Add Hypochlorous Acid to your Health Arsenal!
HOCL is my daily go-to for protecting myself against viruses and pathogens.
Hypochlorous acid (abbreviated herein as HOCL) is one of nature’s most powerful disinfectants. HOCL is the ingredient that gives bleach its anti-microbial power. Despite this power, HOCL is nontoxic to biologic tissues. HOCL is created continuously by white blood cells as part of the process of phagocytosis to combat and remove germs and infection. One of HOCL’s many superpowers is that it eradicates biofilm. At the same time, HOCL triggers biochemical processes that stimulate healing and restore normal functions.
Extensive research documents the soothing, healing nature of HOCL while verifying its superiority as a disinfectant. Until recent years, the use of synthesized hypochlorous acid has been limited by its shelf life. Today, versions of the product remain stable for two years or more, and it is becoming more widely used in institutions such as hospitals.
The shelf stable HOCL that is sold by Briotech is an electrolyzed solution of water and salt that inactivates pathogens such as bacteria, viruses, mold, and fungi. It is used to treat and heal skin conditions such as rosacea, blepharitis and styes, demodex mites, sunburn, post-tattoo damage, rashes, and wounds. The HOCL solution soothes, reduces inflammation, and speeds up healing.
Remarkably, HOCL is 100x more powerful than bleach when it comes to fighting bacteria, yet it is safe to spray on your face and into your eyes and nostrils. HOCL is FDA approved to use for wound care and eye care. For respiratory ailments, we nebulize HOCL. Since there is no dilution or measurement of ingredients necessary, it is simple and quickly effective. Before bed, we spray our eyeballs. If feeling exposed, we squirt HOCL high into our nostrils using a nasal spray bottle. Doing this has been effective at stopping headaches as well. Veterinarians employ HOCL on animals in similar applications.
On solid surfaces, hypochlorous acid acts as a powerful antimicrobial. It also eradicates airborne pathogens, while it remains nontoxic to living tissues. HOCL that kills the SARS-CoV-2 virus can be purchased at a concentration of 500 ppm to sanitize surfaces. Most cleaning solutions that disinfect are are harmful, hazardous, and toxic to humans and the environment while they promote antibiotic and antifungal resistance. HOCL can be used to sanitize any room or building that houses humans, animals, and/or plants without harming any of them.
Since the onset of covid, dozens of home appliances that electrolyze water and salt (and sometimes vinegar) into HOCL have come on the market. Additionally, many more commercial firms that manufacture HOCL, often in combination with institutional cleaning equipment, have emerged.
My knowledge of HOCL predates covid, but my usage of HOCL against covid began at the onset of the so-called pandemic. As a student of Dietrich Klinghardt, MD PhD since 2012, I have been aware of its many uses and benefits. By early February 2020, Dr. Klinghardt was sharing information from treating physicians worldwide and prescribing protocols for prevention, early treatment, and treatment of acute illness. Dr. Klinghardt’s recommendations to use propolis throat spray and HOCL spray routinely are always foundational to the medicines, herbal preparations, and nutritional supplements he advises to prevent and treat covid.
Just for fun, below are my very dated notes from that time:
Feb 2020 notes about HOCL (HOCl — also small L — Hypochlorous Acid) against COVID-19
If exposed, nose and eyes should be sprayed with isotonic stabilized HOCL frequently.
HOCL (hypochlorous acid) can be sprayed on virtually any surface. Every time I come in contact with a new item (in the mail or from the market), I spray it with this. As soon as I leave a situation where I am around other people, I hold open my eyelids and spray this directly into my eyes, and then spray it upwards into my nose, along with a general misting of my entire face. If I don’t have a way to wash my hands, I spray my hands and forearms. It is safe to spray on clothing or equipment. It is effective at killing virus and bacteria, and it is selective, so the beneficial flora on your body are not harmed by it. Our bodies produce HOCl and use it to mark pathogens for removal by our white blood cells.
The microbicidal activity of chlorine (common household bleach) is attributed largely to undissociated hypochlorous acid.
On the US Environmental Protection Agency’s website you’ll also find HOCL on the list, and I’ll bet it is the only approved disinfectant that you can spray just about anywhere, including sensitive parts of the human body — List N: Disinfectants for Use Against SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19): https://www.epa.gov/pesticide-registration/list-n-disinfectants-use-against-sars-cov-2-covid-19
The microbicidal activity of a new disinfectant, “super-oxidized water,” has been examined. The concept of electrolyzing saline to create a disinfectant or antiseptics is appealing because the basic materials of saline and electricity are inexpensive and the end product (i.e., water) does not damage the environment. The main products of this water are hypochlorous acid (e.g., at a concentration of about 144 mg/L) and chlorine. As with any germicide, the antimicrobial activity of super-oxidized water is strongly affected by the concentration of the active ingredient (available free chlorine) 536. One manufacturer generates the disinfectant at the point of use by passing a saline solution over coated titanium electrodes at 9 amps. The product generated has a pH of 5.0–6.5 and an oxidation-reduction potential (redox) of >950 mV. Although super-oxidized water is intended to be generated fresh at the point of use, when tested under clean conditions the disinfectant was effective within 5 minutes when 48 hours old. Unfortunately, the equipment required to produce the product can be expensive because parameters such as pH, current, and redox potential must be closely monitored. The solution is nontoxic to biologic tissues. Although the United Kingdom manufacturer claims the solution is noncorrosive and non-damaging to endoscopes and processing equipment, one flexible endoscope manufacturer (Olympus Key-Med, United Kingdom) has voided the warranty on the endoscopes if super-oxidized water is used to disinfect them. As with any germicide formulation, the user should check with the device manufacturer for compatibility with the germicide. Additional studies are needed to determine whether this solution could be used as an alternative to other disinfectants or antiseptics for hand washing, skin antisepsis, room cleaning, or equipment disinfection (e.g., endoscopes, dialyzers). In October 2002, the FDA cleared superoxidized water as a high-level disinfectant (FDA, personal communication, September 18, 2002).
There is a lot of good information here: https://www.hypochlorousacid.com/
This site sells machines to make HOCL, mostly on a commercial scale, but sells a home unit for about $200. The HOCL produced this way is likely not shelf stable and would need to be used within a week or so. But it could be used to wash food (meats and produce) as well as in a sprayer that would last several days: https://store.ecoloxtech.com/ecoone
from https://www.briotechusa.com/news: “February 07, 2020 — Shanghai & Wuhan | China
In ongoing collaboration with the University of Washington, School of Public Health, Briotech BRIO HOCL™ formulation underwent preliminary testing in the spring of 2016 that yielded important findings indicating at least 99.999% reduction in the infectivity of Human Coronavirus OC43 (CoV). With this evaluation of efficacy confirmed, Briotech is now expanding on earlier positive preliminary studies from UW on Human Coronavirus to include SARS-CoV-2.
In the meantime, based on proven efficacy against tough infectious agents like HPV and prions, BRIO HOCL™ is being deployed as a powerful safe high level disinfectant in China’s corona epicenters.”