Baking Soda or Not Baking Soda

Just in case anyone is confused about all of this...

http://www.nrsg101.com/normal-saline-solution.html

2 tsp unadulterated salt + 2 tsp baking soda per quart makes buffered, isotonic 0.9% saline out of tapwater.

My baking soda enemas have to be the most comfortable that I have ever taken. While they don't give a cleanout on a par with soapsuds, they get very high marks for being soothing. My concentrations are a bit lower, however, at 1 tsp per quart of warm water.

I've noticed that baking soda makes it much easier for me to take higher volumes and retain them longer. I assume this is because the water where I live is hard and the NaHCO3 is buffering the pH to something more tolerable.

Just in case anyone is confused about all of this...

http://www.nrsg101.com/normal-saline-solution.html

2 tsp unadulterated salt + 2 tsp baking soda per quart makes buffered, isotonic 0.9% saline out of tapwater.

That's definitely NOT an isotonic solution and I don't care who posted the info in the link. The 2 teaspoons of salt alone is slightly more than isotonic. Adding two more teaspoons of baking soda makes it distinctly hypertonic.

If people would only splurge and spend 25 bucks they could have a digital scale that would give exact measurements for many things around the house and kitchen

Thank you for clarifying, Susie. I wondered about that - it did seem like a lot of sodium floating around loose in the solution - which goes to show, you can't trust anything on the internet.

Baking soda (and sea salt) are what I like adding to a warm water "Just Because" enema. It's after I've just worked 15 hours to meet a deadline or returned home after spending half the night waiting for a storm to clear at O'Hare Airport. When my body needs to sleep but my brain won't turn off. It's the most comfortable enema I've tried -- just a quart, sometimes less, taken slowly with a tube inserted 8 to 10 inches and held for a few minutes. Little or no cramps and an easy expulsion help me relax physically and mentally. (Cuddling with my husband an added benefit!!!) It's a remedy that someone who's comfortable using an enema bag will understand, especially a woman with sensitive emotions and GI tract.

Now that I have had some experience comparing both types of solutions for emptying my colon, I have concluded that a soap solution alone does the job, while a baking soda solution does not thoroughly empty the colon.

A baking soda solution enema feels wonderful and is easy to take, so every once in a while, maybe twice a month, I will use baking soda as a rinse or as a follow up relaxing enema with an abdominal massage.

I prefer baking soda over table salt, too.

I use either a half tablespoon of soap in 2.5 quarts or a heaping quarter cup of baking soda in the same volume.

@Vicki_V what a great description in Post #36. I know the feelings of the body needing sleep but the brain just won't shut down.

Sunday night was simply fitful sleep after spending the better part of 8 hours trying to get home from a quick west coast trip. The hurrying and waiting and waiting some more...then a bumpy flight almost all the way across the country! When I finally went to bed I could never get comfortable or get the rest I craved. I should have adjourned to the bathroom then instead of waiting until morning.

Next time, I'll know what to do!

Deb

Refdk: It might be the electrolyte balance. With plain water there is disequilibrium but with baking soda electrolytes are present and the system is not so stressed. Do you get thesame effect from salt instead of baking soda?

Refdk: Do you get thesame effect from salt instead of baking soda?

No, only baking soda does the trick ?

For nasal/sinus irrigations I notice a big difference using salt and soda vs just salt (salt and soda much more comfortable). I chalk it up to the bicarbonate buffering the solution, but I haven't gone into it too deeply.

When it's up the butt warm salt and soda feels good going in but too often it doesn't come out well on me with my grumpy colon.

I feel that the baking soda makes the solution ph more compatible with the ph of my colon. Making it more comfortable to take more water. Less cramping for me more relaxing.

I just did 3 2.5 in a couple of hours. I also self cath. I cathed before had 2x2.5 twe followed by 2l coffee retained for 5 min.

when I had to pee after 500 ml nonbeer, I cathed and put out 1.6 l.

sounds to me that I over hydrate via my colon.

dont mind either