Dr. Bronner's All-One Hemp Peppermint Pure-Castile Bar Soap

Has anyone tried this as part of plain water before? Is it recommended and safe? My way was to use very fine cheese grater to dissolve some of the bar in warm to hot water then add room temputure water till bag is full. Thanks in advance for your reply.

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I've used Dr. B.'s liquid peppermint Castile, as well as the lavender and of course plain... Never used or knew there was a bar soap variation.. Can't vouch for safety of any soap...

I think it's Dr. Bronner's - not Browner's

Better be close to a toilet or else have a good plug inserted.

I use Bronners peppermint Castille liquid (an ounce in a 1 qt bag as I recall).

It gets you moving within minutes. The fragrance of peppermint and warming is however a nice feeling.

I've swished the bars around in a pot... same reaction as the liquid soap (and therefore highly recommended!)

I’ve only used Dr. Bronner’s liquid peppermint soap, and just a few drops in a 4 quart fountain syringe. Like others I’m not certain of the safety or efficacy of grated bar soap. I do like the feeling of the mild use of the liquid soap though.

It should be as safe as any other castile soap (obviously you can overdo it, but within reason).

The castile process is saponification process of oils with sodium hydroxide (NaOH, creates a solid soap upon reaction of the oils with the hydroxyl radical to produce a solid sodium "salt" from the oil). The reaction produces the soap and also glycerin. Glycerin can be recovered from the reaction. Practically speaking, sodium "anything" is usually solid and soluble in water. By comparison, Bronner's liquid soap is also a saponification reaction but with potassium hydroxide. The hydroxyl radical reaction is the same as above but the potassium salt of the reaction with oils remains a liquid at room temperature. It probably contains a lot more glycerin because it is more difficult to remove from the liquid products of the reaction (though it can be done). Glycerin is also used as a skin moisturizer in addition to being a great additive for enema solutions (again, within reason).

The addition of peppermint should give it a nice cool "burn" as it does with the liquid soap.

I, too, use a grater/zester to make the soap more easily dissolvable in water and to more carefully measure and add the solid soap to my enemas solution. I usually grate an entire bar and store it in a sealed plastic container. My standard strength of the solid soap/liquid enema solution is 10 grams/liter. For a 3.0 liter enema that would be about 1/3rd of a 90 gram (3 oz) bar.

I know I have mixed up some pretty strong soapy enemas but I don't remember the maximum I've dissolved into warm water. However, what is dissolved in the bag can congeal as it cools in the hose. I have had that happen before. Those are incredibly stimulating/irritating enemas and peppermint would probably make it even more irritating. I know that it takes quite a rinse series to get the very soapy enemas "out."