The origin of soap

Soap originated in Mesopotamia, West Asia.

According to historical records, the earliest soap formula originated in Mesopotamia in West Asia (meaning "the place between the two rivers", meaning between the Euphrates River and the Tigris River).

About 3000 BC, people mixed 1 part oil and 5 parts alkaline plant ash to make a detergent. There are many legends about the origin of soap in Europe. Speaking of Gauls in ancient Rome, sheep oil and beech ash solution were stirred into a thick shape every holiday, applied to hair and combed into various hairstyles.

Once a festival was caught in heavy rain, and the hairstyle was ruined, but people unexpectedly found that the hair became clean. It is also said that when the Romans sacrificed to the gods, the fat of roasted cattle and sheep dripped into the plant ash, forming a "grease ball". When women wash clothes, they find that clothes stained with "oil balls" are easier to clean. This shows that people have used animal fat and plant ash soap for thousands of years.

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Soap action

1, with lubrication function. Generally speaking, the new zipper will be rough, but as long as you scratch it back and forth with soap, it will make the zipper smooth.

2. Use waste soap to make soap. We can put those soap heads in a clean iron box first, then add some washing powder, add some water to soak the soap, and then slowly heat the iron box in the fire. If the water evaporates too quickly, you can add more water.

3. Clean and isolate pollution. If clothes are not properly protected, mildew spots will appear. This means that we can soak the towel in soapy water first, and then wipe the mildew spots repeatedly. After taking it off, immediately scrub it with clean water for several times and dry it.

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