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How to make an antiseptic at home.

When you can't buy the right antiseptic or household disinfectant from a store or pharmacy, you can make an antiseptic at home that is no worse than a factory one and is suitable for treating skin and disinfecting household items.

When treating leather with antiseptics, it must be remembered that these substances cause drying of the skin, tanning of the skin, its thinning and flaking. For this reason, each time after the next treatment with an antiseptic, it is necessary to maintain the skin in a healthy form, that is, lubricate the air-dried skin with nourishing and regenerating creams, as well as creams with regenerating properties.

For antiseptic treatment of hands or any other areas of the body (not for the face), you can prepare antiseptics as follows:

A liter of 40% Vodka or any other alcohol-containing drink of at least 40% of strength plus one teaspoon of 70% acetic acid. Mix thoroughly and use to wipe the skin of the hands, open skin areas, except for the skin of the face and neck, where the skin is much softer. This solution can also be used for antiseptic treatment of kitchen utensils (dishes, plates, cups, cutlery and other household utensils for cooking), bags and other containers for food products, for processing (wiping) the outer side of food packages made of paper, cardboard, polyethylene, plastic, foil, candy wrappers and the like, for wiping the skins of vegetables and fruits, for disinfecting the inner surfaces of the refrigerator, the working surface of kitchen tables, cutting boards, graters and so on.
For wiping the skin of hands and any household surfaces, 5% table vinegar (including fruit vinegars with a 5% concentration), as well as self-prepared acetic acid solutions using 70% acetic acid and water in a proportion: one part 70% acetic acid in 20 parts of water (a solution of vinegar 3.5% is obtained).
Antiseptics made from plants with a pronounced antimicrobial effect are suitable for washing the skin of the face and neck . We prepare an infusion from the selected plants of antiseptics in the proportion: add half a glass of the dry vegetable component to a full glass with boiling water (a similar proportion: a 17 ounces (34 ounces) jar, half filled with a dry vegetable component, topped up with boiling water until it cools) and insist until it cools completely. Strain through a thick strainer or strainer with a layer of gauze and wash with the resulting infusion, coming home from the street. From the available means in the preparation of an antiseptic infusion for washing, dry green tea leaves are suitable, as well as dry casts of black tea in the specified proportion.
For wiping the skin of the hands, neck and face, as well as other open skin surfaces, solutions of pharmaceutical products are suitable: 5-% alcoholic solution of boric acid, a solution of streptocide tablets (do it yourself - for 34 ounces of water – 0.1-0.2 ounces of streptocide - this is one package of ten tablets, very finely crushed into powder), Oxolinic ointment (suitable for lubricating the skin of the hands, face, neck, as well as treating the nasal external passages to prevent pathogenic microbes from entering the respiratory tract, but it can, like any ointment or cream, leave greasy spots on the tissue), a solution of furacilin tablets (stains the skin in a yellowish tint).
The simplest antiseptic known since ancient times is salt water with a very high concentration of salts. For washing and washing hands and body, both simple table salt and sea salt are suitable. The concentration of the antiseptic salt solution must be at least 10% (0.35 ounces of salt per 34 ounces of water). The maximum possible salt solution (25%) can be obtained at home by dissolving 10.6 ounces of salt in 34 ounces of water. If the salt is poorly soluble, the brine is brought to a boil, stirred until the salt is completely dissolved, and cooled for later use. With a concentrated salt solution, you can not only wash your face, but also rinse the mucous membranes of the nose and mouth, and do salt baths for the body. Do not forget that salt tanns the skin, which requires regular preventive treatment of the skin with nourishing and regenerating creams.

For the treatment of household surfaces, you can make a disinfectant yourself:

A household disinfectant for treating furniture surfaces, door handles, doors and windows, ceilings, walls, floors, as well as any surfaces that do not come into contact with food (iron, plastic, tiles, painted glossy surfaces, linoleum, raincoat fabric or tarpaulin, oilcloth) is a weak solution of bleach (no more than 3-7% solution is 0.25 ounces of bleach powder per 34 ounces of water or take liquid bleach (gel, solution), dilute in water at the rate of 34 ounces of liquid bleach per 68 ounces of water). This solution can also be used to treat leather, dermantine and fabric surfaces (for example, upholstery of furniture or car seats, soft toys). For reference: the usual liquid chlorine product contains from 5 to 15% pure bleach and this is a very high concentration for an enclosed space, where the chlorine will certainly evaporate. In order to prevent bleach vapors from being obsessively suffocating for breathing, the ready-made (purchased) bleach solution is diluted with water and after the room has been treated with a bleach solution, it is recommended to ventilate the room.
Another good household disinfectant that is suitable for treating the skin of the hands and other external surfaces (except for the skin of the face), grocery packaging and any household items (including children's plastic or metal toys) is a solution of sodium hydroperite (hydrogen peroxide), which can sold in pharmacies in the form of tablets or powder, as well as ready-made solutions (3-6%). Such a disinfectant is suitable for treating the skin of the hands in a concentration of 1-3% (a 1% solution is obtained from 4 tablets of hydrogen peroxide per glass of water). In the pharmacy version, there are 6% sodium hydroperite solutions, which must be diluted in half with water to reduce the concentration of the solution.

The room and interior items are treated with a household disinfectant for disinfection purposes at least once a day (maximum two times).