The DMSO Store uses distilled water with Himalayan salt (to create natural saline). Distilled water is used because DMSO is a carrier, and can bring and deposit impurities and toxins into the body. Filtered water that is then distilled would be best.
"Only"? Distilled water may be particularly disastrous intravenously, but any living cell, placed in distilled water will swell and lyse. While mostly water, cells have too many solutes inside to withstand that osmosis. Now, this doesn't mean a DMSO/water solution without the salinity is dangerous. I just think the concern is reasonable. Surely someone has experience and experiment here.
Is water the best dilutant?
The DMSO Store uses distilled water with Himalayan salt (to create natural saline). Distilled water is used because DMSO is a carrier, and can bring and deposit impurities and toxins into the body. Filtered water that is then distilled would be best.
Water is an equally potent solvent.
What benefit does salinity bring?
Yes the right type of water could work. 4th phase water. It is the universal solvent after all.
Where does water exist as a plasma?
adding salt makes the solution isotonic to the fluid in the body/mucosal surfaces
Nothing is more isotonic than water.
Salinity is only helpful intravenously where large volumes of water would upset the blood's balance.
"Only"? Distilled water may be particularly disastrous intravenously, but any living cell, placed in distilled water will swell and lyse. While mostly water, cells have too many solutes inside to withstand that osmosis. Now, this doesn't mean a DMSO/water solution without the salinity is dangerous. I just think the concern is reasonable. Surely someone has experience and experiment here.
The legal definition of distilled doesn't require distillation.
tonicity is a relative property. cells arent filled with only water.
try using a neti pot with distilled water vs isotonic saline.