How To Increase Your Defenses And Make Homemade Hand Sanitizer

2024 Author: Steven Freeman | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 08:15

If, as experts and authorities recommend, you are making social isolation in your home, our expert in fashion and natural beauty Kika Rocha brings you some very simple tips and homemade recipes to help you raise the defenses of your body naturally and prepare your own chemical-free hand sanitizer.

Anti bacteria tea: Following the recipe of Maria Claudia Rojas, this tea that is taken on an empty stomach very hot is composed of ingredients with antiseptic properties and vitamin C, which as you probably already know is ideal for preventing colds and flu. According to Rocha, the daily dose that you should take is 1,000 milligrams.

Ingredients: turmeric, fresh striped ginger, fresh lemon juice, and honey.

And if, like many, this health crisis has caught you without a hand sanitizer and you no longer get it from the pharmacy, the expert recommends this simple way to make yours with ingredients that you surely already have at home.

Ingredients: 8 tablespoons of aloe vera (pulp or gel), 6 tablespoons of isopropyl alcohol (with a concentration of between 60 and 90 percent), a few drops of tea tree oil that have disinfecting properties, not more than 16 drops, and essential oils.

So now you know, in addition to washing your hands often with soap and water for at least 20 seconds, you can make this gel at home and store it in small bottles to have on hand and complete your prevention and cleaning routine without worrying about over-drying your hands thanks to the moisturizing properties of aloe.