I did a cursory skim and didn't see any mention of the gut biome. I'm not a medical person but my guess would be ingesting soap would harm the good bacteria. I

I did a cursory skim and didn't see any mention of the gut biome. I'm not a medical person but my guess would be ingesting soap would harm the good bacteria. I asked a similar question to a doctor about inhaling alcohol vapor, if that would kill bronchitis or pneumonia (obviously the answer is NO). I can't remember the specific response, but it's unfortunate because if biology were as simple as computer science: pneumonia/bronchitis is an infection, alcohol kills bugs, ergo breath alcohol vapor to stop infection. I also asked in good faith why an I.V. solution of alcohol wouldn't help with sepsis, and I'm pretty sure the answer is that it _would_ treat sepsis but the concentration would have to be so high that you'd have no liver in the end :(