Baking soda, used since B.C., is better than effervescent; sodium bicarbonate - good old NaHCO3 - is moving out of the refrigerator and into an amazing array of commercial products from shampoo to industrial cleansers

0 Comments | Insight on the News, May 1, 1995 | by Gail Dutton

As a home remedy, about two tablespoons of baking soda per quart of cool water in a bowl, or half a cup in a bath, often relieves itches caused by rashes, poison ivy and chicken pox. A paste made from baking soda and water is effective for treating insect bites and bee stings, although it may dry skin. It also is used as an antacid.

On farms and ranches, cattlemen have added baking soda to feed for ages - as a homemade bovine antacid. Arm & Hammer is developing a sodium bicarbonate product for broiler chickens.

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