Ailment: Body odour

Remedy: Baking soda (sodium bicarbonate)

Baking soda / sodium bicarbonate. How to use it as a home remedy, why it works, and warnings on its use.

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Comment posted by Andrew of Melbourne, VIC, Australia on 19 July 2016 at 21:10       4165

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Warm up coconut oil till a liquid by putting a jar of coconut oil in warm water. Add 2 parts coconut oil and one part baking soda together and mix. Let the mix cool off and it will become solid again. Use it as an underarm deodorant and very effective way to stop bad odour.

Comment posted by Mis of toronto, on, Canada on 1 September 2014 at 9:4       2838

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Apply coconut oil to the underarms and spread with fingers to cover the whole area. Then apply baking soda on to it.

Remedy (new) posted by David Niven Miller of Perth, WA, Australia on 22 April 2010 at 19:15       82

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Make a paste with baking soda and a little water, and put it under your arms. This controls the bacteria and can reduce sweating. Interestingly, it is the opposite (alkaline) to using apple cider vinegar or lemon juice (acidic) on your skin. It seems that when you have smelly bacteria on your skin, disrupting the pH in an alkaline or an acid direction is a solution.