturers such as NOW Foods, which happens to be one of my favorites because of their quality and reasonable prices and their no-gimmick and no-nonsense approach, something very rare with most other companies. In fact, I am going to try their fulvic acid product now that it seems to be within Ted's specs.
I have not gone after the food-grade hydrogen peroxide yet, and I would not use the regular 3% solution available at Wal-Mart or 99Cent stores because it contains traces of tin, phosphates, and nitrates-- I actually contacted Aaron Industries which makes these products and they told me that the concentrated solution they purchase from another manufacturer contains these stabilizers although they themselves do not add anything more to it other than purified water for dilution.
For sodium bicarbonate, I use the regular Arm & Hammer baking soda that you can find in any grocery store. I contacted them also, and they told me that they do not add anything to their baking soda although they do not have any chemical analysis of the soda ash (a mined mineral deposit) from which they make their baking soda by adding carbon dioxide in a solution--i.e., no additives or stabilizers. I hope that this information answers your question. Please let me know if you need more information. Have a great week and keep up the good work. Also thanks for all the help.
Fulvic Acid
Posted by Meth (USA)
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Hello Ted: I am so glad that you checked out the ingredients as listed on NOW Foods website because for some reason they include more compounds than the list on the iHerb.com website (
www.iherb.com/store/ProductDetails.aspx?c=Herbs&pid=NOW-01406) where I purchase my supplies. This may be a recent revision of the formulation or perhaps their idea of "new and improved!" Lucky for us, however, the listed ingredients for the regular flavor (no flavor) product at the NOW Foods website (
www.nowfoods.com/index.php?action=itemdetail&item_id=3345) does not include these other less than desirable compounds, and thus that is the one I am going to order. It seems that at last with your gracious and generous help we have found something acceptable and reasonably priced right here in the good old U.S.A. Thanks again for all the generous help, and I hope that Earth Clinic would post this information for others to benefit from as well. Have a great week
