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How to Make Your Own Hand Sanitizer
eucalyptus, and fill the bottle to the top
with water.
DISTILLED WHITE VINEGAR
Many of you have bottles of plain vinegar
in your home to use as a cleanser or in rec-
ipes. You can buy about a gallon for around
5 dollars. Vinegar is a great disinfectant and
is known to destroy many gram-negative
bacteria like E. coli, Salmonella, or other
pathogens. If I were making this, I would
As fear of Coronavirus COVID-19 spreads across the United States, hand sanitizers have sold out in a lot of add 5 drops each of patchouli, lemongrass,
stores, and the prices online have skyrocketed. Here are some alternative methods for sanitizing hands,
cell phone cases, door knobs, buggy handles, and what not. © Maridav, Bigstock.com. tea tree, and thyme.
RUBBING ALCOHOL
spray bottle, and use it like you would If the stores run out of everything, you
BY SUZY COHEN hand sanitizer. can always use rubbing alcohol to kill germs.
TEA TREE ESSENTIAL OIL I recommend you dilute by about 50 percent
(SENIOR WIRE) As fear of Coronavirus Combine 10 drops of essential tea tree with water. To cut down on the alcohol
COVID-19 spreads across the United States, oil, and mix with approximately 4 ounces of scent, add some essential oil.
many people have started buying hand water. Put the mixture into a spray bottle. COLLOIDAL SILVER
sanitizer. But this product is already sold If the scent is too “antiseptic” for you, add We all know that silver was the antibiotic
out in a lot of stores, and the prices online some other essential oil that you like, such as of choice for years until proprietary drugs
have skyrocketed due to sellers acting very lemon or lavender, both of which offer even became available. Silver is strongly antibac-
opportunistically. more anti-bacterial and anti-viral benefits. terial. You can buy a bottle of colloidal silver
Today, I’m offering methods to sanitize EUCALYPTUS IN ALOE VERA and use it at 100-percent strength in your
hands, cell phones, door knobs, and what- Pour out 1 ounce of aloe vera gel or juice spray bottle. Don’t dilute it. I’d personally
not. The essential oils I mention all have into a 4-ounce spray bottle. The aloe juice recommend that you add 5 drops each of
some degree of activity against pathogens. is technically drinkable, but the reason clove and eucalyptus to the silver.
Do not spray any of these on your face, it might be okay for your spray bottle is Please understand, hand sanitizers do
or near your eyes, because they will burn. because it is less viscous, so it goes into not kill COVID-19. Nothing I say here is to
These are intended as recipes for external solution very nicely. I’ve made my own be misconstrued as medical advice. Do not
application only. homemade facial toners using aloe vera delay seeking medical attention if you have
HYDROGEN PEROXIDE juice (not gel). The gel is fine too; it’s respiratory symptoms. ISI
You can buy 3-percent hydrogen per- just thicker, and it’s sold for external use.
oxide pretty much anywhere. Put it in a Either way, add 10 drops of essential oil of
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