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Extremely economical, with one kilogram of bồ hòn fruit lasting half a month, you can use it for washing clothes, mopping floors, dishwashing, cleaning household tools, jewelry, making glass cleaner, wiping tables, bathing, washing faces, insect repellent for plants... bồ hòn residue also makes excellent plant fertilizer.
Boiling bồ hòn fruit
How to boil bồ hòn fruit:
- For every 10 bồ hòn fruits, boil them in one liter of water, soaking them beforehand if possible. You can boil in larger quantities for future use.
- Once the bồ hòn water boils, simmer it for an additional 30 minutes over low heat.
- Then, you can either strain the bồ hòn water immediately or cover the pot and let it sit for about 4 hours (or overnight), which helps make the bồ hòn water more concentrated and darker in color.
- After straining the initial batch of bồ hòn water, pour it into a separate container and boil the bồ hòn fruit again for the second time - using the same amount of water, and still boiling for 30 minutes.
- When straining the water for the second time, remember to pour it into a separate container and boil the bồ hòn fruit for the third and fourth times as well. Each boiling session should be done in a separate container for easier use.
Bồ hòn fruit water after boiling
How to use bồ hòn fruit water
1. Use the initial batch of bồ hòn fruit water for washing clothes. For a load of about 7kg, use approximately 50ml of concentrated bồ hòn water (you can use more if desired, similar to how you adjust soap usage).
If time allows, soak the clothes for 30 minutes. Clothes washed with bồ hòn water will be noticeably cleaner. This soaking method is beneficial not only for bồ hòn washing but also for industrial detergent washing.
To preserve river stone water longer - for about a month, pour river stone into ice cube trays for freezing, each time you need to wash, add three to four river stones to the washing machine with clothes and wash as usual.
River stone detergent washes very clean, does not leave chemicals in the fabric, very suitable for washing fabrics such as wool, silk because these fabrics are less resistant to soap alkali. Don't worry, river stone water, although dark in color, does not leave any marks on white clothes.
It's hard to believe river stone water can create such foam
2. Still the first type of water, you keep a separate container for washing dishes. Washing method: You just need to pour a sufficient amount of river stone water - roughly according to your preference, into a bowl with a sponge and squeeze gently until the sponge produces foam similar to industrial dishwashing liquid. You can add a little vinegar to the rinsing water to make the dishes smell fresh, and have a shiny appearance like in restaurants.
3. Use this concentrated river stone water instead of floor cleaning water, it cleans the house very thoroughly, safely, without chemicals. If you have children at home, cleaning the house with river stone water is safe, allowing children to play on the floor without worrying about chemical residues affecting them.
Use a seaweed sponge to create foam with river stone water for dishwashing
4. Take a sufficient amount of river stone water, beat it with a whisk for 5 minutes, the river stone water will create dense foam, use this foam to shave, remove facial hair, armpit hair, arm and leg hair, and even the bikini area. You can use this foam instead of shower gel. Once you've created river stone foam, leave it all day and it still won't dissolve.
5. With the second boiled river stone water, you can slice a few lemons into it and pour it into a spray bottle, use it instead of hand wash, clean utensils, wipe glass, spray ants, mosquitoes, clean kitchen counters, wash cars, and bathe pets very effectively and cleanly. Oh, if you're wiping glass or dining tables, add a drop of your favorite essential oil for a lovely fragrance.
6. With river stone water boiled for the third time, you can use it for hair washing, you can combine it with herbal shampoo or natural shampoo to enhance effectiveness.
7. River stone water boiled for the third time, pour it into a spray bottle, spray it on vegetable leaves to prevent pests, aphids for plants without using other harmful chemicals.
8. River stone water boiled for the fourth or even fifth time, you should add some jasmine flowers, grapefruit flowers, sliced lemon peels, orange peels, or grapefruit peels to boil together to have a mild fragrance. Filter carefully to extract this water, then store it in the refrigerator, use it for bathing, especially for children's skin and to treat diaper rash for babies.
* Tip: Using river stones with hot water to create foam will be more effective than cold water, but when rinsing, just use cold water.
Source: Trà My Ngọc Nguyễn
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