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How Long to Take Baking Soda WaterQuestion by AD
Replied by Ted (Bangkok, Thailand)
The urine pH is often acid near the early evening hours since the body's need for oxygen increases. Therefore if that happens, taking baking soda 1/4 teaspoon 2-3 hours before the hives strikes may help. Magnesium 250 mg and zinc acetate (or zinc gluconate) 50 mg supplements may help too. Vinegar applied to the skin may also reduce the hives. Generally hives will reduce if the body is sufficiently alkaline as the body endotoxin is too high and it becomes autotoxic, and hence the condition of the hives. Getting more frequent bowel movements will reduce the endotoxins too. The other issue that may help is to reduce heavy metal loads such as chlorella supplements.
Actually the meds usually initially kill the bacteria but makes it worse once the meds are stopped as meds are acid forming and seems to cause hives indirectly. Sulfa drugs (found in antibiotics) caused me to go into extreme hives by the way from frequent use. They also bring the body into vitamin B complex deficiency and molybdenum, which are helpful to protect against fungus, which may also lead to hives.
The shower reduces the hives because the chlorine basically destroys them, temporarily but will come back worse since chlorine are acid forming, and not quite healthy. Perhaps magnesium hydroxide (milk of magnesia) applied to the skin will kill or at least reduce the hives. Those can be purchased from a local drug store and quite cheap and worth a try.
The reason why the body is basically acid is our dietary preferences for acid forming foods, such as sugar, fructose, salami, ham, white flour, fast food, soda pop, coffee, meats, etc. The alkaline foods are in a minority which are vegetables and sometimes fresh fruits. As a result of this imbalance there is a need to take more vegetables and baking soda to reduce the excess acidity. Most diets are in fact acid forming.
Replied by Sunshine (Knoxville, TN) on 04/28/2009
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