GSE Household Use                                                                                                                                 Return to Store

Toothbrush Cleaner. Stir 5 to 10 drops of NutriBiotic into a glass of water. Submerge toothbrush for 15 minutes(or leave in between uses). Rinse toothbrush before using. Change water and remix every few days.

Vegetable/Fruit or Meat/Poultry Wash : Sink washing: Add 30 or more drops of NutriBiotic to a sink full of cold water. Briefly soak any vegetables, fruit, meat, or poultry.
Spray washing: Add 20 or more drops of NutriBiotic to a 32 ounce pump sprayer filled with water. Spray on any vegetables, fruit, meat, or poultry.

Dish and Utensil Cleaning Additive. Add 15 to 30 drops of NutriBiotic to sink dishwashing water or to final rinse. Add 15 to 30 drops to automatic dishwasher with detergent or to final rinse.

Cutting Board Cleaner. Apply 10 to 20 drops of NutriBiotic to cutting board and work into entire board with a wet sponge or dish cloth. Leave on for at least 30 minutes. Rinse with water.

All Purpose Cleaner. Add 30 to 60 drops of NutriBiotic to any 32 ounce pump sprayer filled with water or cleanser. Use on all surfaces around the house.

Commercial/Home Fruit and Vegetable Wash.

To prolong the life and improve the quality and healthfulness of virtually any fruit or vegetable, rinse your produce with GSE. Proven potency will stop the consuming, decaying, or contaminating of your entire shipment(or your next salad...).
"Initially, my wife bought your product to control candida yeast and oral thrush. She tried a couple of its other uses after reading the information on your web site. After rinsing our salads at home with a solution, the limp broccoli became firm and flavorful, and the sliced mushroom rehydrated and remained white and flavorful twenty-four hours later. Even sliced cucumbers were still crisp."
D. R., -Wisconsin, USA
Various tests in commercial applications using GSE in concentrations of as low as 30 - 50 ppm have extended the shelf or transportation life of fruits and vegetables by as much as 300 - 400 percent.

What a boon for the grower and seller and what a windfall in freshness for the consumer! For home rinsing, it is recommended that 10 to 20 drops in a gallon of rinse water could be enough.

Grapefruit Seed Extract: What is It?

Grapefruit Extract(GSE) is made by first converting grapefruit seeds and pulp into a very acidic liquid.

This liquid is loaded with polyphenolic compounds, including quercitin, helperidin, campherol glycoside, neohelperidin, naringin, apigenin, rutinoside, poncirin, etc. The polyphenols themselves are unstable but are chemically converted into more stable substances that belong to a diverse class of products called quaternary ammonium compounds.

Some quaternary compounds, benzethonium chloride and benzalkonium chloride, for example, are used industrially as antimicrobials, but are toxic to animal life. The B vitamin choline is also a quaternary compound, but is non-toxic and even essential for maintaining healthy neurological function and fat metabolism.

GSE features the best of both worlds: the quaternary compounds derived from grapefruit exhibit broad-spectrum antimicrobial activity, while evidencing none of the toxic side-effects of chemically-derived quaternaries.

The finished product is a viscous, yellow-amber colored liquid that features a taste that is both bitter and acidic. (Practitioners of Chinese and Ayurvedic medicine consider both qualities to be part of the therapeutic process.) Pure vegetable glycerin is added to reduce the bitterness and acidity to a tolerable level and to reduce the possibility that incidental contact could cause irritation to the skin or mucous membranes.

 Grapefruit Extract Production                                                                                                                                                        Return to Store

1)Grapefruit pulp and seeds(the by-product of expeller-extracted grapefruit juice) is dried and ground into a fine powder.
2)The grapefruit powder is dissolved in purified water and distilled
         to remove the fiber and pectin.
3)This distilled slurry is spray dried at low temperatures forming
         a concentrated grapefruit bioflavonoid powder.
4)This concentrated powder is dissolved in vegetable glycerine and heated.
5)Food grade ammonium chloride and ascorbic acid are added,
         and this mixture is heated under pressure.
6)This material undergoes catalytic conversion using natural catalysts
         (including hydrochloric acid and natural enzymes.).
7)This slurry is cooled, filtered and treated with ultraviolet light.

How Does it Work?

It should come as no surprise that we know a lot more about what GSE is good for, than exactly how it works.

Take aspirin. Since its development in 1899, billions of people have benefited from its ability to reduce inflammation, lessen pain, and lower fever. But exactly how it works is only recently being better understood.

From Seoul, Korea, Dr. Sung-Hwan of Abcom Chemie Co., Ltd states:

"Considering all the electron micrographs, we believe that the microbial uptake of GSE alters the cell membrane by inhibiting enzymatic activities… You can see the loss of the cytoplasmic membrane."
What is not known is how GSE can affect the cell membranes of such a diverse group of microbes with virtually no toxicity toward animal life(The "Acute Oral Toxicity Study" performed by an independent laboratory concluded that you would have to take 4,000 times the normal adult dose to risk a 50% chance of poisoning). And to complicate matters further, since viruses do not have a cell membrane of their own, how is it that GSE can act as an antiviral remedy as it does?

Unraveling the mysteries of GSE and its mechanisms would undoubtedly provide extremely valuable insight into the basic activity of microbes. We might hope that research funds will become available to answer the many questions raised about how it can be so potent and yet so safe.

How was GSE Discovered?

Jacob Harish was eating a grapefruit for breakfast one morning in France and savoring its taste.

World War II had just ended and since fresh fruit was a rare treat in Europe at that time, Jacob savored it all the more - until, that is, he bit into a seed! The extremely bitter taste of the seed interrupted his enjoyment of breakfast but also prompted him to wonder, 'What makes it so bitter?'

For many, such a question would have been of mere passing interest, but for Jacob, a budding scientist, it inspired a compelling inquiry, one that would take decades to answer and years more to 'bear fruit'.

Jacob Harich was born in Yugoslavia in 1919 and educated in Germany. WWII interrupted his studies in nuclear physics. After witnessing the horrors of war as a fighter pilot, young Harich was inspired to devote the rest of his life to improving the human condition. To this end, he augmented his studies in physics with a full university course in medicine, specializing in gynecology and immunology. Arriving in the United States in 1957, Dr. Harich furthered his education at Long Island University, N.Y. But it wasn't until 1963, after moving to the heart of grapefruit country in Florida, that he received the necessary support to carry out his research.

Harich approached Dr. Steven Otwell and Dr. Wayne Marshall, both leading researchers on the effects of microbes on food. Although initially skeptical, they were won over by the demonstration of GSE's amazing ability to protect produce, fish, and poultry from the assault of bacteria, fungi, and parasites. The reputation of these two doctors and the renown of the food science laboratory at the University of Florida, Gainesville, their home base, prompted other institutions to consider the claims being made by Dr. Harich.

Finally, by 1990, holistic health practitioners in the United States began to hear about this remarkable product, understand the implications for their patients, and thereby gave Dr. Harich's work the boost it deserved into scientific credibility.

In 1995 Dr. Harich was invited to Europe as a guest of honor of the Pasteur Institute of France, Europe's leading AIDS research center. For several years the Institute has been researching the potential of GSE as a prophylactic against the HIV virus as well as against some of the secondary infections associated with AIDS. He was also honored by farmers in Europe who now use a powdered form of GSE in fish and poultry feed to fight two potentially lethal bacteria, Salmonella and E. Coli.

Dr. Harich died in May of 1996. It is pleasant to think that he did receive in his lifetime the recognition he deserved for a life devoted to a revolutionary approach to controlling dangerous germs.

University of Georgia Evaluates GSE
 Testing was conducted by the U. of Georgia, in Athens, GA, to evaluate grapefruit seed extract in tests against E. Coli, Salmonella sps., and Staph aureus. Roger Wyatt, Ph.D., and Microbiologist for the U. of GA, reported,
"Our studies indicate excellent potential for these products(GSE). ...The toxicological that I have reviewed indicated that this product and the active ingredient poses very low toxicity. As you know this is important because most disinfectants that are currently used in either animal or human environments have moderate to high toxicity and extreme care must be exercised when these products are used. The lack of any significant toxicological properties of (GSE) is also impressive when one views the efficacy data where extemely small concentrations of the product can be used with marked beneficial results."
Dr. Wyatt continued, "In view of the reports that we have discussed, the wide spectrum of activity that (GSE) offers(antiviral, antibacterial; Gram+ and Gram-, antimycotic, and antiprotozoan) will undoubtedly aid in its acceptability."

Dr. Wyatt's findings have also been confirmed by a variety of clinics and labs, as well as universities from around the world, including the University of Arkansas, the U. of Malaya, the U. of Sao Paulo, and the University Ricardo Palma, to name a few.

Hospitals Use GSE...Environmentally Safe, Non-Toxic, and Potent
Grapefruit Seed Extract is becoming the disinfectant and sanitizing agent of choice for many hospitals and clinics throughout the United States. In the laundry, GSE ensures that the linen is fungi and bacteria free. As little as 10 - 15 drops of GSE added to the final rinse does the trick.
Jerry Skidmore, C.L.M., the Manager of Laundry Operations for Florida Hospitals, wrote, "I have had 30 years experience in the laundry industry and it is only since using (GSE) that I have had the peace of mind and assurance that the patients in our hospital and the other hospitals we serve have complete protection from fungal and bacteria infections that can be associated with linen. It is very gratifying to know that even after many hours of exposure to various bacteria that are always present in hospitals, that our linen has been tested and found free of all harmful or pathogenic organisms."

Hospitals have also added GSE to their carpet shampooers. It is reported that, ten to fifteen drops in the reservoir per gallon is effective in killing Staph, Strep, Aspergillus, Salmonella and many other pathogenic organisms which are present in hospital carpets.

Grapefruit Seed Extract at higher concentrations is used for sterilizing and disinfecting operating rooms and other areas. Ordinary concentrations used equate to around 300 ppm, while operating rooms and similiar applications frequently use grapefruit seed extract at concentrations as high as 1%.

One clinic in Southern California has reportedly acquired GSE to use in their inhalators for the control of respiratory infections.

Doug Gleason reports(12/19/99):
"Hi Sam,
I just wanted to let you know, five people that I know have now successfully used GSE in a nebulizer to rid themselves of lung and bronchial infections. In all five cases, the symptoms disappeared in less than a day. Four of the five were children with chronic infections unaffected by anti-biotics prescribed by their doctor. This method was first tried by a respiratory therapist I know at a local hospital. She was amazed......probably more than most because that's her living.
Here's the formula: 1 drop Nutribiotic in one ounce saline water (for nebulizers). I couldn't tell you if the saline is absolutely necessary, but that's what she gave me."
It seems that even more diverse uses for grapefruit extract in hospitals will be discovered on an ongoing basis.

 

Citricidal Grapefruit Extract
Minimum Inhibitory Concentration In-Vitro(MIC)

Gram-negative, Gram-positive, Fungi & Yeasts, Other Organisms

 

Gram-negative Bacteria	Origin	Strain #	MIC(ppm)
Aerobacter aerogenes	CITM	413	20
Alcalingenes faecalis	A		2000
Brucell intermedia	A		2
Brucella abortus	NCTC	8226	2
Brucella melitensis	A		2
Brucella suis	A		2
Cloaca cloacae	NCTC	8155	6
Escherichia coli	NCTC	86	2
Escherichia coli	ATCC	9663	6
Escherichia coli	NCTC	9001	6
Haemophilus influenzae	A		660
Klebsiella edwardsii	NCTC	7242	6
Klebs. Aerogenes	NCTC	8172	6
Klebs. Pneumoniae	ATCC	4352	6
Legionella pneumoniae	Isolate		200
Loefflerella mallei	NCTC	9674	6
Loeff. Pseudomallei	NCIB	10230	20
Moraxella duplex	A		2
Moraxella glucidolytica	A		6
Neisseria catarrhalis	NCTC	3622	660
Pseudomonas capacia	C-175		5000
Pasteurella septica	NCTC	948	2
Past. Pseudotuberculosis	C. -G.		200
Proteus vulgaris	NCTC	8313	2
Proteus mirabilis	A		6
Pseudomonas aeruginosa	NCTC	1999	2000
Pseudom. aeruginosa	ATCC	12055	20,000
Pseudom. aluorescens	NCTC	4755	2000
Salmonella choleraesuis			50
Salmonella enteritidis	A		6
Salm. gallinarum			50
Salm. typhimurium	NCTC	5710	6
Salm. typhi	NCTC	8384	6
Salm. paratyphi A	NCTC	5322	6
Salm. paratyphi B	NCTC	3176	6
Salm. pullorum	ATCC	9120	6
Serratia marcescens	A		2000
Shigella flexneri	NCTC	8192	6
Shigella sonnei	NCTC	7240	3
Shigella dysenteriae	NCTC	2249	2
Vibrio Cholerae	A		200
Vibrio eltor	NCTC	8457	200
Gram-Positive Bacteria	Origin	Strain #	MIC(ppm)
Bacillus subtilis	NCTC	8236	2
Bacillus megatherium	A		60
Bacillus cereus	A		60
Bacillus cereus var. mycoides	A		60
Clostridium botulinum	NCTC	3805	60
Clostridium tetani	NCTC	9571	60
Corynebacterium acnes	ATCC	6919	60
Corynebacterium diphtheriae	ATCC	6917	60
Coryn. diphtheriae	A		60
Coryn. minutissium	ATCC	6501	100
Diplococcus pneumoniae	NCTC	7465	60
Lactobacillus arabinosus	CITM	707	66
Lactob. arabinosus	ATCC	8014	66
Lactobacillus casei	CITM	707	100
Listeria monocytogenes	ATCC	15313	20
Mycobacterium tuberculosis	A		2000
Mycobacterium smegmatis	NCTC	8152	20
Mycobacterium phlei	A		6
Sarcina lutea	NCTC	196	60
Sarcina ureae	ATCC	6473	2
Staphylococcus aureas	NCTC	7447	2
Staph. aureas	NCTC	4163	2
Staph. aureas	NCTC	6571	6
Staph. aureas	NCTC	6966	2
Staph. aureas	ATCC	13709	2
Staph. aureas	ATCC	6538	2
Staph. albus	NCTC	7292	2
Staph. albus	C. -G.		6
Streptococcus agalactiae	NCTC	8181	60
Strep. haemoyticus A	A		20
Strep. faecalis	NCTC	8619	200
Strep. faecalis	ACTCC	10541	60
Strep. pyogenes	NCTC	8322	60
Streptococcus viridans			20
Fungi & Yeasts	Origin	Strain #	MIC(ppm)
Aspergillus niger	ATCC	6275	600
Aspergillus fumigatus	ATCC	9197	200
Candida albicans	A		60
Candida albicans	ATCC	10259	60
Epidermophyton floccosum	ATCC	10227	200
Keratinomyces ajelloi	A		200
Monilia albicans			10
Saccharomyces cerevisiae			60
Trichophyton mentagrophytes	ATCC	9533	20
Trichophyton rubrum	A		200
Trichophyton tonsurans	A		200
Other Organisms
Giardia lamblia
Entamoeba histolytica
Chlamydia trachomatis
Herpes simplex virus type 1
Influenza A2 virus
Helicobacter pylori
Campylobacter jejuni

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FAQ

How many drops are in a bottle?

There are approximately 800 to 1000 drops per ounce of extract. (Depends on temperature and the size of the dropper tip.)

Does GSE damage intestinal flora?

The answer is a qualified no. Even though we don't have clinical studies to prove it, all the feedback from consumers, doctors, veterinarians and others is to the effect that GSE does not damage the beneficial bacteria in the digestive tract at normal doses. We are also highly in favor of supplementation with acidophilous and other so-called probiotics.

Can Germs Become Resistant to GSE as they can to antibiotics? 

 There is no evidence that any type of micro-organism has ever developed a resistance to Citricidal or Nutribiotic grapefruit extracts. In fact it is believed that such resistance is not possible because of GSE's mode of activity. Because GSE actually disrupts the cytoplasmic membrane, changes in genetic make-up in the pathogenic organism would be irrelevant. What is still not known is how GSE can be effective against viruses, inasmuch as a virus has no cell membrane of its own.

 Is GSE made from the seeds and pulp of grapefruit?

 Yes. Originally made from seeds only, it was discovered that a reasonable amount of the same active ingredient could be extracted from the pulp, also.

 What is the 'shelf-life' of products containing grapefruit extract?
 The oldest batch of extract still on hand is six years old, but it tests every bit as potent as a current batch. GSE is extremely stable. None of the NutriBiotic line(dental gel, cleansers, etc.) require a "best if used by..." date. The products will remain stable for an indefinite period, as long as they are not contaminated in some way.

Citricidal and NutriBiotic What's the Difference?

NutriBiotic is a tradename applied both to grapefruit extract in liquid form and to a line of personal care products that include skin cleansers, dental gel, deodorant, and first aid ointment. NutriBiotic liquid concentrate is made up of 67% vegetable glycerin and 33% Citricidal® grapefruit extract. NutriBiotic® liquid concentrate is now made from 100% "Certified Organically-Grown" grapefruits, as are all products with the "NutriBiotic" label.

 Citricidal is grapefruit extract in liquid and powder form for commercial use. Citricidal liquid concentrate is triple the potency of NutriBiotic liquid. Citricidal in liquid form is 60% grapefruit extractives(quaternary compound) and 40% vegetable glycerin. Citricidal® Powder Concentrate is 50% extractives, 20% glycerin, and 30% silicon dioxide(a naturally-occuring drying agent). These are the strongest formulas available. (Vegetable glycerin is used as part of the complicated process by which the extract is derived from grapefruit seed and pulp. It is a natural choice, therefore, for standardizing the finished product.)

Citricidal made from organically-grown grapefruits is sold in one-ounce bottles by health-care professionals and is also used as the raw material for NutriBiotic liquid concentrate. Citricidal is diluted with vegetable glycerin to make NutriBiotic liquid concentrate. This yields what is still a very potent and stable compound, yet is less likely to cause irritation when label instructions are not followed.

Citricidal is packaged in bulk(up to 50-lb. container) for commercial, agricultural, and industrial use by product developers, cosmetics manufacturers, farmers and veterinarians, soap makers, etc.

The supply of organically-grown grapefruit seed and pulp is not sufficient at this time to fill bulk orders of organic Citricidal. However, every batch of Citricidal is tested and certified for purity(absence of heavy metals, pesticide residues, etc.) and potency. This is a product being used all over the world, with confidence, in an exceptionally large variety of applications.

Has GSE been tested?

 Yes.Test results showing "Minimum Inhibitory Concentrations" and other stats are available upon request, and are now posted on the net. Most of our bulk-order customers have done their own lab testing to be sure of product potency and purity. In June 2002, 'The Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine' published research conducted by John Heggers, PhD, at the University of Texas Med School. This preliminary research confirmed that GSE was effective in inhibiting the growth of 67 different pathogens at dilutions that were non-toxic. Dr. Heggers plans further research on GSE as a wound dressing, as he is also affiliated with the Shriner's Hospital Burn Center in Galveston, TX.

In 1996 the U.S. FDA inspected the manufacturing facility in California, USA, and found no reason to change anything we were doing, including packaging, labeling, and manufacturing. Citricidal was submitted for official registration with the FDA as a "food and cosmetic additive", but FDA did not review the petition for two solid years. That petition was thereby terminated, and application has been made to the US Environmental Protection Agency(EPA) for registration as a water treatment. In 2000, the FDA was again petitioned to register Citricidal, but there has been no response.

 

A Partial List of Laboratories that have tested GSE since 1974

ABC Research, Gainesville, Florida

Abcom Chemie Co., Seoul, Korea

Alpha Chemical and Biomedical Labs, Petaluma, CA

AquaLandis Inc., Canada

Analytical Chemical Services Inc., Columbia, Maryland

Association of Consulting Chemists and Chemical Engineers

Bioassay Systems Corp., Woburn, Massachusetts

Bio-Research Laboratories, Redmond, Washington

Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah

British Columbia Research Corp., Vancouver, B.C., Canada

Coopemontecillos Division Pesca, San Jose, Costa Rica

Daiwa Kasei Chemical, Tokyo, Japan

Department of Health and Human Services, FDA, Washington, D.C.

Department of Food Technology, Gycongsang Nat'l Univ., Chinju, Korea

East Chilliwack Agricultural Co-op, Chilliwack, B.C., Canada

Great Smokies Labs, Asheville, North Carolina

Florida Department of Agriculture, Tallahassee, Florida

Hazelton Labs, Madison, Wisconsin

Hilltop Research Inc., Miamiville, Ohio

ImuTech Inc., Huntington Valley, Pennsylvania

Indonesian Government at the Nat. Center for Fisheries, Jakarta

Institut Pasteur, Paris, France

Irvine Analytical, So. San Francisco, California

Journal of Food Sciences

Journal of the Korean Agricultural Chemical Society

Journal of Orthomolecular Medicine

Lancaster Laboratories, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Northview Pacific Labs, Berkeley, CA

Silicon Valley Chemlab Inc., Tampa, Florida

U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, Hyattsville, Florida

United States Testing Co., Hoboken, New Jersey

Universidad Autonoma de Nuevo Leon, San Nicolas de los Garza, Mexico

Universidad National Mayor de San Marcos, Lima, Peru

University of California, Davis, California

University of Florida, Food Services Dept., Gainesville, Florida

University of Nebraska

University of So. Florida, Dept. of Biology, Tampa, Florida

University of Texas Medical School, Galveston, TX

Valley Microbiology services, Palo Alto, California

Weston-Gulf Coast Laboratories, University Park, Illinois

Is it safe for pregnant women? babies? children?
 According to the Association of Poison Control Centers, the AMA Physician Reporting System, and the Journal of Emergency Medicine, there have been no reports that Citricidal in any form has ever harmed anyone. In fact, there are thousands of clinical and anecdotal reports that Nutribiotic and Citricidal GSE have helped many, including young and old, and enjoys a safety record going back more than thirty years. Perhaps the question should be asked, 'Is it safe to harbor pathogenic organisms?' or 'Is it safe to take antibiotics during pregnancy?' Of course, each one must weigh carefully the risk/benefit ratio of any treatment.

Letter to the Townsend report on thrush, babies, and GSE.

Dr. Jay Gordon, M.D.: Candida diaper rash and thrush stopped
January 30, 1996
The Townsend Letter
To the Editor:

I am writing to you because I know that your readers are always interested in new and better ways to treat patient's problems.

Like most other pediatricians and family physicians, I have seen many children with candida diaper rashes and oral monillasis. Treating rashes and thrush with nystatin preparations is not always successful and many parents strongly object when they read the label and see what I've asked them to put into their baby's mouth three times each day for a week or two or more.
I began using grapefruit seed extract about five years ago after a mother in my practice told me about her success in using an extremely dilute(a few drops to three or four ounces of water) solution to treat a yeast infection in her baby. the results were wonderful and the families in my practice were very happy to listen to a much more natural suggestion for curing this very common problem. The parents are very pleased to be using a product which is not only more naturally derived but is also free of the additives found in nystatin products; they are tired of all the artificial colors and sweeteners.

My first experience was with a thirteen-month-old baby who had transferred to my practice after multiple courses of antibiotics to treat an ear infection. The otitis media was finally in remission, but the bright red candidiasis in the diaper area was causing as much distress to the infant and her parents as had the ear infections. I recommended that they add five drops of Grapefruit extract to four ounces of water and leave it on the changing table to wash the baby's bottom as part of each diaper change. A miraculous overnight cure did not occur, but within a few days the rash was receding and infection was gone within another week. A second similar adventure with a two-year-old boy convinced me that I was onto something.

I have used the same dilute solution to treat refractory diaper rashes and oral yeast infections in many children and I'll continue to look for new uses for what I regard as an innocuous, natural antimicrobial.

I have found this weak citrus solution to be completely safe for even the very youngest babies in my practice. (I once tried putting an undiluted drop on my own tongue and learned a valuable lesson which I pass on to all the parents about taking great care in diluting the extract.)

...I now recommend it(grapefruit extract) at least three or four times each day for fungal and minor bacterial infections...

Sincerely,
Jay N. Gordon, M.D.
Fellow of the American Academy of Pediatrics

 Recommended Dosage for NutriBiotic Liquid Concentrate "The Original GSE"

Internal Use

Orally. Suggested Use: 5 to 15 drops mixed in 5 ounces of water or juice, 2 to 5 times daily, with or without meals. (Or, take one-two NutriBiotic CapsulesPlus® or one-two NutriBiotic® tablets 1 to 5 times daily). Children(under 10 years): 1 to 6 drops mixed in 5 ounces juice, 2 to 3 times daily. Do not use full strength in mouth.

Dental Rinse. For Healthy Gums and Fresh Breath: Stir 3 drops of NutriBiotic into 2 oz. or more of water. Vigorously swish a small amount of the water for 10 seconds or more, 1 to 2 times daily. Also works as an additive for Waterpik® type units. Add 3 to 4 drops to the water reservoir. Always dilute.

Throat Gargle. Stir 3 drops of NutriBiotic into a small(3 ounces or so) glass of water. Gargle several times. Use as often as needed. Always dilute.

Ear Rinse. Thoroughly mix 3 to 6 drops of NutriBiotic into one ounce of glycerin or alcohol. Apply 1 to 2 drops of this solution in affected ear 1 to 2 times daily. Use as often as needed. Do not use full strength in ears.

Nasal rinse. Mix 1 drop NutriBiotic with 2 ounces of water. With your head tilted back, fill each nostril with a full eye-dropper of the mixed solution. Swing head forward and down(head is now upside down) to force the solution up into nasal passages. Return head to the normal upright position and allow nasal passages to drain. Do not inhale through the nose during this process. Always dilute.

Vaginal Rinse. Mix 5 to 10 drops of NutriBiotic in 6 to 8 ounces of water. Douche once daily for one week. Douche more often if desired. Always dilute

External Use:

Facial Cleanser. Thoroughly moisten(splash) face with warm or cool water. With hands still wet, apply 2 to 3 drops of NutriBiotic to fingertips and gently massage facial area with circular motions. Rinse thoroughly with cool water and pat dry. A tingling sensation may follow. This is an indication of the deep cleansing properties of NutriBiotic. Always dilute.
Skin Rinse. (For minor skin irritations) Dilute NutriBiotic with water(5 to 10 drops/ tablespoon). Apply this solution directly to affected area twice daily. Do not use full strength on skin.

Nail Treatment.Dilute NutriBiotic with water or alcohol(5 to 10 drops/tablespoon). Apply this solution directly on surface of nail along the cuticle and underneath the front of nail, or soak nails, twice daily, for as long as desired. Do not use full strength on nails.

Scalp treatment. Add 5 to 10 drops of NutriBiotic to each shampooing(mix in hand or on head with shampoo). Massage into scalp and leave on for at least two minutes. Rinse off thoroughly with water. May also be used without shampoo.

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