Borax: the hidden history
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This makes me nervous because boric acid is the key ingredient for cockroach killer. This is a salt of boric acid. And cockroaches are renowned for survival.
I know we don't trust EPA & CDC, but the Indonesian government said there is likelihood of liver cancer associated with long term consumption of 5-10 years.
There are many medications and supplements that can be used in different ways for different purposes. Borax is used as a laundry detergent booster and to kill fleas in dog bedding as well as to help with arthritis pain. Boric Acid is used as an eye flush and pH balancer as well as roach killer.
Warfarin is an anti-coagulant used for years to prevent blood clots in patients with atrial fibrillation, that was originally used as a rat poison. The mechanism of action is to block part of the clotting cascade so that the blood takes more time to form clots. This mechanism worked in rats so that they effectively bled to death internally. In humans the dose is adjusted to prevent clots forming in the atria of the heart where blood can pool during atrial fibrillation. For years this was the primary medication used to prevent strokes in Afib patients.
Just as Ivermectin was originally used as an anti-parasite and has been found to exhibit anti-viral and anti-cancer properties, many drugs and supplements can have different health outcomes with different uses. The whole COVID debacle revealed a lot of different uses for Wormwood, Hydroxychloroquine, Fluvoxamine, Metformin, Azithromycin, Vitamin D, Iodine, Chlorine Dioxide, and Methylene Blue. It's all in the dosing and how its used.
Borax is also an old-time cure for women's "yeast infections". Works when OTC and prescription drugs won't (personal experience).
True, that's what I meant with pH balancing. That's how it works.
Go ahead and take it, I'm just expressing caution and just maybe a tiktok video isn't an authoritative source. I'd rather trust an industrial chemist.
I was just pointing out the fallacious assumption in your original comment that Borax is dangerous for human consumption just because it has been used as a pesticide. Many products have different purposes in different doses in different applications.
Trust whomever you want as an authoritative source, but independent research is always the most trustworthy.
I really don't care what you do, I just think someone on tiktok that claims suppressed knowledge should be treated with the same skepticism as you give the government.
Borax is not the same as boric acid.
You're right, in order to produce boric acid, borax has to be refined by a reaction with a strong acid like hydrochloric acid. Which just happens to be the primary acid in your stomach.
What an ignorant take.
Don't care, eat all the borax you want.