Review (5/5): Must have staple- helps with just about everything!
I bought two of these from Amazon Pantry to use for detox baths. I am so surprised at how effective a treatment good ol' fashioned Epsom Salts can be! I find we are beginning to use this for everything! Sore backs, nausea, any kind of bodily pain, stress, metal detox.... you name it!
It seems the magnesium enters your body through the skin Immediately, and magnesium is an excellent rapid pain reliever. It REALLY. really helps! It also is very calming and it is one of those minerals your body sucks up endlessly when you are under any kind of physical or mental stress, so it needs to be replaced for us to remain peaceful.
It is also said by detoxers that the sodium binds to toxins in your body to pull them out. Of course I can't see that happening, but I do feel relief from pregnancy nausea, which is exacerbated by toxins like metals.
I can also report that when I soak in it I can scrape off a dark substance from my skin, which people report finding at the bottom of the tub after much more expensive and intensive detoxing. This happens even when I go in clean, so I think it is coming from contaminants being pulled out rather than from the outside. Who knows, but it feels good.
In the past I'd always thought of soaking in Epsom Salts as an old wives tale or something people used to do before they had real medical options. After using it for a month or so, I can't believe everyone doesn't use it! We've experiences marked relief from different types of pains and discomforts, and also think it speeds healing of open wounds by killing germs. It even leaves our skin soft and I could swear it is lightening liver spots on my hands.
This is now a go-to remedy in our home and I consider it a must-have staple.