Hydrogen Peroxide Grades and Strengths.
Hydrogen Peroxide comes in food grade and medical grade. The difference is food grade does not have the toxic chemical stabilizers that the medical grade has. The medical grade is the one you can find at drugstores or grocery stores and it usually comes in a brown bottle. Hydrogen Peroxide also comes in different strengths. The one most commonly found is the 3% medical grade at the drugstores. The other common grades are 6% to 10% which is used by hair stylist to bleach hair. And 35% food grade which is used in products like milk and eggs.
1. Food Grade Peroxide Household and 2. Personal care uses.
You can use the 3% strength food grade peroxide as a vegetable antibacterial wash. Lettuce preservative, and as a meat or poultry marinade. Other common uses are as a disinfect for a cutting board, countertop, and toothbrushes. You can use a cotton swab and dip in 3% peroxide to whiten teeth, do not drink or eat anything for best results. Put on cuts and wounds as an antiseptic. You can soak your feet for an hour in a mixture of 1 pint of 3% food grade hydrogen peroxide with a gallon of warm water for athlete’s foot and circulation problems.
3. A Natural Cure
Naturopaths and homeopaths have been using hydrogen peroxide therapy successfully for years. Some of the diseases that can be treated are Acne, Allergies, Altitude sickness, Arteriosclerosis, Bacterial infection, eczema. For a full list you can find it in Madison Cavanaugh “The One-Minute Cure” book.
4. Seeds and plants
I have recently started using a mixture of hydrogen peroxide in spring water to start seeds. As well as in my microgreens and house plants. And have to say they all look great. I can tell a huge difference. You can soak your seeds for about 30 minutes to 1 hour before planting. For all seeds mix 3 drops of 3% food grade hydrogen peroxide in 1 cup of spring or distilled water. For spraying house plants or microgreens mix 1 once of 3% food grade hydrogen peroxide to 32 ounces of spring or distilled water. You will notice the difference. Leave me a comment let me know how it went.
