There is no need to ingest HCL!! Yes that will burn and could damage the mucosal tissue of the mouth and esophagus.
This thread is interesting because I just tried this out. I figured that an empty stomach when you're hungry has plenty of HCL to activate the Miracle-Mineral-Supplement . I put 10 drops of Miracle-Mineral-Supplement in a half glass of water, did NOT add any acid to the glass, and drank it.
Within one minute I began to get the evidence that it was combining as I suspected, because I got clammy, turned red, and became nauseous as I would with a 10-drop dose activated in the normal way. I took some vitamin C to stop the reaction because I don't like throwing up.
My normal tolerance orally is one drop, so I figured ten would be a good test. I found out. Ugh!!
I prefer the transdermal use with DMSO. I roll on the DMSO and spray on the activated Miracle-Mineral-Supplement and rub in. No Nausea. Yay!