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Posted by Connie (Manitowoc, Wisconsin) on 07/30/2009
Generic Milk of Magnesia (MOM) contains calcium, magnesium, sodium, and purified water. Phillips' brand contains magnesium, purified water, and sodium hypochlorite. According to Wikipedia sodium hypochlorite is bleach. Which MOM would you recommend for which applications?
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Posted by Kay (Fl, US) on 07/13/2014
Thanks for the Warning!
FYI: My generic bottle of MOM made by GeriCare, lists its Active Ingredient as Magnesium Hydroxide, then in tiny letters at the very bottom it lists "Inactive Ingredients" as water and sodium hydroxide.
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Posted by Raven (California, San Jose) on 11/19/2015
Using Phillips MOM to treat constipation was handed down to us by my grandmother. I have taken it since I was a kid and it gave the desired relief. However, I am alarmed by the bleach content. I may have to shift to CVS then or other herbal remedies just to be safe. Thanks for the info!
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Posted by Zark (Emerald City) on 06/20/2017
Sodium Hypochlorite / Chlorine Dioxide / Hydrogen Peroxide are all types of bleach and have been used in minute quantities (just a few pre-diluted drops in a glass of juice) to heal a very wide variety of ailments.
Of course you must be careful to take the right dose, just as with most medicinals.
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Posted by Genevieve Marcus (Los Angeles) on 04/17/2015
I use mag citrate as a deoderant. It's a clear liquid.
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Posted by Hippie (Spokane, Wa) on 11/23/2010
Rub the milk of magnesia in the babys mouth?? around the gums?... Thank-you
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Posted by Usman (Islamabad, Pakistan) on 08/11/2007
I read the magnesium-enriched water formula on magnesium supplements page. I'm sorry if I'm wrong, but isn't Philips Milk of Magnesia Magnesium Hydroxide rather than "Magnesium Oxide" mentioned in the formula.
Pl. refer to
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milk_of_magnesia
It might be a typo error or the author maybe using some other type of milk of magnesia which is not readily available. Does the formula works with Magnesium Hydroxide Milk of Magnesia as well?
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Posted by Zark (Emerald City) on 06/20/2017
Sorry to be a pain, one more minor correction: you said "leaving a neutral salt, Magnesium Bicarbonate" however bicarbonates are alkaline, not neutral.
Otherwise excellent information, and thanks for this useful trick of turning magnesium hydroxide into magnesium bicarbonate!
Where to Buy: Canada
Posted by Helen B (British Columbia, Canada) on 07/27/2024
No sodium hypochlorite free Milk of Magnesia available in Canada.
I am interested in using Milk of Magnesium as a mouth rinse and also as a deodorant, but in Canada, I can only find it available with sodium hypochlorite as an inactive ingredient.
I have found that you can purchase magnesium oxide in powder form from a soap supply company. Has anyone tried making their own using the powder? Or is the sodium hypochlorite not a problem? Thanks!
Milk of Magnesia Ingredients
Posted by Anon (Usa) on 07/22/2018
Could those who try milk of magnesia remedies please list the ingredients in the MOM they have used. Some brands add sodium hypochlorite which may affect their success. Thank you!
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Posted by Cindy (Illinois, Usa) on 05/17/2015 523 posts
If I'm not mistaken, all of you and your baby's symptoms can also be symptoms of candida, like thrush, for which MoM is excellent.
Magnesium Water Recipe
Posted by Kathy (Dubois, Pa) on 09/06/2009
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I believe I have found a way to make an improvement on the recipe for Magnesium Water from M.O.M. I got to wondering about the undissolved layer of M.O.M. at the bottom of the bottle, and reasoned that the carbonic acid from the seltezer water must not be strong enough to dissolve all of the Magnesium hydroxide into solution, so I added some citric acid powder to the bottle, shook it up and sure enough, it foamed up and the white layer disappeared as the undissolved M.O.M. went into solution. That means that there is even more bio-available magnesium in the water than there was before. I did not measure how much citric acid I added this time, but the next time I make it, I will measure amounts of M.O.M., water and citric acid and should be able to come up with a pretty good guess at how many milligrams of Magnesium there are per ounce of water, if someone else doesn't beat me to it, of course : ) I love this site...home-made science in the public interest!
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Posted by Lynn R (Austin Tx) on 05/14/2015
MOM sounded too good to be true, and the bleach bothers me. Thanks for your info, I'm going to CVS and give this a try!!
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Posted by Rick (New Bloomfield, Pennsylvania) on 09/09/2007
Regarding my remarks about making your own "Mg Water" by mixing carbonated water and Milk of Magnesia (laxative):' Usman from Islamabad is correct; I mistakenly said that Milk of Magnesia contains "Magnesium Oxide." Instead, please substitute "Magnesium Hydroxide" when you read my instructions. Sorry for the blunder! Yes, Usman, you should use regular, unflavored Philip's Milk of Magnesia and a liter bottle of carbonated water, non-sodium type.
