HYDROGEN PEROXIDE
7% and 35% Hydrogen Peroxide H2O2
H2O2 and Intravenous and internal use
HYDROGEN PEROXIDE (H2O2)
– FOOD GRADE
Hydrogen Peroxide bottled from 35% Food Grade
Label of Food Grade Hydrogen Peroxide
View the MSDS for 35% Hydrogen Peroxide
View the MSDS for 7% Hydrogen Peroxide
To make a ~3% H2O2 solution:
Mix 1 fl.oz 35% H2O2 to 11 fl.oz pure water
(or Mix 5 fl.oz 7% H2O2 to 7 fl.oz pure water). –this makes 12 fl.oz (3/4 pint) of 2.92% solution–
(Use distilled water as often as possible)
USES FOR H2O2
** DISCLAIMER **
The information provided below is taken from numerous sources and is for educational purposes only. We make no claims as to its accuracy, but we believe it is healthy to have this information available for individuals to read. We are trying to provide a wide range of information about the different uses for hydrogen peroxide. Use this information at your own discretion. Hydrogen peroxide can be dangerous if not handled responsibly. We are not responsible for misuse of information provided.
Hydrogen Peroxide is not intended to prevent, treat, or cure disease conditions or to affect the structure or function of the body. This information is for educational purpose only. It is not to be considered medical advice, diagnostic or prescriptive.
ALWAYS use 7% & 35% food grade hydrogen peroxide in a diluted solution.
CAUTION: Wear protective eye wear and rubber gloves when handling H2O2. If you spill hydrogen peroxide on your skin, rinse immediately with water. Avoid any contact with eyes.
FOOD Vegetable Soak:
Add 1/4 cup 3% H2O2 to a full sink of cold water.
Soak light skinned (like lettuce) 20 minutes, thicker skinned (like cucumbers) 30 minutes.
Drain. Dry and refrigerate. Prolongs freshness.
If time is a problem, spray vegetable (and fruits) with a solution of 3%.
Let stand for a few minutes, rinse and dry.
Leftover tossed salad: Spray with a solution of 1/2 cup water and 1 Tbs. 3%.
Drain, cover and refrigerate.
Marinade:
Place meat, fish, or poultry in a casserole (avoiding using aluminum pans). Cover with 3% H2O2.
Place loosely covered in refrigerator for 1/2 hours. Rinse and cook.
Sprouting Seeds:
Add 1 oz. of 3% H2O2 to 1 pint of water and soak the seeds overnight.
Add the same amount of H2O2 each time you rinse the seeds.
Some people have reported 3/4″ sprouts in 24 hours.
KITCHEN & LAUNDRY
To Freshen the Kitchen:
Keep a spray bottle of 3% in the kitchen. Use it to wipe off counter tops and appliances. It will disinfect and give the kitchen a fresh smell.Works great in the refrigerator and kid’s school lunch boxes.
In the Dishwasher:
Add 2 oz. of 3% H2O2 to your regular washing formula.
Mold:
Spray or wash well with 3% H202, floors, walls and furniture as allowed. Wipe dry with a cloth if too damp. If problem is real bad in a room, use humidifier with ½ cup of 35% to 2 gallons of water. (Note: molds and mildews are a major cause of allergies, colds, bronchial and flu sensitivities, general malaise, breathing problems and low energy.)
Laundry:
Add 8 oz. of 3% to your wash in place of bleaches.
Humidifiers and Steamers:
Mix 1 pint 3% H2O2 to 1 gallon of water. PERSONAL HYGENE:
Rejuvenating & Detoxifying Bath:
Stimulate and invigorate your body inside and out. You can feel the effervescent bubbles as they surround your body just like natures’s hot springs, the healing pools of Lourdes, France, and other wonders of this world. It can take off dead skin and as a catalyst to oxygenize your body.
It is recommended that you use 20 – 40 oz of 7% hydrogen peroxide in your bath. Add 6-8 oz (can use as much as 16 oz) of 35% hydrogen peroxide to your bath water. May increase H2O2 up to 2 cups (16 oz) per bath. Relax in it for at least 30 minutes.
Alternative Bath:
Add 1/2 cup 35% H2O2, 1/2 cup sea salt, 1/2 cup baking soda or epsom salts to bath water and soak.
Shower:
Keep a spray bottle of 3% H2O2 in the shower. Spray your body after washing to replace the acid mantle on your skin that soap removes.
Facial:
Use 3% on a cotton ball as a facial freshener after washing.
Hot Tubs:
Start up with using eight ounces (one cup) 35% H202 per 500 gallons of water. This should be maintained with 2-4 ounces of 35% H202 weekly, depending on use and direct sunshine on water. Use in place of chlorine.
Foot Soak:
Add 1 1/2 oz. 35% H2O2 to gallon and soak.
Athlete’s Foot:
Soak feet nightly in 3% H2O2 until condition is improved.
Douche or Enema:
Add 6 Tbs. of 3% H2O2 to a quart of distilled water. 6 Tbs. os the maximum to use.
Nasal Spray:
One tablespoon of 3% H202 added to one cup of pure water. Spray into nasal passages to relieve congestion.
Mouthwash:
Use 3% H2O2. Add a dash of liquid chlorophyll for flavoring if desired.
Toothpaste:
Use baking soda and add enough 3% H2O2 to make a paste. Or just dip your brush in 3% H2O2 and brush.
Denture Soak:
Use 3% H202 in denture container and soak 30 to 60 minutes or overnight.
Deodorant: (Body)
Saturate cotton wad with 3% H202 and rub on under arms.
Colonic:
Add 1/2 pint 3% H2O2 to 5 gallons warm water.
(Note: 1 pint 3% is the maximum amount to use.)
ANIMALS:
Pets:
For small animals (dogs & cats) use 1 oz. 3% H2O2 to 1 qt. of water.
Deodorizer when pet is sprayed by a skunk:
Mix ¼ cup baking soda, 1 quart 3% hydrogen peroxide and 1 teaspoon of Ivory soap. Use this solution to wash you pet, being careful to keep it out of your pet’s eyes. Rinse with clean water.
PLANTS & CROP HEALTH:
House and Garden Plants:
Put 1 oz. 3% H2O2 in 1 quart water. (Or add 16 drops of 35% H2O2 to one quart water.) Water or mist with this solution.
Crop Spray:
Many farmers are increasing crop yields by spraying with a diluted H202 water mixture. For each acre add 5 to 16 ounces of 35% H202 to twenty gallons of water.
Fungus/ Mildew control for roses & vegetables:
Mix 5 tablespoons baking soda, 5 tablespoons 3% Hydrogen peroxide in one gallon of water. Apply
Insecticide Spray:
Mix 8 oz. white sugar, 4-8 oz. 3% H2O2 in 1 gallon of water.
Agriculture:
Use 8 oz. 35% H2O2 per 1000 gallons of water. If you do not have an injector, start out by using 1 tsp. 35% H2O2 in the drinking cup at the stanchion.
For the drinking water of cows that are sick, use 1 pt. 3% H2O2 to 5 gallons of water. To drench sick calves, put 1/3 pt. of 3% H2O2 in a pt. bottle and fill remember with water.
Do this twice a day. For an adult cow, use the same procedure, but use a quart.
To foliage feed crops, put 5 to 16 oz. of 35% food grade hydrogen peroxide into 20 gallons of water.
Spray on plants early in the morning when the dew is still on them and the birds are singing. (It has been found that the singing of the birds opens the pores of the plants.)
H2O2: CURSE OR CURE?
When it comes to hydrogen peroxide therapy there are two main points of view. Supporters consider it to be one of the greatest healing miracles of all times. Those who opposed feel its ingestion is exceptionally dangerous, and only the foolhardy could think of engaging in such behavior. Before either condemning or endorsing hydrogen peroxide, let’s take a real close look at what we’re dealing with.
Hydrogen peroxide is one interesting substance! Hydrogen peroxide should really be called hydrogen dioxide. Its chemical formula is H2O2 – it contains one more atom of oxygen than water (H2O).
By now everyone is aware of the ozone layer that surrounds the Earth. Ozone consists of three atoms of oxygen (O3). This protective layer of ozone is created when ultraviolet light from the sun splits an atmospheric oxygen molecule (O2) into two single, unstable oxygen atoms. These single molecules combine with others to form ozone (O3). Ozone is not stable. In fact, it will quickly give up that extra store of oxygen to falling rainwater to form hydrogen peroxide (H2O2).
It is the hydrogen peroxide in rainwater that makes it so much more effective that tap water when given to plants. With the increased levels of atmospheric pollution, however, greater amounts of H2O2 react with air-borne toxins and never reach the ground. To compensate for this, many farmers have been increasing crop yields by spraying them with diluted hydrogen peroxide (5 to 16 oz of 35% mixed with 20 gal. of water per acre).
You can achieve the same beneficial effect with your house plants by adding one ounce of 3% hydrogen peroxide (or 16 drops of 35% solution) to every quart of water you give your plants. (It can also be made into an excellent safe insecticide. Simply spray your plants with 8 ounces of 3% peroxide mixed with 8 ounces of white sugar and one gallon of water.)
Hydrogen peroxide is odorless and colorless, but not tasteless. When stored under the proper conditions it is a very stable compound. When kept in the absence of light and contaminants it dissimulates, or breaks down, very slowly – at the rate of about 10% a year. (This can be slowed even further by storing the liquid in the freezer.) It boils at 152 degrees Celsius and freezes at minus 2 degrees Celsius.
The closer you look at hydrogen peroxide,
the less surprising it becomes that it can help such a wide variety of conditions.
When exposed to other compounds hydrogen peroxide decomposes readily into oxygen and water. In nature, oxygen (O2) consists of two atoms, and is thereby a very stable combination. A single atom of oxygen, however, is very reactive and is referred to as a free radical.
Yet, over and over we continually read that these free radicals are responsible for all types of ailments, and even premature aging. What many writers seem to forget, however, is that our bodies create and use free radicals to destroy harmful bacteria, viruses, and fungi.
In fact, the cells responsible for fighting infection and foreign invaders in the body (your white blood cells) make hydrogen peroxide and use it to oxidize any offending culprits. The intense bubbling you see when hydrogen peroxide comes in contact with a bacteria-laden cut or wound is oxygen being released and bacteria being destroyed.
The ability of our cells to produce hydrogen peroxide is essential for life. H2O2 is not some undesirable by-product or toxin, but a basic requirement for good health.
Newer research indicates we need hydrogen peroxide for a multitude of other chemical reactions that take place throughout the..Newer research indicates we need hydrogen peroxide for a multitude of other chemical reactions that take place throughout the body. For example, we now know that vitamin C helps fight infections by producing hydrogen peroxide, which in turn stimulates the production of prostaglandin’s. Also lactobacillus, found in the colon and vagina, produce hydrogen peroxide. This destroys harmful bacteria and viruses, preventing colon disease, vaginitis, bladder infections, and a host of common ailments. (Infect Dis News Aug. 8,91:5) When lactobacillus in the colon or vaginal tract have been overrun with harmful viruses, yeast or bacteria, an effective douche or enema solution can be made using 3 tablespoons of 3% H2O2 in 1 quart of distilled water. Keep in mind, however, that a good bacterial flora must always be re-established in those areas to achieve lasting results.
Also regarding enemas and douches, there is another misconception about H2O2 I need to address. The friendly bacteria in the colon and vagina are aerobic. In other words, they flourish in high oxygen environments and thrive in the presence of oxygen environments and thrive in the presence of oxygen rich H2O2. On the other hand,most strains of harmful bacteria (and cancer cells) are anaerobic and cannot survive in the presence of oxygen or H2O2.
Hydrogen peroxide produced within individual body cells is essential for life.And no one doubts its effectiveness when it comes to treating infections topically. The controversy deals with ingesting the substance orally or introducing it into the body intravenously. The dispute has been going on for decades (and considering the attitude of our medical community – it will continue for many more decades).
I admit that I was personally skeptical when I first learned about using H2O2 orally, or intravenously. This healthy dose of skepticism, however, led to a great deal of investigation, clinical work, and experimentation. I realize a large majority of readers will probably never be convinced that H2O2 is a safe and effective compound, I am. Hydrogen peroxide is safe, readily available and dirt cheap. And best of all – it works!
No one fully understands the complete workings of hydrogen peroxide. We do know that it is loaded with oxygen.
(A pint of the food-grade 35% solution contains the equivalent of 130 pints of oxygen. A pint of 3% hydrogen peroxide found at the local drugstore contains 10 pints of oxygen. And a pint of the 6% solution used to bleach hair contains 20 pints of oxygen.) We also know that when H2O2 is taken into the body (orally or intravenously), the oxygen content of the blood and body tissues increases dramatically. Early researchers felt these increases were simply due to the extra oxygen molecule being released. This doesn’t, however, appear to be the case. Only very diluted amounts of H2O2 are ever introduced into the body. The small amount of oxygen present could not be solely responsible for the dramatic changes that take place. Dr. Charles Farr, a strong proponent of intravenous use, has discovered another possible answer.
Dr. Farr has shown that hydrogen peroxide stimulates enzyme systems throughout the body. This triggers an increase in the metabolic rate, causes small arteries to dilate and increase blood flow, enhances the body’s distributions and consumption of oxygen and raises body temperature.
(Proceedings of the Internationals Conference on Bio-Oxidative Medicine 1989, 1990, 1991)
We are just beginning to learn exactly how H2O2 works…
H2O2 was reported to work as far back as 1920. Later, The Lancet, an English Medical Journal, reported that intravenous infusion was used successfully to treat pneumonia in the epidemic following World War I. In the 1940s, Father Richard Willhelm, the pioneer in promoting peroxide use, reported on the compound being used extensively to treat everything from bacterial-related mental illness to skin disease and polio. (Father Willhelm is the found of Educational Concern for Hydrogen Peroxide, ECHO, a non-profit organization dedicated to educating the public on the safe use and therapeutic benefits of hydrogen peroxide.)
Much of the interest in hydrogen peroxide waned in the 1940s when prescription medications came on the scene. Since then, there has been little economic interest in funding peroxide research. After all, it is dirt cheap and non-patentable.
Even still, in the last 25 years, over 7,700 articles relating to hydrogen peroxide have been written in Medical Journals. Thousands more articles, illuminating its therapeutic use, have appeared in alternative health publications.
While the number of conditions helped by hydrogen peroxide are astounding, the reported dangers and side effects are few and often conflicting.
Let’s look at several conditions that seem to respond especially well to H2O2 therapy. First, keep in minds that there are two methods ofadministering the peroxide – orally and intravenously. While most conditions respond remarkably to oral ingestion, emphysema is one condition in which intravenous infusion can be a godsend.
It is obvious that our oxygen needs are not being met.
Several of the most common ailments now affecting our population are directly related to oxygen starvation:
Asthma, emphysema and lung disease are on the rise,especially in the polluted metropolitan areas. Cases of constipation, diarrhea, intestinal parasites and bowel cancer are all on the upswing. Periodontal disease is endemic in the adult population of this country. Cancer of all forms continues to increase. Immune system disorders are sweeping the globe. Chronic fatigue (the so-called “Yuppie Flu”) and hundreds of other strange viral diseases have begun to surface.
Ironically, many of the new “miracles” drugs and nutritional supplements used to treat these conditions work by increasing cellular oxygen (oftentimes through H2O2 formation). For example, the miracle nutrients, Coenzyme Q10, helps regulate intercellular oxidation which received considerable publicity not too long ago, also increased oxygen levels at the cellular level. And even substances like niacin and vitamin E promote tissue oxidation through the dilation of blood vessels.
Hydrogen peroxide is only one of the man components that help regulate the amount of oxygen getting to your cells.
Its presence is vital for many other functions as well:
It is required for the production of thyroid hormone and sexual hormones. (Mol Cell Endocrinol 86;46 (2) 149-15 Steroids 82;40 (5) : 569-579)
It stimulates the production of interferon. (J Immunol 85;134 (4) : 24-12455)
It dilates blood vessels in the heart and brain. (Am J Physiol 86;250 (5 pt 2): H815-821 and (2 pt 2) :H157-162)
It improves glucose utilization in diabetics. (Proceedings of the IBOM Conference 1989, 1990, 1991)
Possible Reactions to Hydrogen Peroxide
Skin eruptions, nausea, sleepiness, unusual fatigue, diarrhea, colds, (in head or chest), ear infections, boils, or any other method that the body uses to emit toxins from the body! (The toxins have been rooted out by the use of hydrogen peroxide.)
This is the natural way for the body to cleanse and the natural cleansing will be of short duration, as you continue to maintain your program. Above all, even if you must decrease the dosage, it’s good to continue the program, don’t give up.
If you get a cleansing reaction, you may want to increase the dosage to hasten the cleansing. A cleansing is the effect of the body of bacteria dying off, or various forms of poisons being released through the eliminative organs of the body, i.e. skin, lungs, kidneys, and bowels.
Remember: When hydrogen peroxide comes in contact with virus and streptococcus, it will liberate free oxygen (O2).
This may be happening in your stomach. If your stomach feels uneasy, it is only the hydrogen peroxide seeking out the virus and streptococcus to destroy.
If you do choose to use Hydrogen Peroxide internally, read the information below thoroughly and use extreme caution.