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Our life without tricks, which our grandmothers knew about, and which they successfully used without “heavy artillery” - industrial chemistry, would be difficult. But it turns out that there is another tool that is undeservedly forgotten. There's a lot we don't know about ordinary hydrogen peroxide!
We are talking about a bottle of 3% pharmacy hydrogen peroxide (hydrogen peroxide).
As a child, my mother stopped blood on abrasions with peroxide, as a teenager she helped her face stay free of comedones (black dots on the face), and was an excellent disinfectant - that's probably all that anyone can say about peroxide.
But here are a few more of its properties, where peroxide will help out a lot, while being an absolutely safe component for beauty and cleanliness. Why safe: hydrogen peroxide is infinitely soluble in water, decomposing into oxygen and water.
1. If the stain is soaked in peroxide before washing, it will come off much easier.
2. In hot water, hydrogen peroxide makes an excellent floor cleaner. Purity in every sense of the word!
3. A pinch of dry hydrogen peroxide powder (it is sold in tablets, the tablet needs to be crushed) helps prevent fungus from growing on the leaves of houseplants.
4. If you rinse your hair with a solution of peroxide in water before washing your hair, your hair will shine with natural highlights.
5. Processing vegetables in peroxide will remove dirt, pesticides and infections from them.
6. A solution of peroxide in water is great for cleaning plastic, stone or wood countertops.
7. If you regularly rinse your mouth with a solution of peroxide and water after brushing your teeth, you will see the same whitening effect as when using expensive products.
8. Hydrogen peroxide is an all-purpose refrigerator cleaner. It not only easily removes stains and dirt, but also odors.
9. Pour peroxide on dirty areas in the bathroom that could not be cleaned. Let some time they will be in peroxide. Then you will wash everything without difficulty.
10. If the skin is irritated, apply a cotton pad soaked in peroxide to the reddened area and hold for a while. Your skin with regular such a procedure will become clean.
11. If you mix olive oil and hydrogen peroxide, you will get an excellent ear cleaner, and you will immediately feel the difference.
12. By immersing your feet in a peroxide solution, you can get rid of fungus and odor.
13. Use a solution of hydrogen peroxide and vinegar to make towels easy to remove stains.
14. Add a peroxide solution when cleaning the aquarium, and dirt will form more slowly inside the tank.
15. Peroxide and soda give the effect of lightening hair on the body and face, only you first need to test for allergies.
16. Hair on the head can be lightened without bleaching them with chemistry, it is enough to mix peroxide and ammonia correctly. Such a mixture discolors carefully, and not immediately - in several stages.
And one more thing: if your dog or cat ate something wrong, hydrogen peroxide will help induce vomiting, so sometimes it can save a life.
By the way, a mixture of hydrogen peroxide, detergents and baking soda is great for removing very strong odors.