Corns and Bunions
Corns and bunions may be softened and relieved by making a salve of equal proportions of lard and Bicarbonate of Soda, and applying at night before retiring.
Dyspepsia or Heartburn
A quarter of a teaspoonful of Bicarbonate of Soda dissolved in a tumbler of cold water, taken three times a day, will be found very beneficial.
“Sodium Bicarbonate is the most efficient drug for general use (in acid dyspepsia), about one-quarter teaspoonful before meals for a tonic form. In hyperchloric (acid) dyspepsia a level teaspoonful two hours after meals.”
—Therapeutics, Materia Medica and Pharmacy.
Eczema
“Externally, in solution, it (Bicarbonate of Soda) is a solvent for dried exudates (secretion) such as the crusts in seborrheic eczema.” Two level teaspoonfuls of Bicarbonate of Soda to a pint of water gives the proper solution in such cases.
—Practical Therapeutics
(Bermingham).
