2024 Author: Howard Calhoun | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 10:16
Natrii tetraboras, or Natrium tetraboricum are the Latin names for sodium tetraborate, a substance with the chemical formula Na2B4O 7. It looks like a crystalline ordinary white powder. It can be added to boiling water, glycerine, or diluted with cold water. You need to store in a place where there is no moisture and sunlight. It is known that the substance is found in nature in a natural state, but in industry it is produced in huge quantities.
A bit of history
In the old days, when pharmacological products were not yet as in demand as they are today, every house always kept a vial of borax (so trivially called sodium tetraborate) for medicinal and food purposes. In the Russian Empire, borax was mined on the Kerch Peninsula or on Taman, digging up hills with volcanic sediments there. Later, with the development of the chemical industry, it began to be mass-produced through the reaction between calcinedsoda and boric acid. The resulting substance was named "sodium tetraborate". It has found application in various branches of heavy industry, in everyday life and in crop production, in photography and in the food industry. Natural borax, as well as chemically obtained borax, has long been and remains a wonderful healer for people and animals. It has long been used in soap making and leather processing.
The court aristocracy and the fight against cockroaches
Once upon a time, housewives skillfully removed stains on clothes with the help of this substance. Even the servants knew what sodium tetraborate is, how to use it in the household, how, using it, to starch gentlemen's white collars, pantaloons, petticoats, covers (for this, 1 part of borax was carefully mixed with 10 parts of oat starch). As a result of such processing, things not only acquired elasticity, but also had a glossy, shiny appearance, which was very valuable among the court aristocracy. And how did our grandmothers get rid of cockroaches? To prepare the killer mixture, they needed one tablespoon of sodium tetraborate. The instruction testified that one spoonful of powdered sugar and one spoonful of pea or wheat flour should be added to it. This mixture had to be mixed, sprinkled on small saucers, left overnight as “food” for annoying insects.
Industrial and household applications
In modern conditions, radio amateurs and manufacturers of electronic devices around the world are veryappreciate the properties of sodium tetraborate. The instruction obliges them to process all conductors and elements before soldering in order to clean the surfaces of oxides formed during the interaction of oxygen and metals. This substance is actively used in the manufacture of glass. Depending on the amount of borax in its composition, the optical properties of the lenses change.
As a fertilizer for vegetables (especially sugar beets) and other plant crops, pure industrial sodium tetraborate powder has been added to the soil for a long time. The instruction provides for applying up to one and a half kilograms of powder per hectare of the field. Although these days manufacturers offer more expensive products instead of cheap borax.
Bura in folk and traditional medicine
TV screens have recently been constantly intimidating us with thrush and actively advertising quite expensive drugs for treatment. And the Candida fungus, as it lived under our great-grandfathers, lives now in every human body. At times, it begins to actively multiply, reminding people to pay a little more attention to themselves and their he alth and choose the right diet.
A favorable environment for the development of thrush is an increase in acidity, which is sometimes associated with hormonal changes, damage to the mucous membrane, prolonged use of certain drugs, an imbalance between certain types of microorganisms in the intestine. There are many traditional methodstreatment of candidiasis, but within the framework of this article, only the possibilities of sodium tetraborate will be discussed, the instructions for the use of which in the fight against thrush were passed down by word of mouth during the time of our great-grandmothers.
Perhaps at that time few people knew as much about Candida as we do now. But in every house it was customary to add a teaspoon of borax to a bucket of drinking water to soften and prevent thrush. In cases where the fungus became active and affected the vaginal mucosa or formed foci in the oral cavity, intensive rinsing, washing, douching with a more concentrated solution of borax were done. And at night, a swab dipped in it was applied to the problem area. It should not be thought that today this method of treatment has lost its relevance. There are recipes in modern medical reference books that recommend getting rid of discomfort in exactly the same way.
From recipe books
In order to get rid of aphthous stomatitis, the powder is dissolved in glycerin, in proportions giving a 5% or 20% concentration, and the foci are lubricated. An aqueous solution containing 2 to 5% sodium tetraborate is used to treat the skin, wash cavities or lubricate wounds. The same solution perfectly removes age spots. For skin care, glycerin sweeps with borax will also be useful. It is useful for women with oily skin to wash with a more concentrated solution of this powder (up to 3%), and for beauties with a dry skin type, it is better to reduce the concentration to 1%. From this, the covers will be soft and silky. When following these procedures, do notoverlook hardening, walking, biking or boating. Physical activity and a cheerful attitude is also an effective tool that suppresses the vital activity of the fungi living in us.
Can sodium tetraborate cause harm?
To answer this question, we turn again to folk wisdom. In anticipation of the birth of a child, it is advisable not to use any chemicals during breastfeeding. No matter how completely harmless borax may seem to us, today no one will sell it in the form of a natural volcanic mixture, as it was in the old days, when it was mined, like table s alt, in quarries. Industrial production is always at odds with nature. Caution and moderation never hurt anyone!
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