Epson salts?
11-21-2010, 12:30 AM
#51
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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!
11-21-2010, 04:06 AM
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I use it when I wash my sheers(curtains). Just put a handful in the rinse water and do not wring out curtains, just hang them on the cloths line and let dry. Works about like starch. Come in from outside and look crisp and beautiful.
11-21-2010, 06:08 AM
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I have used epsom salts for years in the bathtub for relaxing and soothing aches & pains. There are a number of ways to use it for various things but it really does help that tired painful old body to relax.
11-21-2010, 06:16 AM
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I used it on my feet and onmy one shoulder it does work. it can help with alot of different things I also had to use it to soak my foot in for when they removed 1/2 my toe nail that was one of the directions the foot dr. gave to was to soak it in warm epson salt water for 10 minutes 2 to 3 times aday
11-21-2010, 09:18 AM
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Buy a bag of Epson Salts or look at the back of the bag in the store. I use it for my house plants. The salts help the growth of roots and cells. My house plants are beautiful. The bag tells all you need to know.
Rita of MN
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11-21-2010, 05:57 PM
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When I was a child we did not have much money for teacher gifts. My mother would buy cheap apothocary jars and Epsom salts. She would add food coloring and perfume to the salt and put in the jars with a ribbon as bath salt. Always popular and pretty for the teachers.
11-25-2010, 07:52 PM
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Central Ohio Quilter,
Certainly Epson Salts work. My massage therapist insists going home and taking a really hot bath with Salts for about 20 minutes. Works wonders especially before bedtime. Always use cold packs in conjunction with hot packs. Put ice on knots and sore spots and hot packs just above the cold pack or just below. Works!!!
Peg-TX
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Certainly Epson Salts work. My massage therapist insists going home and taking a really hot bath with Salts for about 20 minutes. Works wonders especially before bedtime. Always use cold packs in conjunction with hot packs. Put ice on knots and sore spots and hot packs just above the cold pack or just below. Works!!!
Peg-TX
Innova 18"
11-30-2010, 10:47 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!
12-01-2010, 12:06 AM
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I use it when I dye fabric, because it isn't as hard on the fabric as salt, and I think it gives a better pattern than salt. more reliable, salt is finicky, you have to get it on there at the right time to get the dappled effect.
I aldo use it to soak my weary bones in. Refreshes me, and relaxes me so I can sleep.
I aldo use it to soak my weary bones in. Refreshes me, and relaxes me so I can sleep.
