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05/07/2008 11:49
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http://www.epsomsaltcouncil.org/ about_science_of_epsom_salt.htm

I started looking for some information on using epsom salt to help reduce swelling and found it's helpful in even more ways. I found articles saying epsom salt baths can help you detox and absorb magnesium and sulfates and a long list of helpful properties. I think it's definitely something to try and I thought I'd share. I'd tell more but I'm a little foggy at the moment so I thought it'd be better to just include a link to the information I found.

Jessica

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05/07/2008 13:08
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I love eposm salts! I used to go to a Floatation Tank every week - it was amazing. My skin was so healthy and I had zero stress. I wish we still had one in Dallas! I probably take a bath with Epsom every week - it's really some good stuff - and cheap!
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05/07/2008 16:25
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Gosh, I wish I'd have known about this support group when I was going through the tough part of treatment last spring and summer. I just found out about epsom salt baths a month or two ago. I would have lived in the tub. Is it something helpful to do even when you're feeling good?

thanks for the link, jessica

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05/15/2008 08:37
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Lymie,

Epsom baths are great even when you feel good. Also if you havent ever tried it try also the Batherapy bath salts from Wal-mart.You can find them over at the beauty isle. They are cheap and also terrific.

I use the ones for aches & pains and also the ones with lavender too .

Both of them have Eucalyptus, tea tree and lavender. They make you body feel so good as a relaxation. They dont detox like Epsom Salt baths but you will feel great after taking one.

I use them alot when i have aches/pains, headaches and or stress feelings.

Thought I would share this.

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05/19/2008 20:45
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the basic Lyme detox baths have been around for years and tears the recipe is basically 1- 1.5 lbs of epsom salts in a full very warm bath ( IF you have any sx of dusatonomias or feel faint with heat dont make too hot--you cannot get your core temp up high enough to kill spirochetes as rumored and youll only faint or get very ill anyway)

then after about 5-10 minutes you add 8-16 oz of hydrogen peroxide and stay another 15-20 minutes

its a bit false to say anything much can be absorbed into the body--its relaxing and it may coax muscles to start moving toxins but before and after tests show that magnesium levels arent really raised afterwards.

and when taken internally mag sulfate ( epsom salts) acts like a weak calcium channel blocker and may affect heart rateso if it were absorbed at any sort of significant amount it would be far more dangerous.

theyve even studied boric acid and borax and found that little/tiny amounts are absorbed

the mamallian skin system is good at what it was designed to do--keep inside stuff in and outside stuff out!!

enjoy but dont expect "detox".

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05/20/2008 10:50
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Our bodies absorb things everyday. That's why our drinking water isn't good for us. Read about Chlorine and why you shouldn't bathe/shower in it. It's not just from 'drinking' our water that effects us. I believe that things are 'absorbed' into our system everyday. I have a large amount of aluminum in my system from wearing Secret deodorant over the years. It doesn't matter if "much" is absorbed - sometimes very little counts for the good or the bad.
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05/20/2008 11:08
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For me, I am especially cautious about toxins 'coming in from the outside.' Since I am immunocompromised, I do not want to be rubbing aluminum or other 'chemicals' into my skin. We are assaulted everyday by toxins that are out of our control. I'm just trying to keep my own assault to a minimum. Why not?

Also, why are hormone creams rubbed into our skin? Isn't it becasue they are absorbed into our bloodstream via the skin?

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Open your mind to the possibilities available to you.

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05/20/2008 11:15
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They say that you can actually put tinctures on the soles of your feet because they absorb faster there. Would you let your kid walk into a gas station bathroom barefoot? No? Why not?

Because all those nasty germs would absorb into his feet.

I found that one of the viruses in my body is hiding out in my breast tissue - not only do I take the tincture orally, but I put it on that area of my body as well.

Good point about the hormone cream!

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