Clorox can be Good
So Clorox is King or is it Queen?
Our mother was the queen of Clorox and we teased her about this every time we could because she even put a capful of Clorox in our bath water and I must admit I don’t remember having cold or flu too much while I was growing up therefore it makes me wonder if we should use more of those old time natural remedies because they are better then the junk they sell from the pharmaceuticals companies who keep on getting richer and we keep pumping more chemicals in our bodies and manage illnesses while never really curing them. Years ago I was told by an old doctor that the drug companies never want to find a cure because they’d be out of business they want you to require their medicine so you have to keeping buying them they stay rich and we keep spending, thus when I reflect it’s unsettling as I realize there are very few treatments which cure anything they relief symptoms and that’s it (is it possible the doc was right) I certainly hope not. Are we destined to continue on this cycle of needing more drugs for our bodies to live longer and have we forgotten the simple things we can do to help reduce infections allowing our bodies to fight off viruses and colds by using a little more Clorox in our life? We all know that Clorox can kill germs in garbage can tubs sinks and now the washer and dryer so do some homework and see where else we can use Clorox and reduce our chances of unwanted germs share what you find out here please.
Thus when I watched the Today show and they talked about the germs that can live in our washer and dryer I nearly tripped running into my washroom and pouring a third of a bottle of Clorox into my machine to run a cycle for sanitation and then I took Clorox wipes and washed everything within ten feet of the washer and dryer down with the scrubs. I felt like my mom (bless her resting soul) was up in heaven laughing her heart out as we were relentless as kids teasing her especially when she’d be wearing a shirt or pants with Clorox white spots on them and now here was her oldest daughter acting like her washing and polishing faster then a speeding bullet. Thus if you can think Clorox less germs may be your future saving you from needing those necessary yet annoying chemicals we continue to pump into our bodies all in the line of getting better. Therefore we can begin to practice a little more preventative thinking and maybe save our bodies some simple virus contamination and infection in wounds we sustain while opening an envelope or biting our nails you know the drill. Oh Gotta go because I have a paper cut from yesterday and I forgot to soak it in warm salt water which mom would say was good for drawing out the soreness. So if you can offer any other old mom remedies do share them and let’s all start staying healthier with honey, chicken soup, salt water etc what you can remember please let us know because I’m feeling better already this tea I’m drinking with lemon and honey isn’t so bad.
I have some good remedies for boosting the immune system to prevent catching the flu but clorox isn’t one of them, as far as I know it’s toxic. I do keep it on hand to clean white cabinets and light counter tops because it gets rid of stains. I think soap and water work well enough with the fumes etc. Have you chlorine in the shower (which is waht clorox is made of, right?) increases cancer.
Well I didn’t mean ingest it, I meant use it to clean mold, dirt etc. and I didn’t know it caused cancer interesting as I’ve had Cancer twice.
Thanks for your comment and shared ideas just what I hoped for bloggers telling what’s on their minds and what they know.. hope you’ll visit again…
Dorothy from grammology
hello thanks for share, great post i like it
regard
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I would love to be able to use Clorax—BUT, the fumes are too strong for my lungs. But I agree, we need more home remedies that people used waaaay back before the Drug Company’s became our Pushers! That doctor was right. It doesn’t pay for these company’s to find a “cure” for anything. They do, and they are out of business!
Cider Vinegar & Water, with a touch of Honey–Every Morning! ADELE DAVIS was writing about that in the late 1940’s oe early 1950’s. People are just discovering this all over again now—MORE than 60 years later….lol!
hello, ms. dorothy! i am a clorox fan and store plenty in my house. i have no qualms about going down on my hands and knees and wiping everything ‘wipable’ in the house. my children are clorox babies, meaning, they know momma’s ’strange’ clorox compulsions. the husband is particularly ‘aware’ that he will be cloroxed down if he breaks sanitary rules. ehem.. clorox is QUEEN.
~~~~ms. dorothy!! i had just now accessed This Side (my blog) and i am ecstatic. i am hoping to keep it that way. ~~don’t forget to have your flu shot!
LOL…..my mom was a javex (clorox) fanatic also. Most of her house clothes has bleach spots on them.
Your post made me laugh as i thought about my mom.
The health advisory even recommends washing your fruits and veggies with clorox before putting them in the refrigerator
i, for one, is fan of chlorox, my hubby teases me now and again as i cannot seem to do any cleaning without using it…well, iy is for good measures that we all do..
have a lovely weekend!
eng
i was just saying the other day that i needed to get some clorox to put in the dishwater. i use it a lot when i am making my products to make sure all the utensils are sanitized.
i am a very strong believer in natural remedies. i don’t like taking pharmaceuticals and will try everything else before hand. i do a lot of research on herbals and have a closet full of different ones. if i can make a tea or a tincture or a salve or a poultice i will. i think keeping your immune system strong is the better way to go for fighting off the nasties that are out there.
here are a few links that i have bookmarked if you would like to check them out:
http://www.health911.com/remedies/rem_indx.htm
http://kitchen.robbiehaf.com/HomeRemedies.html
http://www.home-remedies-for-you.com/
http://www.earthclinic.com/ailments.html
and here is a site i use to look at herbal side effects and warnings:
http://www.personalhealthzone.com/herbsafety.html
i hope these will be useful to you, they have been for me. have a wonderful day my friend…hugz!
I am a true believer in using Clorox. Nothing cleans and detox’s bathrooms like Clorox. Oh yes, that tea with lemon and honey is another great healing agent, especially if you have a cold. I sometimes take it a step further, adding a shot of bourbon and stirring with a cinnamon stick. If nothing else, it makes you sleep! Thanks for the great post!
The old remedies are the best, our Grandparents knew what they were talking about.
Vinegar and baking soda!! I have the creeps now about the communal w/d in my retirement home!! YUCK. I’m going to get some Bleach and run a cycle from now on. What we are being sold nowadays is toxic! I had to buy my own products for my unit at retirement place. Soap and hot water will clean and kill almost any germ (add scrubbing). Simple
The capful of Clorox in the bath reminded me of my first Halloween in a black, crepe-paper cat suit. It rained and the dye came off on my skin. My mother scrubbed me with a brush and Old Dutch Cleanser (like Comet) in the bathtub!
Thanks for generating this memory.
Dorothy,
Oh dear! In the effort to make full disclosure, I should start by saying that the very word bleach makes me cringe.
Having an illness called endometriosis (one of many chronic conditions I have) that some studies have linked to organochlorines and other toxins, I work hard avoid bleach.
I also have multiple chemical sensitivity (MCS) and simply walking into a restaurant that is mopping the floor with bleach results in me pivoting and walking back out because the fumes make me very ill.
We have an above-ground pool and don’t use any chlorine. We use a chlorine alternative because I can no longer tolerate (skin-wise) chlorinated pools.
So, I must admit that when I got to the bleach in the bathtub portion of your post, I got really queasy because I just can’t imagine bathing in bleach… no matter how diluted it is.
Whenever an issue comes up regarding chemicals, the first place I go is to one of the highest quality sites I know: The Canary Report. That’s what I did tonight.
On November 11th, Susie Collins (Editor of The Canary Report) just posted a public service announcement (video) on household disinfectants (perfect timing)! I just viewed it tonight and I highly recommend it. (I won’t link it here because I don’t want to be spammy but you’ll find it on her site if you look at the 11/11 post).
I read what you said here:
“Years ago I was told by an old doctor that the drug companies never want to find a cure because they’d be out of business they want you to require their medicine so you have to keeping buying them they stay rich and we keep spending, thus when I reflect it’s unsettling as I realize there are very few treatments which cure anything they relief symptoms and that’s it (is it possible the doc was right) I certainly hope not”…
I couldn’t agree more that drug companies (or “Big Pharma”, as I like to call them) engage in some alarming practices!!! (You can read more about this topic on my recent post regarding the notion of boycotting breast cancer awareness day due to corruption, corporate profits/greed, conflict of interest (pharma companies that knowingly put cancer-causing hormones in milk and also sell drugs to treat cancer… check out the “Milk the Cancer” link in my post) and “the vicious cycle” faring better than the breast cancer patients who are supposed to be benefitting from the mass marekting of pink ribbons galore.
Anyway, I don’t mean to be a contrarian but I had to give my 2 cents regarding the idea of adding bleach to bath water. I really think you’ll find the short PSA video posted on the 11/11 The Canary Report interesting. It specifically talks about bleach. There are alternative disinfectants that are safer for people’s bodies and the environment.
I’m finding all sorts of interesting stuff on your blog. Have a lovely weekend!
Jeanne
P.S. I have a gravatar but it did not show up on my other blog comment. I don’t know why. I use it all the time and my picture always shows up. I went to the gravatar site and everything looked OK. So, I’m not sure why I’m showing up in silhouette.
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