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by cscg2002 on March 21st, 2004

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What home remedies or herbs will help alleviate extreme body odor?

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  • by Andy Is Wicked Married to Penal Colony on April 2nd, 2004

    Andy Is Wicked Married to Penal Colony

    Since the question does not state where on the body the odor is coming from, I will assume you mean odor caused by perspiration. Bathing daily is the first thing that comes to mind. Use antiperspirant (not the same as plain deodorant). Deodorant covers odor only and temporarily. An antiperspirant keeps you from perspiring and ultimately smelling bad. Most products these days are a combination of both.

    There is a product available at drugstores called Body Mint. The active ingredient in Body Mint is chlorophyllin. Chlorophyllin has been used to decrease the odor of fecal matter/urine internally to aid incontinent adults. Looks like the Body Mint folks found a different use for chlorophyllin and they say 2 tablets daily will rid you of unpleasant foot, body, and breath odors.

    There is a medical condition where even the cleanest people with the best hygeine emit body odor. I have no details on this, unfortunately, an only recall reading about it many years ago. Your physician should be able to diagnose such a problem.

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  • by heyycutieee on June 17th, 2007

    heyycutieee

    its this new thing called water. some fancy stores might refer to it as H2O. oh geez, but other than that soap and a faucet usually will help out the situation

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  • by rainydrop on January 27th, 2005

    rainydrop

    When you shower, mix a little baking soda with your body wash or soap and wash with it. It's really good, though it might take a couple of washes for different people. It wont make your skin smell like anything but air (honest to god).

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  • by Thommy on July 27th, 2004

    Thommy

    Eating leafy, fresh green, raw vegetables always helps. Try things besides lettuce. Organic are more nutritious and you don't have any worries of pesticides or onerous herbicides. Just a little everyday can sure be effective. Parsley, spinach, collard greens, mustard greens, turnip greens, celery, chard, etc. These work. Eating part of a lime or lemon (with rind after peeled) can help also.

    Beer and some foods can prompt body odor. You may want to review your diet to see what foods could prompt it. Avoid exposure to isoproply alcohol, solvents, perfumes, or other chemicals. Dry cleaning chemicals or carpet treatment chemicals can easily absorb into the skin also. These chemicals have a damaging effect on the body.

    Coriander (this is the term for the seeds of cilantro) seeds can be made into a tea, just like many of your other herbal teas. Coriander contains antibacterial properties. A compress soaked in coriander tea acts as a deodorant for relieving body odor. Drinking the tea can aid digestion or relieve diarrhea. You can also make a tea from sage leaves and apply with a clean cloth as an antiperspirant...or for wounds. This can also repel some insects or relieve a sore throat.

    Here is a somewhat simple concoction: a home remedy "anti-bacterial soap" which could help handle acne according to some reports. Also, it assists in handling body odor. Take a couple tablespoons of Borax (like the 20 Mule Team kind) and put it in a 16 ounce bottle. Shake it vigorously. Then let the residue settle to the bottom. Pour off the water and use the water as your soap.

    I suspect a person could also make a similar concoction to use as soap with citric acid which could have the same type effect, i.e. inhibit bacteria. Citric acid (powder) can be obtained at some health food stores. A light spray of a dilution also can keep vegetables fresh.

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  • by DARON J on January 21st, 2005

    DARON J

    Taking zinc tablets helps with many types of body odor.

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  • by Highlander is semi-retired from AB on August 9th, 2007

    Highlander is semi-retired from AB

    One home remedy is a shower or bath...

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  • by marie on August 9th, 2007

    marie

    Sometimes soap and water is not the answer. It may help but it is not a cure for some people. There are medical conditions that are affiliated with body odor. See your doctor and ask him for options to solve this problem. Also, you are smart to ask because a lot of people have body odor but is too emarrassed to even ask for help. I too suffer from this condition and i take at least three showers a day.

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  • by FreeRadical Jetpacking for Nelson on June 17th, 2007

    FreeRadical Jetpacking for Nelson

    Taking a shower always works for me. Seriously, though, if this is a real problem and you have good hygiene, see a physician. One other thing that helps it so spray salt water onto any stinky parts - it is natural, and keeps bacteria at bay.

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  • by Tootie on June 17th, 2007

    Tootie

    Perspiration odor is caused by bacteria that soaps don't always eliminate. Wash the area with vinegar. Allow to dry - then shower - or leave on overnight, then shower. Best thing out there!

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  • by Redhawk on February 1st, 2006

    Redhawk

    I'm a Baking Soda lover! Back packing in my younger "daze" I quickly came to appreciate just how effective the old Baking Soda really is! You don't want to be packing MORE than you need to, but lets face it...hiking where the running water is ice cold, because there is ICE in the water at times, isn't a big looking forward to taking a nice freezing dip to rid ones self of good old natural BO!

    A pat with a body puff of Baking Soda under each pit...and true natural harmony is restored!

    I have sensitive skin and haven't experienced any irritation with it, even when shaving, for the 27 years that I've been using it. It has no real smell of it's own, so never conflicts with any other nice smelling products I might want to enjoy, soaps, oils, or fragrances. AND it's pretty dirt cheap! Won't block your pores, won't inhibit your natural cooling system of sweating when you need to (if profuse sweating isn't a problem, you're good to go!)

    My only warning...do NOT use it in any other possible strong smelling places you might be tempted to...lol bad idea!...for that...shower, soak, brave the icy streams or melt some snow! (in self defense I'll add...backpacking for 3 days between baths for 2 weeks WILL cause any normally fresh smelling flower to wilt and be less than pleasantly fragrant<wink>)

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  • by Foz_E_Woz on April 16th, 2005

    Foz_E_Woz

    Try this stuff... it WORKS!

    http://tinyurl.com/c8wdv

    Its called Nullo and is made from chlorophyll [how natural can you get?]

    http://www.nullo.com/

    Why it works may have something to do with binding up certain compounds that cause odor, but even after a lot of reading I am not sure... I did find this explanation:

    "...Chlorophyll and chlorophyllin are able to form tight molecular complexes with certain chemicals known or suspected to cause cancer, including polyaromatic hydrocarbons found in tobacco smoke (4), some heterocyclic amines found in cooked meat (5), and aflatoxin-B1 (6). See a computer-generated molecular model of a chlorophyllin-aflatoxin-B1 complex. The tight binding of chlorophyll or chlorophyllin to these potential carcinogens may interfere with their absorption from the gastrointestinal tract and reduce the amount that reaches susceptible tissues (7).

    Antioxidant Effects

    Chlorophyllin can neutralize several physically relevant oxidants in the test tube (8, 9), and limited data from animal studies suggest that chlorophyllin supplementation may decrease oxidative damage induced by chemical carcinogens and radiation (10, 11)."

    read more here:

    http://lpi.oregonstate.edu/infocenter/phytochemicals/chlorophylls/

    good luck!

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  • by webgrunt on April 11th, 2005

    webgrunt

    It depends on the source of the odor. Certain foods can cause very strong body odor. Onions, garlic, and very strong spices such as cumin and turmeric can cause a strong odor to come from the skin and lungs. Sharply reducing intake of these foods will within a day or two cause a marked decrease in body odor caused by them.

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  • by momomo on October 18th, 2007

    momomo

    I want to respond to a sarcastic comment about body odor. she said something like: " there's a thing called water, the stores call it H20" something like that.. but to respond to that, I am a person that showers DAILY, 2-3 times a day.When I sweat under my pits, I get musty!(Even using anti-perspirant deodorant!!!!) And I am one of the Cleanest people you'll ever meet!!! I'm doing EVERYTHING right! It just depends on your body chemistry. I accidentally discovered that using sandlewood oil under my deodorant, eliminates the must. maybe it kills the bacteria(which causes odor). Try using sandlewood oil wherever you want, just not internally!!! **NOTE TO THE SARCASTIC PERSON: don't prejudge someone until knowing the WHOLE STORY!!! You were coming off like that person was not a clean person! You don't know someones body chemistry, or how often they shower!!! DON'T PREJUDGE!!!

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  • by Foz_E_Woz on September 15th, 2009

    Foz_E_Woz

    More on Chlorophyllin here:

    http://www.nullo.com/chlorophyllin.html

    Chloropyllin copper complex is a water soluble isolate of chlorophyll - you can't get the same effect from native chlorophyll because it is not water soluble and will not disburse through your system in like fashion. When properly formulated Chlorophyllin is a proven remedy for body odor. Nullo, the product at the link above has been in clinical use for odor [colostomy, genetic odor abnormalities such as "fishy Body odor], chronic bad breath, etcetera] for many years. It is even used by hunters to reduce the detection of human scent by game animals.

    Nullo is properly formulated for use as an internal deodorant aginst body odor, and cost less than body mint.

    More here:

    http://www.nullo.com/about-nullo.html

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  • by Mr n Mrs M... on August 9th, 2007

    Mr n Mrs M...

    Sometimes laying in a bath of hot water and rubbing the offending area with soap and sponge works well..

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