sal soda

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If the parts are exceedingly painful, wash with a weak lie, or wood ashes, or sal soda.

From The American Reformed Cattle Doctor by Dadd, George

Hence there is an analogy between this chronic rheumatism and the diseases which produce gravel or gout-stones; and it may perhaps receive relief from the same remedies, such as aerated sal soda.

From Zoonomia, Vol. I Or, the Laws of Organic Life by Darwin, Erasmus

Hard water may be softened with potash or sal soda, which is much cheaper than borax and ammonia, but potash and sal soda are both corrosive and very injurious to the linen.

From Guide to Hotel Housekeeping by Palmer, Mary E.

Take one large spoonful of sal soda and one pound of chloride lime for thirty yards; dissolve in clean, soft water; rinse the cloth thoroughly in cold, soft water so that it may not rot.

From The Whitehouse Cookbook (1887) Cooking, Toilet and Household Recipes, Menus, Dinner-Giving, Table Etiquette, Care of the Sick, Health Suggestions, Facts Worth Knowing, Etc., Etc. The Whole Comprising a Comprehensive Cyclopedia of Information for the Home by Gillette, F. L. (Fanny Lemira)

Flush sink drain three times a week with boiling sal soda solution, one pint sal soda to three gallons of water.

From How Girls Can Help Their Country by Low, Juliette Gordon