Hydrogen Peroxide Uses

Hydrogen peroxide, a chemical substance found at your nearby drug store for as little as $0.50 may not seem like much, but it is an amazing product that can do almost anything. There are both home uses of hydrogen peroxide and medical uses of hydrogen peroxide. Some examples of hydrogen peroxide uses in the home are disinfecting kitchens and bathrooms, disinfecting a toothbrush when someone has a cold, mixing with tap water (which has virtually no oxygen in it) and using it to water plants with, adding to your dishwasher to aid in cleaning dishes, mixing with baking soda to clean carpets with and many other home uses.

There are many ways that hydrogen peroxide uses can improve our everyday heath and hygiene. Medical uses of hydrogen peroxide there are claims that it can cure everything from the common cold to curing skin cancers and other skin growths (warts-caused by a virus). It can also be used to clean teeth instead of toothpaste (baking soda can be used this way also) and a mouthwash, it can be used in a humidifier and inhaled (through the nose or mouth) to cure colds and the flu and other respiratory diseases.

What is hydrogen peroxide?
Hydrogen peroxide is simply a water molecule (H202) with one extra oxygen molecule. This one extra oxygen molecule may not seem like it does much, however, it can actually do very, very much. For example, there are some bacteria and other germs that haunt our daily lives, the presence of oxygen is a death sentence for some of these organisms. Thus, there are many diseases that are very, very inexpensively treated by just using a few drops of either regular 3% or food grade 35% hydrogen peroxide in a glass of water or inhaled.

However, extreme care must be taken when handling and using food grade hydrogen peroxide. Several precautions must be taken:
1. Unlike 3% hydrogen peroxide, it is very important to keep it refrigerated.
2. It must be diluted with water, only several drops at most with an eight ounce glass of water.
3. Extreme care must be taken when handling a container of food grade hydrogen peroxide because in pure, undiluted form it can severely burn the skin.
So, when carrying a bottle of food grade hydrogen peroxide, make sure the lid is on tight, and the bottle is upright. Keep any unopened bottle or container with this mixture in it away from children.

Home uses of hydrogen peroxide
1. One of the main uses of hydrogen peroxide (3% grade unless otherwise noted) is in maintaining your dentine hygiene. Toothbrushes can be soaked in hydrogen peroxide between uses to eliminate germs. A small spray bottle full of hydrogen peroxide can be kept in the shower to be used as a disinfectant and used after each use.
2. In addition, this can be done for toilets and bathroom sinks when people have colds or other contagious diseases. Two oz. put in the dishwasher to prevent spreading of colds or other diseases.
3. Hydrogen peroxide is great for adding to plant water to provide them extra oxygen. This is good because tap water has lost much of its oxygen after being passed through pipes for such a long, long time.
4. This is also good for cleansing fruits and vegetables. Just put some salt and 1/4 cup of hydrogen peroxide into a sink full of cool water and use to rinse the food with.
5. There is one company that has used hydrogen peroxide as a sterilizer to use in hospitals including patient rooms, surgical and other medical equipment, and even to safely and effectively sterilize— ambulances! This is a major breakthrough because previously it was nearly impossible to sterilize the inside of an ambulance. With this procedure they make sure the outside of the ambulance is tightly closed and use hydrogen peroxide in a vapor form to sterilize the inside. When finished the ambulance is opened and dried. The hydrogen peroxide separates into water and vapor all by itself. There is very little wiping needed.

Previously there was a necessity to wipe down every item and every compartment inside the vehicle and this took a long, long time.

Medical uses of hydrogen peroxide
It is again important to note that all of these procedures are done with only the 3% solution. Several very good medical uses are infections (usually in the skin and mouth), cold sores, mosquito and other insect bites, and pimples. For most of these minor problems, all one has to do is either pour a small amount from the cap, use a small tissue, or even just put on your finger and rub it on. Minor infections and cold sores disappear quickly.

Putting some in the ears helps breakdown excess earwax and prevents or gets rid of ear infections. For colds, put a VERY small amount of hydrogen peroxide and fill the rest of the cap with water and while holding one nostril closed, breathe it into the other nostril. It will go down up the nose and down the back of your throat, blow your nose immediately. Do this once or twice a day as needed until the cold goes away. However, if it burns too much dilute it more or do a quick follow up with a capful of plain water (no hydrogen peroxide).