Bicarbonate Treatment for Swine Flu (1924)
Using Bicarbonate Against the Swine Flu
Over 150 years ago Dr. Austin Church formed a business to produce and distribute Baking Soda. ARM & HAMMER® Baking Soda is derived from a natural occurring mineral called trona. It is 100% pure, safe, and natural. Baking Soda (also known as sodium bicarbonate) is a substance that is found naturally in all living things. Its purpose is to maintain pH balance in the bloodstream, which is necessary to sustain life. Due to its chemical and physical properties, sodium bicarbonate has unique medicinal capabilities that every healthcare practitioner, doctor and patient needs to know about.
The only problem is that Arm & Hammer Baking Soda
can replace many more expensive medicines and this
does not make the medical industrial complex happy.
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 and as we can see in the information in this chapter, which is from a 1924 booklet,[1] published by the Arm & Hammer Soda Company. On page 12 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. 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 every one around them had the “Flu.”
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 Arm & Hammer Bicarbonate of Soda in glass of cool water, at about two hour intervals.
During the second day take four doses of half teaspoonful of Arm and Hammer Bicarbonate of Soda in glass of cool water, at the same intervals.
During the third day take two doses of half teaspoonful of Arm and Hammer 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.
“Well the sodium bicarbonate cure for colds and sore throats.
A friend called as I was reading about it, I told her to try it.
She is rapt! Relief in a few hours, and she went to work the
following day! And she was miserable and could hardly talk,[2]
had just woken with it full on, and was planning on missing work.”
In order to secure the best results with Arm & Hammer Pure Bicarbonate of Soda (Baking Soda) when taken internally, certain simple rules must be observed. Materia Medica, pharmacology and Therapeutics (Bastedo, Page 88) clearly outlines these rules to follows:
“The effect of an alkali in the stomach will vary according to the nature of the stomach contents at the time of administration. In the resting period (after food is digested) sodium bicarbonate merely dissolves mucus and is absorbed as bicarbonate into the blood, to increase its alkalinity directly.
“In the digestive period it reduces the secretion of gastric juice, neutralizes a portion of the hydrochloric acid, liberates the carminative carbon dioxide gas, and is absorbed as sodium chloride.
“In cases of fermentation or ‘sour stomach’ it may neutralize the organic acids and so result in the opening of a spasmodically closed pylorus (the opening between the stomach and the small intestine); while at the same time it acts to overcome flatulency (accumulation of gas in the stomach and bowels).
“The time of administration must, therefore, be chosen with a definite purpose. Usually for hyperchlohydria (excess of acid) one hour or two hours after meals will be the period of harmful excess of acid.
“In continuous hyperacidity and in fermentative conditions a dose an hour before meals will tend to prepare the stomach for the next meal; or sometimes a dose will be necessary immediately after eating, because of abnormal acid or base having been present at the commencement of the meal. (For the average person one-half hour after meals is recommended).
“A dose at bedtime tends to check the early morning acidity, or a dose on arising cleans the stomach of acid and mucus before breakfast.”
Whenever taking a bicarbonate solution internally the soda should be dissolved on cold water.
This is all very valuable information coming from the horses own mouth, the Arm and Hammer Baking Soda Company, which sells aluminum free baking soda. Clearly they knew what they had in their hands one hundred years ago; and its long use in medicine sustains the companies published medical views:
“Besides doing good in respiratory affections, bicarbonate of soda is of inestimable value in the treatment of Alimentary Intoxication, Pyelitis (inflammation of the pelvis of the kidney), Hyper-Acidity of Urine, Uric Acid disturbances, Rheumatism and Burns. An occasional three-day course of Bicarbonate of Soda increases the alkalinity of the blood, assists elimination and increases the resisting power of the body to all Infectious Diseases.”
Magnesium chloride is the only form of magnesium that has been reported to increase immune system strength though all forms of magnesium need to be counted in this regard. When one adds magnesium chloride to ones baths, puts it on the skin like suntan screen, or takes it orally with sodium bicarbonate one supercharges their defensive perimeter or what is called the anti-pathogen factor in Chinese Medicine. Add Iodine, Selenium, Vitamin C and some healthy sun exposure or Vitamin D and we have the heart of army we need to array against viral invaders. Magnesium Bicarbonate – Ultimate Mitochondrial Cocktail is the name of one of my chapters that explains why both these essential mineral ions need to be present in sufficient concentrations.
Testimonials:
My father was a veterinarian and as far back as I can remember (I was born in 1938 so my memory goes back to maybe 1943) he would take sodium bicarbonate dissolved in a full glass of warm water whenever he felt a cold coming on. I don’t remember him ever coming down with a full blown cold. He would treat my cold symptoms likewise and I responded equally as well. He also treated farm animals for various illnesses with sodium bicarbonate via a gastric tube and they recovered quickly. So I’ve known about the benefits of sodium bicarbonate from early childhood on. Glad to see that its benefits are being more widely touted. Although my father was a doctor of Veterinarian medicine, he sometimes referred to himself as an MD (Mule Doctor).
Dr. David B Winter, DO
Dear Dr. Sircus,
Several weeks ago, I purchased your eBook about Sodium Bicarbonate. IT CHANGED MY LIFE. I believe that God is working through you and your staff to spread the word about the body’s natural ability to heal, given the right elements. Thank you!!!
I’ve been reading your newsletter for some time now, and happened to see your eBook about baking soda. We don’t have a lot of money, but I felt that your research might help me. Sure enough I can tell you that within the week following reading your book - and practicing what you preach – I have been practically hive/urticaria free.
I started with straight baking soda and water. Yuck! I could hardly make myself do it. But I was going for the PH balance you talked about. I read more about the different oral combinations and decided to try the Maple Syrup and Baking Soda. 3:1, it worked great and tasted great too. I couldn’t believe I could eat that much sugar!
Right now I’m smiling and feeling great. My mood is good, my energy is way up and most important the swellings and itching are gone. My hair is growing back thicker. My skin looks great. I’m not tired all the time. I can’t believe the difference in my health. Praise God for his goodness in inspiring your work.
I’ve recently added Nascent Iodine after reading some tips of yours. I was indeed deficient and that seems to be adding to the overall good effects. My children are benefiting from this research as well. I’m so happy to find alternatives to mainstream medicine.
Lane Carter,
Delaware, United States
Dear Dr. Sircus,
I have had Morgellons for over 6 years – very nasty – and I know you are aware of our plight. I am now ready to start your transdermal magnesium therapy treatments but first I have to tell you something.
I would like you to know that bicarbonate baths really help me. But, and this is a big BUT, I use it with about 3 Lb’s of sea salt per bath and when I did 5 Lb’s of bicarbonate – I put myself into an alkaline state. The high salt content somehow opened up my skin to take in the bicarbonate – it came out of my skin for a few weeks!
Thank you,
Carola Dunham
The addition of a cup of baking soda to a hot bath after a long exhausting day alleviates tension and muscle aches. It exfoliates the skin to remove dead dry skin leaving fresh bright youthful skin behind without the high cost of the commercial skin exfoliates. The addition of baking soda to foot baths help with tired, achy feet when working in jobs such as waitressing or other heavy-walking type jobs. Combining the baking soda with magnesium chloride brings dramatic changes to human physiology and the only thing making this formula even better would be the addition of some sodium thiosulfate for a full hot springs therapeutic treatment.
When salt and baking soda are combined in the
bath, the combination may reduce the negative
effects of minor exposure to the radiation from X-rays.
Sodium bicarbonate, the monosodium salt of carbonic acid, is used as a gastric and systemic antacid and to alkalize urine; also used, in solution, for washing the nose, mouth, and vagina, as a cleansing enema, and as a dressing for minor burns.
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[2] A testimonial left on my site by Laurel from Australia
hello,
how do i find magnesium chloride and magnesium thiosulfate?
and how much would i use?
is there any chance you might sell your books regular instead of electronic?
I do so dislike sitting at the computer.
thanks,
mariel
Here, here to the actual books as opposed to the “e” variety.
Hannah
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Thank you so much for the articles on Baking Soda. When I think how much I have suffered throughout my life from colds and flus and never thought that my father was right. It is also against germs.
He drank B. of Soda with Spalt ( a milder form of Asperin ) back in Germany in the fifties and sixties. Lived to be 93. Of course every doctor caushions about the salt content and other dangers. Just like it is with D.M.S.O and Apricot Kernels.
Thanks, Barbara
How about curing joint crystals which were found while doing knee surgery. They are sharp and hurt in the joints.
When the water heater misfired in my mother’s face, her friend quickly made a paste of bicarbonate of soda and water and put in all over her face and arms, then rushed her to the hospital. The doctor said that the bicarbonate saved her from severe burns and scarring. From that day, 40 years ago, we have never been without Arm and Hammer Baking Soda. I use it for everything I can think of, using it for personal internal use to cleaning, deodorizing since it works and cuts down on all chemical toxins in my home.
Thank you for your constant updates on bicarbonate of soda.
Thank you so much for all your valuable info. Last week I felt so tired, I could barely make it up the two flights of stairs. Sure I was coming down with something, I made myself the Apple Cider Vinegar, Honey and Baking Soda cocktail that tastes like a creamy dessert before bed and felt fit as a fiddle in the morning.
Testing the urine with PH strips keeps me ahead of the curve. Whenever my evening urine is below 6 PH I whip up a ‘cream soda’ and am back to normal the next morning.
A big thanks from Germany,
Anita
Please share the amounts you use of the apple cider vinegar, honey and sodium bicarbonate!
Read the information on sodium thiosulfate. You might find it to be helpful for this condition of joint crystals. No doubt magnesium oil will also help.
Thank you for your great service to humanity! Keep up the good work!
I think I’ll give a copy of your book and a box of A. & H. baking soda
to all 4 of my adult children for Christmas this year.
My husband and I use Nascent Iodine daily in every glass of water we
drink and just took it with us to Nepal, where we stayed for 6 weeks.
We also use the transdermal magnesium and drink the baking soda in a
glass of water at least once daily.
Throw in the Himalayan salt brine every morning, and of course their
granulated salt for cooking and on the table, and we’re “good to go”!
We raise our glasses (of baking soda) to you and thank you once again!
Most sincerely, Iris & Jeffrey Straw
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Yes!!!!!!!!I have hiatal hernia and suffered gas, acidity and more many years ago,when I take baking soda I felt fine,since years I feel well.I use it for many pH conditions alcalinizing it and solve problems, and recommendeddd it to my family and friends.For tooth,cleaning,odors,gums,clothes,drowers,vehicles,and more.
I think baking soda always has been excelent helper in health and will use it for good. And is cheap
I also would like the proportions of the organic vinegar, honey and baking soda. I’ve been doing the vinegar and cran pills.
Anita…please share your ‘cream soda’ formula or bitte, was ist die formel?
Dear friends,
baking soda and sea salt also good for gum health and teeth. Mix and dip tooth brush into it. Brush and gargle.
Thank you for bringing back information on Arm&Hammer.
My Mother always used it….for everything, including face wash ( mild mixture ) and foot soak.
Great idea Mark,
If you don’t mind, I will be linking and reposting some of your material on my blog at http://www.acupuncturebrooklyn.com
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I’ve used baking soda for years for all kinds of self care and cleaning. Here are two additioal uses I have not seen listed: (1) I have baby fine hair which gets oily quickly and looks stringy, and I hate to shampoo it every day. When I soak in a tub of water with a small box of baking soda dissolved in the water, I shampoo my hair also, and even when I rinse it in clear water afterwards,, my hair stays fluffy for days. (2)The other use is for healthy white teeth and strong gums. I fill a small jar with baking soda, add a little salt and add enough hydrogen peroxide to make a smooth paste. Cleans and whitens the teeth from coffee and other stains. sometimes I dip my finger into the paste and massage the gums. I use toothpaste inbetween also.
I have been brushing my teeth for the last 5 years with baking soda and salt ( ratio 6 teaspon of baking soda to one of salt ) I am 67 and no cavities and healthy gums.
My husband had a hiatal hernia, and a heart condition years ago. He was constantly taking Arm & Hammer baking soda for indigestion. The doctor told him told him to stop taking this as it was causing damage. I would never take this for that reason.
Doris,
When you say “constantly taking baking soda” I wonder how often that is. There are guidelines and limitations to how much should be taken every day and for how long. These are listed on all packages of baking soda. I suspect he was taking too much for too long.
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Hi, my 2 year old has the flu. Can I give her baking Soda?? And does anyone know what the dosage should be???
Thank you,
Chrisite
Christie,
sodium bicarbonate is generally not recommended for children under the age of six, but this is because studies have not been done to prove its safety in this age group. So for this age group careful consideration should be given and you should work with a quaslified health care provider to determine the proper dose if any.
But certainly you can add a little to the baby’s bath water for a few days.
Dr. Mark
I have a recipe from http://www.mamagums.com to make a
dental powder.
1/2 c baking soda
1 tsp sea salt
And I have added 1/4 c xylitol (Kills bacteria and good for bones)
Make solution 50/50 peroxide and water and dip your toothbrush
in it before toothpowder. Just do this only 1x a day.
Then before your irrigate – floss. It will pull the
toothpowder between your teeth and clean them.
Check out http://www.mamagums.com
Carolyn
I am all for using the Baking Soda and yes it is an OLD remedy. I was born in 1955 and I remember my great grandmother having us to use it for upset stomach and a toxic body cleaneser for colds to bathe in. I am 100% behind using the soda. Great for everything.
Hi,
I have some nasty cracks on the sole of my left foot. I have tried many creams, nothing helps. I also started to develop a venous ulcer on my left lower foot, I am not a diabetic. I am on my feet all day (12hr shifts) and only wear good Nursing Shoes. What would be the best way to apply the baking soda? How?
Thanks for your help, it is appreciated.
I would have you doing foot baths with both magnesium chloride and sodium bicarbonate.
Sodium bicarbonate in a footbath (or full bath) has remarkable skin softening qualities and the magnesium chloride will also protect the skin barrier and improve circulation to your feet.
Dr. Mark
Very interesting take on an old remedy.
Mark
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hey cool
im a pool guy and i use this in pools to increase th ph
never thought it would work on the body in the same fashion
did i read that this is good for high stomach acid?
jonny
I always thought baking soda had a lot of sodium and would only use it for acid stomach. How much sodium does it contain?
And of course bicarb of soda can be used to cure cancer. If you google Dr Simoncini he has given all the protocols for different types of cancer on his website. Originally he was the oncologist at Milan (Italy) Hospital, but when he announced his research showed that cancer was a fungus and could be killed off using bicarb, he was fired.
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Are there any Gout cure recommendations for the Bicarbonate of Soda? I drink Club Soda at every meal to increase the PH at every meal.
Thanks for this information
Sodium Bicarbonate is an age old remedy for gout as it serves to alkalinize the blood (prevents acidity). Diet and lifestyle changes are also often helpful as is the use of magnesium chloride in foot baths. You can add some bicarbonate into these footbaths as well, or use it as a body spray. Get some Ancient Minerals Magnesium OIl or flakes from LL Magnetic clay at: http://www.magneticclay.com/ and use it along with bicarbonate .
Your article is very interesting. I live in Mexico and publish a magazine. I will recommend it to people so they can prevent themselves from getting sick. Interesting. Baking Soda seems to be so good, the only way it must be harmful is if you smoke it.
Thanks again
My brother got infected with H1N1 or Swine Flu in Mexico. He got a mild fever and luckily he did not die.
This doesn’t make any sense. Why didn’t Church & Dwight sponsor the tests to prove this? C&D almost has a monopoly on trona, so they have every reason to sponsor these expensive tests. If true they could increase prices and create specific medicines with a much higher price tag. It would be a massive boost to their profits, as they would have very little competition. They have done none of this. I guess they just don’t like making money.
If you look at the pandemic of 1977, when H1N1 or Swine Flu re-emerged after a 20 year absence, there is no shift in age-related mortality pattern. The 1977 “pandemic” is, of course, not considered a true pandemic by experts today, for reasons that are not entierely consistent. It certainly was an antigenic shift and not an antigenic drift. As far as I have been able to follow the current events, the most significant factor seems to have been that most people, who were severely affected, were people with other medical conditions.
Hello,
Thanks for your comments. I see that you are involved with treatments for acne. Did you know that sodium bicarbonate has been found to be effective in diminishing acne outbreaks on the skin? Check it out.
Dr. Mark
Blessings to you Dr. Sircus!
I have just experienced the truth of what Arm & Hammer suggested back in 1925.
I’ve been in the midst of a severe cold, with concerns that it was progressing to pneumonia. I started on their suggested regimen last Friday and within an hour or so I could tell it was having its effect.
Now, granted it has been a long, slow incline up and out of this stuff but my fever which had been trending up, turned and trended back down from the point I took my first dose of Bicarb.
How many colds have I endured with the box of Arm & Hammer sitting right there in my place?
(If nothing else it saved me the expense of an Dr. visit & drugs…)
Bless you Dr. Sircus for providing this valuable and in some cases, life saving information!
Tim
I have been washing my face with baking soda and warm water for two years now. I have not had an acne breakout in that same time period, I used to break out all the time. i follow up the cleansing with coconut oil. my fine lines are reducing.
Tina
Marie-Louisa, “nasty cracks on the sole of my left foot” — could be a sign of kidney problems. Have a look into that. I would recommend detox.
There are other ways to accomplish the same effect. One gentleman came down with a urinary tract infection (UTI).
On Hospice care, he only had a few days to a week left before he would most likely pass. Knowing that he would soon not be able to swallow, his nurse got an order for Alkaseltzer. It turned worked so that by the next day, the UTI was cleared up. He did pass several days later only with one less discomfort.
Actually, this was one of the treatments prior to antibiotics and still is in some countries.
What seems to be missing is that viruses and bacteria cannot live in alkaline conditions. Help the body do what it is hard wired for and designed to do and health improvement will follow.
Can pregnant women use to clear a flu?
Dear Martha,
Animal reproduction studies have shown an adverse effect on the fetus and there are no adequate and well-controlled studies in humans, but potential benefits may warrant use of the drug in pregnant women despite potential risks.
Work with your health care provider on this. A lot will depend on how far along in your pregnancy you are, how your blood pressure is doing, if you are having fluiid retention etc.
The formula for organic honey, vinegar and baking soda is :
One tablespoon of honey mixed with one tablespoon of apple cider vinegar until the honey is dissolved. Then add one teaspoon of baking soda and stir. Watch it foam into a cream, eat right away.
Enjoy.
Anita
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