How to Make Rice Water

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Rice water
Learn how to make rice water (and why you should make it)

Make and use rice water:
What is rice water? The product of barely boiled rice is a hidden
miracle ~ the milky liquid known as rice water is loaded with
Vitamins and minerals and is a natural electrolyte.

Simple to make and easy to use, rice water is the ancient secret
for remedying diarrhea, promoting healthy skin, cleaning laundry,
and more. Below is how to make rice water (and more about why
you'll want to make it)...

How to use rice water in prepping!
The primary reason to make rice water is for relief of diarrhea.
Bland and hydrating as a broth, rice water is a bit starchy and
provides soothing relief for stomach upset whether you drink it
hot or cold. This home remedy for diarrhea is effective and also
provides a negligible amount of vitamins and minerals, which is
beneficial over drinking water alone.

Rice water is a diarrhea buster! Using rice water for electrolyte
replacement is perhaps the most important reason to make and
use rice water as a prepper. Remember this important tip next
time someone under your care is battling a leaky gut.

As an electrolyte replacement, rice water is an effective home
remedy for nausea, vomiting and diarrhea to calm an upset
stomach, which is the primary way preppers will use it, but rice
water is also an effective cosmetic, soup base, and even a
detergent. It's easy to make, and best of all, you make it from
something in abundant supply with preppers: rice!

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Rice water use #3: Age Spots.
The same way that ricewater can help a teen with acne, can help a
teen's mother get rid of age spots. Think of rice water as skin food!
Rinsed rice water is the perfect pH for skin. Washing your face with
the cloudy water is beneficial on so many levels. As a facial tonic,
rice water improves overall complexion, preventing aging spots and
hyper pigmentation, likely because it is high in antioxidants. It
leaves your skins soft and refreshed.

Using rice water for acne will see almost immediate benefits
thanks to the starch content. It will reduce pore size and redness.
To clear blemishes, dab a cotton ball in rice water and apply at
bedtime. It will leave a powdery soft skin ~ you're feeding your
skin with Vitamin A, which is great for healing your skin. You'll also
get some Vitamin C.

How to use rice water for age spots: Ricewater can tighten
skin and remove hyper-pigmentation. Use a cotton ball soaked
with ricewater and apply it at bedtime to your face, then again
in the morning and let your face dry naturally. Rice will
minimize free radical damage that comes with age from the
sun and being outdoors.

Rice water use #4: Makeup remover.
Another way to use rice water for your skin is as a makeup
remover. Even if you don't have acne prone skin, or age spots, you.

How to use rice water as a makeup remover: Make a batch
of rice water and store the milky substance in the refrigerator
in a small mason jar. To remove make up, dab a cotton ball
into the rice water and wipe away the makeup as though it
were an astringent.

Rice water use #5: Detergent.
You can use the power of the enzymes in the rice to help you cut
through oily dishes or countertops. The secret comes from chef's in
Hong Kong who divulge their trick for cleaning oily surfaces in
restaurant kitchens. This is truly amazing! Check it out...

How to use rice water as a detergent:

How to use ri ce water a s a d ishwashing detergent.

Rice water use #6: Eczema healer.
Knowing the rice water diarrhea cure is proven, others have sought
to use rice water as a natural healer for skin (and this goes beyond
acne). Eczema, the inflammatory skin condition also known as
atopic dermatitis can benefit from ricewater. This group of skin
conditions characterized by itchy rashes can be a lifetime of
frustration and rice water can soothe it.

Rice water can provide soothing natural relief for eczema thanks to
the starchy components of the water. You can soothe eczema by
dabbing it onto a cloth, and then to the affected area two or three
times a day. Try also enhancing this eczema healing power by
adding a few drops myrrh essential oil to your rice water.

How to use rice water for Eczema. Ricewater can tighten
skin with Eczema Use a cotton ball soaked with ricewater and
apply it to the affected areas.

Rice water use #7: Hair rinse and conditioner.
You may have heard about thickening hair with beer, but rice water
can do the same to keep it strong and healthy as naturally rice has
proteins. Try adding lavender essential oil to give your rice water a
makeover.

How to use rice water for hair. Here's the simple recipe on
how to thicken and condition hair with rice water.

Rice water use #6: Soup stock.
Rice-rinsed water can be used as a vegetable stock for your soup,
which is a Korean recipe made with sweet rice, which is an
extremely glutinous rice.

How to use rice water for soup stock:

This recipe for Korean Seaweed Soup uses rice-rinsed water as
the base.
This Thai soup recipe also uses rice with the cloudy rice water.

Rice water use #7: Sunburn wash.
Ricewater is also an unusual sunburn soother! Refrigerated rice
water cools the skin to help it recover naturally.

How to use rice water for sunburn. Use a fresh sponge to
dip into the rice water and then pat and gently calm the skin
with the sponge. Never use a dirty sponge. A used sponge
may harbor bacteria.

Using ricewater as a cosmetic?
A note of caution if you use rice water for cosmetic purposes:
please mark your mason jar that it is not food (especially if you're
going to add essential oils, which may not be food grade and which
may be toxic to ingest).

How to make rice water
Rice water is an effective home remedy for upset stomach and
much more. It's really easy to make. Here's how to make rice
water..

Directions for making rice water:
To make rice water, you really just need to rinse rice 2-3 times,
and save the water; however, here is how to make it to help
someone hydrate:

Step one: Gather the ingredients:

cup of rice (any kind, except wild rice)

4 cups of

water

, preferably purified

Step two: Boil purified water (recommend Big Berkey Water
Filter), then add the rice. Swish it around the pot and allow
the rice to become cloudy and milky.

Step three: Strain rice and serve the broth like tea. Serve hot
or cold, but it's more soothing to as a hot tea for someone
who is ill. You're done. It really is that easy.

Step four: Store any remaining amount of rice water in a
mason jar. It will last for up to four days in your refrigerator.

Step five: Compost the remaining rice, give it the chickens, or
add it to your favorite soup. Preppers waste not (even rice).

So there you have it. Making rice water requires two ingredients:
rice and water. The simple process of making rice water suspends
starch from boiled rice until it dissolves in the water and it's this
starchy goodness that can nurse someone back to health. Think of
it next time someone in your family or group is ill. Think of it also
for your skin and hair! There are many ways to use your rice water.

Happy endings...
Now that you know the value of rice water, don't rinse the rice you
plan to cook. "Cleaning rice" is not only an unnecessary step, but
now you know it will remove the nutrients your body needs.

Give your body electrolytes. These electrolytes are necessary for
making ricewater, which is good to know if you have someone ill in
the household.

Rice water is also a luxury that every prepper can afford for
cosmetic purposes, too. Put it rice to good use!

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Uses of Rice Water
Use any rice to make rice water.

Rice water use #1: Remedy for diarrhea.
Ricewater is a natural electrolyte to nourish your patient back to
good health. R elief of diarrhea is good to remember that this
ancient recipe comes to us from Greece.

Bland and hydrating as a broth, rice water is a bit starchy and
provides soothing relief for stomach upset whether you drink it
hot or cold. This home remedy for diarrhea is effective and also
provides a negligible amount of vitamins and minerals, which is
beneficial over drinking water alone.

The most important reason for why you should learn to make and
use rice water is that it's a good home remedy for diarrhea. The
recipe for how to make rice water for diarrhea is at the bottom of
the page.

Rice water is an effective home remedy for nausea, vomiting and
diarrhea to calm an upset stomach. It's a bland and hydrating
broth that's a bit starchy, yet provides soothing relief. It also
provides a negligible amount of vitamins and minerals.

A rice water diarrhea cure? Yes! In case you're thinking that this
is some sort of worthless home remedy, consider the abstract
published in the U.S. National Library of Medicine, National
Institutes of Health. The abstract published in 1981 concludes
that rice water is effective in treating infantile gastroenteritis.
The study concluded that "Rice water can be tried as a more
practical alternative to oral electrolyte solutions..."

In Bangaladesh, the people soak rice and add salt and sugar as a
natural and effective dietary treatment for diarrhea. Scientists
followed up. Here is the abstract on the clinical trial of home
made rice water salt solution for oral rehydration therapy.

Now you have scientific proof of this rice water diarrhea cure!

How to use rice water as a remedy for diarrhea. Drink it
warm or cold. Patients will find the warm broth of rice water
as a welcome gruel to nourish them back to health.

Rice water use #2: Acne treatment.
Rice water can work like an astringent to tighten pores and also
to treat acne inflammation. Using rice water for acne will see
almost immediate benefits thanks to the starch content, which is
soothing for inflamed skin. It tightens and reduces pore size as it
calms redness.

You'll find beauty products harnessing the power of ricewater,
including Skin Food, pictured slightly lower right. According to the
manufacturer, "You could wash your face with a homebrew of rice
water, or save the time and effort with Skin Food’s Rice
Brightening Cleansing Line. Perfect for people with normal to dry
skin, or those looking to brighten dull, rough, lackluster skin."
Skin food is a brand that offers a variety of products made from
food!

How to use rice water for acne. To clear blemishes, soak a
cotton ball into rice water and apply at bedtime. Allow the
magic of rice water to cool the outbreak. After 15 minutes or
so, you can rinse with water to remove the starch. Skin will
feel soft afterwards. It will leave a powdery soft skin ~
you're feeding your skin with Vitamin A, which is great for
healing your skin. You'll also get some Vitamin C.

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