When I first started using Borax I did the Hulda Clark thing, using it for all cleaning and washing, handwashing, though not bath, as I used Epsom salts for that. Maybe because my skin care is minimal, I found that using it instead of soap gave me deep cracks around the sides of my fingernails. Now that would probably amount to overuse, but I wonder whether perhaps it is a bit too much of a degreaser for some people?
So I would be more nervous of using it in the bath than swallowing it. I put it in our water container so that after reverse osmosis filtering the water gets to absorb borax, a bit of epsom salts, and some MSM. It's not a medicinal level of any, probably, and I don't put them in every time, but at least we get them sometimes. I then made my own soap, and used that for handwashing and discontinued the borax, though I still use it for cleaning (with rubber gloves) and the dishwasher. It is not so good for stainless steel in the dishwasher, but it's nice to know it is not caustic in the machine. I hot rinse off the plates before putting them in, so the dishwasher is kind of a big rinse and dry machine and doesn't get much in the way of food particles and grease. Rowena I wonder if bathing in the Borax would be a good alternative for those with arthritis, who maybe squeamish about eating it? Just curious. Thanks -- The Silver List is a moderated forum for discussing Colloidal Silver. Instructions for unsubscribing are posted at: http://silverlist.org To post, address your message to: silver-list@eskimo.com Address Off-Topic messages to: silver-off-topic-l...@eskimo.com The Silver List and Off Topic List archives are currently down... List maintainer: Mike Devour <mdev...@eskimo.com>
