How to Measure Urinary & Salivary pH

Measuring urinary and salivary pH is a quick and easy, if not consistently accurate, way to monitor body health. An ideal body pH should be around 7.3 to 7.4, though healthy urinary and salivary pHs tend to be more acidic (6.4 to 7.0). However, these two measurements can vary widely, and a reading of highly acidic or alkaline pH in the saliva or urine is not automatically indicative of blood pH. Nevertheless, consistent testing of urinary and salivary pH levels should give you an idea of how acidic or alkaline your body pH is.

Things You'll Need

• Pack of pH Hydrion test paper
• Small container

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Instructions

Salivary Testing

• 1

  Spit into a small, clean container. This can be a small bowl or even a spoon, so long as it does not have anything in it.

• 2

  Touch a pH Hydrion stip to the saliva immediately and wait for it to change color. This should happen very quickly.

• 3

  Refer to your strips' included color chart to determine an approximate pH value of your saliva. Typically, warmer colors indicate acidity, and cooler colors indicate alkalinity.

• 4

  Repeat daily for a week and average the findings.

Urinary Testing

• 5

  Urinate into a small container.

• 6

  Dip a pH Hyrdion strip into the urine immediately and wait for it to change color.

• 7

  Refer again to your strips' included color chart.

• 8

  Repeat daily for a week and average the findings.