Epson salts?
11-19-2010, 09:06 AM
#32
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My MIL owned a natural food store for years. She had a bath soak recipe that used Epsom salt, french green clay, borax and essential oil. It soothed the muscles and softened and detoxified the skin. It was amazing. A long bath before bed and you sleep like a baby.
11-19-2010, 11:21 AM
#33
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I'm a convert. When my grandparents talked about it when I was younger I thought they were making it all up. What did I know? Now that I'm a lot older, I swear by it. I couldn't live without it when I worked retail being on my feet, pounding the pavement. It's a staple now in my first aid supplies.
11-19-2010, 01:17 PM
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Originally Posted by Ramona Byrd
I buy Epson Salt by the 10 pound bag. As a nurseryman, my late DH used hundreds of pounds of it every year for the plants. It is not a sodium, and it supplies much needed magnesium to plants and animals and humans. In fact, some bottled waters that say they have "minerals" in it also have Epsom Salt..usually called Magnesium Sulfate. Check them out. You don't need to take so much you have what is called "Explosive decompression" but need just a little.
To start with, when I find it on sale, I do as DH used to, I hurl lots of it about in the back yard, making sure that all the plants in pots get their fair share.
Go to the Internet and check out all the ways you can use it.
To start with, when I find it on sale, I do as DH used to, I hurl lots of it about in the back yard, making sure that all the plants in pots get their fair share.
Go to the Internet and check out all the ways you can use it.
11-19-2010, 03:41 PM
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Originally Posted by Central Ohio Quilter
We have a massage therapist come to work every couple of months and give free massages. (I think the campus pays her to come) Anyway, today I had a massage and she worked on my shoulder that has been sore and bothering me. She advised me to get some epson salts and soak a towel in hot epson salts water and it may draw out the soreness.
I was surprised. I thought epson salts was some kind of old fashioned, old-wife's tale. (and I am not all that young at all!)
Do any of you use epson salts? Does it really work? How do you use it? How much salts to how much water?
Thanks!
I was surprised. I thought epson salts was some kind of old fashioned, old-wife's tale. (and I am not all that young at all!)
Do any of you use epson salts? Does it really work? How do you use it? How much salts to how much water?
Thanks!
Don't know -- but they do help.
Lindda
11-19-2010, 05:33 PM
#38
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This article states 13 ways to use epsom salts - I'm sure there are more. We used it for a completely different medical purpose when we were children.
http://www.care2.com/greenliving/use...ful-ways.html#
http://www.care2.com/greenliving/use...ful-ways.html#
11-19-2010, 07:49 PM
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MY DH uses it daily for his leg. He had a severe blood clot in his lower leg, 12 years ago. When he skips a few days his leg begins to swell and turn dark at the site of the old clot. Epsom salts allows him to continue to do the work he loves. He is a construction site flagger, and would be crushed if he had to give it up. I can't say enough about how Epsom salts work for many things. They can even be used as a laxative, but be careful, you don't want to overdo this use!
