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05/25/2008 (Nowhereville, PA) on 03/01/2004
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If you have menstrual cramps, charley horses, eye twitches or any other kind of muscle cramps or just general aches and pains, try epsom salts baths. Epsom salts (magnesium sulfate) is an excellent source of magnesium, much more bio-available and less expensive than supplements. You can soak in it in the tub, or make a spray from 4oz by weight of epsom salts dissolved in 32 fluid oz of distilled water. Put the epsom salt/water mix in a spray bottle and spray it on after your shower (rub it in like lotion all over). This is a home made version of "magnesium oil" (magnesium chloride), only made with epsom salt (magnesium sulfate) instead. Magnesium from epsom salts is very well absorbed throught the skin and doesn't loosen the bowels like oral magnesium supplements do. If you want to use magnesium chloride to make homemade "magnesium oil", get some unscented magnesium chloride bath salts and proceed as for "magnesium oil" made from epsom salts. Since I started using epsom salts, my skin is no longer dry...due, I think, to the sulfer content of epsom salts. If you feel up-tight, tense, anxious, nervous, crampy, etc., take an epsom salt soak. Exercise, and stress of all kinds, depleats magnesium, which is why an epsom salt soak after a work out or a stressful day is so good for you.
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Replied By Mike (New York) on 10/07/2011

Completely agree. I make my wife an Epsom salt bath any time she is complaining of cramps or not complaining and just showing the physical pain with some weird expressions on her face. And for the guys that like to Gym and do some lifting, an Epsom salt bath is excellent to help with muscle recovery and ease that stiffness and pain following a serious workout. I got some recipes and health on google, wiki.
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Replied By Ash (London, United Kingdom) on 11/30/2011

Hello

Can you please share with us how much Epsom Salt you use in a Bath and how often you use it? Is it safe to use it every day? My muscles ache after Yoga or stretch exercise.

Many thanks and God Bless,

Ash

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Replied By Grannycan (Thrall, Texas, Usa) on 12/14/2011

Ash,

I normally use 1 1/2 to 2 Cups per tub of hot water. I think you have to soak for at least 20 minutes for it to absorb through your skin.

Good Luck, Grannycan

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Replied By Tim M. (Tennessee, USA) on 02/04/2015

Epsom salt works for me at 68 years young and still doing Tae Bo, but on a less intense scale, but I need the Epsom soak to help those achy muscles.
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Replied By Timh (KY) on 02/05/2015

T: What method of administration do you use, foot or whole-body bath??

Also, the achy muscles is most times attributed to Lactic Acid Buildup as a byproduct of metabolism. Research Sports Nutrition under that condition and you should find means & ways of reducing this, in addition to your successful Epsom Salts.

Common supplemental amino acids for muscles is BCAA's, Creatine, and Glutamine.

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