Home Remedies for White Vinegar

White vinegar has been used for hundreds of years for a variety of ailments, everything from soothing sunburn, to getting rid of freckles and brown spots, to cleaning cuts and scrapes and relieving itchy dry skin. It can kill infections as well, particularly fungal-based infections. White vinegar is good for both the inside and outside of your body.

Soothe Your Sunburn

• Fill a clean spray bottle with distilled white vinegar. Then, as often as you need to, spray it on your sunburn. The coldness of the vinegar will help to soothe your burn, and it can prevent your sunburn from blistering and peeling.

Clean Cuts and Scrapes

• Because it is acidic, white vinegar works well as an antiseptic cleanser for cuts and scrapes. Dip a cotton ball or a swab and in distilled white vinegar, then dab it on the cut or scrape. If you're applying it to a child, tell your little one that it's going to sting for a moment.

Cure Toenail Fungus

• You don't have to risk the side effects of chemical oral medications for killing toenail fungus. White vinegar changes the pH level of the skin from a base to an acid, and this environment kills the toenail fungus. Put your feet in a pan filled with enough distilled white vinegar to cover them. Sit for about 10 minutes and then dry off.

Relieve Itchy Dry Skin

• Fill a bathtub with warm water and add 1/2 cup of distilled white vinegar. Soap the dry, itchy parts of your body. The vinegar will not only relieve the itch but it will soften your skin. It will also help keep your tub clean.

Fade Your Freckles and Brown Spots

• Grate an onion onto a piece of clean cheesecloth, and squeeze the cloth until you have about 1 tbsp. of onion juice. Mix the onion juice with 2 tbsp. of distilled white vinegar. Dip a cotton ball or swab in the mixture and apply it to your freckles or brown spots twice a day. Over time your freckles and spots will fade.