15 Litmus paper strips for measuring body acidity (PH), plus a PH Chart. For detailed information please refer to the articles here about body PH and health by Gary Moller.
Procedure:
To test the saliva,wait at least 2 hours after eating. Fill your mouth with saliva and then swallow it a couple of times before you put some saliva onto pH paper.The pH paper should turn blue, slightly alkaline at a healthy pH of 7.4. If it is not blue, compare the color with the chart that comes with the pH paper. If your saliva is acid (below pH of 7.0) wait two hours and repeat the test. The pH of a healthy person is in the 7.5 (dark blue) to 7.1 (blue) slightly alkaline range. The range from 6.5 (blue-green) which is weakly acidic to 4.5 (light yellow) which is strongly acidic. Most children are dark blue, a pH of 7.5.
If you are going to test urine: When urinary pH is continuously between 6.5 in the morning and 7.5 by evening, you are functioning in the healthy range. The blood plasma pH, under normal circumstances is slightly alkaline between 7.3 and 7.4. The urine tends to be a little lower with a healthy range of 6.8 to 7.0. For convenience and to avoid confusion, it is recommended that you stick to using saliva as your body PH guide.
Diet, relaxation, massage and certain supplements like Floradix Magensium or Floradix Calcium-Magnesium, can beneficially influence body PH over the long term.
Are you becoming acidic?
The idea is this: the more symptoms, the more acidic you may be, and the more urgent it is for you to begin an alkalizing program.
Beginning Symptoms
- Acne
- Agitation
- Muscular pain
- Cold hands and feet
- Dizziness
- Low energy
- Joint pains that travel
- Food allergies
- Chemical sensitivities to odor, gas heat
- Hyperactivity
- Panic attacks
- Pre-menstrual and menstrual cramping
- Pre-menstrual anxiety and depression
- Lack of sex drive
- Bloating
- Heartburn
- Diarrhea
- Constipation
- Hot urine
- Strong smelling urine
- Mild headaches
- Rapid panting breath
- Rapid heartbeat
- Irregular heartbeat
- White coated tongue
- Hard to get up in morning
- Excess head mucous (stuffiness)
- Metallic taste in mouth
Intermediate Symptoms
- Cold sores (Herpes I & II)
- Depression
- Loss of memory
- Loss of concentration
- Migraine headaches
- Insomnia
- Disturbance in smell, taste, vision, hearing
- Asthma
- Bronchitis
- Hay fever
- Ear aches
- Hives
- Swelling
- Viral infections (colds, flu)
- Bacterial infections (staph, strep)
- Fungal infections (Candia albicans, athlete's foot, vaginal)
- Impotence
- Urethritis
- Cystitis
- Urinary infection
- Gastritis
- Colitis
- Excessive falling hair
- Psoriasis
- Endometriosis
- Stuttering
- Numbness and tingling
- Sinusitis
Advanced Symptoms
- Crohn's disease
- Schizophrenia
- Learning disabled
- Hodgkin's Disease
- Systemic Lupus Erythematosis
- Multiple Sclerosis
- Sarcoidosis
- Rheumatoid arthritis
- Myasthenia gravis
- Scleroderma
- Leukemia
- Tuberculosis
- All other forms of cancer
Source: Alkalize or Die, Dr. Theodore A. Baroody, 2001.
