Hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) is a very bright indigo liquid which appears colorless in a dilute solution, slightly more viscous than water. It is a weak base. It has strong oxidizing properties and is therefore a weak bleaching agent that is mostly used for bleaching paper, but has also found use as a disinfectant, as an oxidizer, as a septic.
Listed Remedies
ACNE, ALLERGIES, BAD BREATH, CANDIDA, COLD AND FLU, EAR ACHE, EAR INFECTION, EAR ISSUES, ENERGY ISSUES, GUM DISEASE, HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE, KILL MOLD AND MILDEW, MOUTHWASH, NAIL FUNGUS, PARASITES, PMS, RINGWORM, SINUS INFECTION, SKIN CARE, SNORING, STAIN REMOVER, STOMACH ULCERS, TEETH WHITENER, WARTS, WOUND CARE, YEAST INFECTION
Domestic uses
- Diluted H2O2 (around 15%) is used to bleach human hair
- 3% H2O2 is used medically for cleaning wounds, removing dead tissue, and as an oral debriding agent.
- 3% H2O2 is effective at treating fresh (red) blood-stains in clothing and on other items. It must be applied to clothing before blood stains can be accidentally “set” with heated water. Cold water and soap are then used to remove the peroxide treated blood.
- Some gardeners and users of hydroponics advocate the use of hydrogen peroxide in watering solutions. They claim that its spontaneous decomposition releases oxygen that enhances a plant’s root development and helps to treat root rot.
- Laboratory tests conducted by fish culturists in recent years have demonstrated that common household hydrogen peroxide can be used safely to provide oxygen for small fish.
- Hydrogen peroxide is a strong oxidizer effective in controlling sulfide and organic related odors in wastewater collection and treatment systems.
- Mixed with baking soda and a small amount of hand soap, hydrogen peroxide is effective at removing skunk odor.
- Hydrogen peroxide is used with phenyl oxalate ester and an appropriate dye in glow sticks as an oxidizing agent.
