Grapefruit Seed Extract: It's Magical!

I first discovered this tiny bottle of amazing liquid while researching treatments for thrush while breastfeeding my middle child. I used it to disinfect our clothing and linens while treating the both of us for thrush. Since that day, I’ve gathered quite the collection of uses for GSE. For those of you who have had thrush, you know it’s no joke. This will at least take care of the laundry!

Below, I’ll be listing a few things and how to treat them with GSE. If you can think of anything else, please share them with us in the comments section.

• Kitchen and bathroom cleaner: Add 2 drops of GSE per ounce of water.
• Strep: Add 3 drops per 5 ounces of warm water, gargle 3-4 times a day.
• Gardening- keeping pesky aphids, snails, and fungus away: add 2 drops per ounce of water and spray on plants.
• Antiseptic Mouthwash: 5 drops per 8 ounces of water, gargle 3 times daily.
• Cracked Lips: Mix 2 drops per tablespoon of olive oil or coconut oil; apply 2-3 times daily.
• Cold sores: Mix 4-5 drops per tablespoons of olive oil or coconut oil; apply with a q-tip 3 times a day.
• Lightly disinfecting laundry: Add 10-15 drops per load, wash & dry as usual.
• Killing yeast in cloth diapers or other laundry: Add 1/2 a teaspoon per load; wash & dry as usual.

I’ve also added GSE to our cloth wipe solution to help keep yeast away. The bottle pictured above is a 1 ounce bottle. A 1 ounce bottle provides roughly 1,000 drops! I bought this bottle at Better Health here in Michigan for $8.00, I believe. It definitely wasn’t more than $10.00.
I’m sure that there are many other uses for grapefruit seed extract but, the ones listed here are good enough for me to keep it on hand at all times. It’s pretty much a household necessity these days.