Natural apothecary: baking soda tips for home, health, & beauty, the. A helpful little guide to harnessing the magic of baking soda to make eco-friendly, non-toxic cleaning and beauty products. Bicarbonate of soda's brilliant stuff—it's a gentle abrasive, a natural antacid, and it creates that satisfying fizz when you use it alongside vinegar (as well as lifting whatever stain you're using it on. Best, it won't disrupt your endocrine system and it doesn't put more plastic waste into the environment. Learn how and why and works, and try out more than forty simple recipes to use it in your home, on everything from indigestion to laundry to your stinky shoes.