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.
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.
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.
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.
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
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.
