Uses for Vinegar

    Vinegar is used for cleaning and other applications, since ancient Sumerian times. It is a very useful and affordable product. Vinegar is often used as an acidic agent in cooking, because it is food safe and very sour. What a lot of people don't know is that this natural green friendly product has seemingly endless uses around the house. You can find vinegar in the cleaning or baking aisles at the grocery store.
     Most of the cures call for white vinegar, unless otherwise specified. A few of the recipes may call for apple cider vinegar, mainly because it is easier to swallow. Both the white vinegar and apple cider vinegar will carry out the same goals. You should play around with the recipes, test things out, and see what works for you. With vinegar the possibilities are endless.



Health and Beauty
Appetite Suppression: Mix 1 teaspoon of vinegar with 1 (8 ounce) glass of water. Drink this mixture before a meal and it will suppress your appetite, allowing you to eat less.
Arthritis Relief: Mix 2 teaspoons of apple cider vinegar to 1 (8 ounce) glass of water. Drink the mix before meals to relieve arthritis.
Bee and Jelly Fish Stings: The stinging sensation will lessen or disappear if you apply the affected area with pure vinegar.
Bug Bites: You can relieve the itchy feeling from bug bites if you dab the affected area with pure vinegar.
Chest Colds: Add a half cup of vinegar to your vaporizer and you will feel some relief from chest colds and sinus infections.
Cough suppression: Mix a half cup of apple cider vinegar, a half cup of water, and 4 teaspoons of honey. Every time your cough appears take 1 tablespoon and also take 1 tablespoon before bedtime. Coughing will subside.
Dry Itchy Skin: Naturally soothe And rejuvenate your skin by adding 2 tablespoons of vinegar to your bath water and soak as normal.
Hair and Dandruff: Mix one-fourth cup of vinegar to 2 cups warm water. Rinse your hair with this mixture after shampooing. Not only will you fight your dandruff, it will remove the soap scum and extra sebum left on your hair. You will not smell the vinegar, but you will notice the softness that the mixture provides.
Hiccups: You can stop your hiccups if you swallow 1 tablespoon of pure vinegar
Shore Throat: Mix 1 teaspoon of vinegar in 1 (8 ounce) glass of water. Gargle with this solution, until none remains. Your throat will feel better and the vinegar will kill the bacteria in your throat/
Sunburn: You can relieve the burning sensation, caused by sunburn, by dabbing the affected area with pure vinegar.
Upset stomach: Mix 2 teaspoons of apple cider vinegar and 1 (8 ounce) cup of water, plus a couple teaspoons of honey (optional), if you want to make the mixture sweeter to swallow. Drink the mixture for quick relief of upset stomach.

Laundry and Clothes
Cigarette Smoke: Add 1 cup of vinegar to a bathtub full of hot water. Hang your clothes above the hot water to remove the smell of smoke from your clothes.
Color Runs: Colors will not run if you soak them in pure vinegar, and then wash as normal. Do not surpass 10 minutes soak time.
Deodorant and antiperspirants stains: Massage the affected area with pure vinegar, and then wash as normal. This will remove the stain and will also increase the life of your shirts.
Iron: Mix equal parts vinegar and water and pour it into the water chamber. Turn the iron on steam. Let it run for 5 minutes in the upright position. The calcium and other deposits will diminish, once you empty the chamber.
Lint: By adding a half cup of vinegar to each washing load will stop lint from sticking to your clothes.
Stains: You can get rid of a coffee, tea, mustard, wine, and fruit stains, by soaking affected area with vinegar and rubbing gently. With a clean cloth, blot area dry, and the wash as normal. The stain will no longer be there.

Kitchen
Coffee Maker: To clean your drip coffee maker of its calcium deposits, fill the tank with straight vinegar and run one cycle. Do not inhale vinegar fumes. Then run a second cycle with just water. The calcium deposits will then be washed away.
Cutting Boards: Wipe wooden cutting board with pure vinegar, to clean and disinfect. You don't need to rinse.
Deodorize Drain: Once a week, pour 1 cup of vinegar down the drain to deodorize. Let it sit for 30 minutes and then rinse with cold water.
Dishwasher: To clean the dishwasher, add 1 cup of vinegar to the dishwasher and run a full cycle. This will remove that soap scum and calcium deposits that can prevent your dishes from getting clean.
Eggs: Add 2 tablespoons of vinegar to the water before boiling and it will prevent the eggs from cracking.
Meat: You can tenderize meat by soaking it overnight in vinegar. Use one-fourth cup for every two pounds of meat. This method will tenderize the meat, by breaking down the tough muscle and will also kill the bacteria.
Jars: If you want keep and reuse jars, you ca clean and deodorize them by using a little bit of pure vinegar. This will remove the smell and residue from the jars.

Bathroom
Germs: You can eradicate the germs on the floor, toilet sink, and fixtures by spraying a mixture of equal parts vinegar and water. Let it sit for one minute and then wipe the surface clean.
Toilet Bowl: Add 3 cups of vinegar to the bowl once a week, to freshen the toilet bowl. Let it sit for 30 minutes and then flush.

     These are just a few uses for vinegar around the house. There are many other uses for this very versatile product. I have used vinegar for years and I'm always finding new ways to use it. Vinegar is nature's solution to just about anything that is difficult to clean. So I hope that you have gained some knowledge on how you may use this product around you household.