epsom salt and chronic fatigue??

Hi, I have been suffering from chronic fatigue for years. Now a friend of mine told that I should take a bath in Epsom Salt to absorb magnesium, which is said to relax the muscles. So did you ever hear about it. And btw what is the best product out there? So many Epsom salt and so much variety in prices. Can somebody weigh in? thanks, joy

I am not a chemist, or doctor but I do keep a reef tank and this topic has been covered by more educated persons than I on those forums. Epsom salt sold in pharmacies is magnesium and sulfate which should separate in water, letting the animals (coral and fish) utilize the magnesium. The sulfur builds up but water changes remove it before it can get lethal (though some people insist on never doing water changes and their tanks almost always crash "for unknown reasons"). This question comes up because the magnesium supplements sold for reef tanks come in two forms: expensive and extremely expensive. The expensive version is pharmacy grade epsom salt repackaged for the aquarium industry at several times the regular cost and the extremely expensive should be pure magnesium with no sulphur. So epsom salt was analyzed to see if you could use that and save a chunk of money, and found to be a pretty consistent product when bought for human use regardless of price tag.

I think if you are going to use it in your bath just get the cheapest one. You can also put it in a jar with some herbs like lavender or chamomile to make your bath even nicer. Looks nice on the shelf too. If you leave a big bag of epsom salt out, people think you get constipated all the time (:

How much are people using in baths? It does help. I add some rock salt too, the combo helps heal all my little wounds from gardening and generally being a klutz. I have fibromyalgia, it helps with sacroiliac dysfunction pain but not at all with my hip pain.

Kate

Wow, I am going to try this, taking a bath in epsom salts.  This may help me get to sleep better on those nights I have trouble with insomnia.  thank you.  Denise 

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I have read a report from Dr AJ Wright. A treatment for removing toxins from the body as below.

A good natural remedy for this is to lie in a warm bath for one and a half to two hours keeping it topped up which has had added to it

One cup of salt

One cup of baking soda

One cup of epsom salts

One cup of aloe vera

Apparently this draws the toxins out and is helpful and is used in many natural medicine circles.

Regards

Gina [Mexus]

I think some of you have this wrong ,the idea is not to bath in it bit drink it in water! I tried it while living Thailand,Cant remember the name of the spa I bought it from but it was just plain epsom salts.A Canadian man was the naturalpath at this spa in Koh Samui Thailand.Anyway I couldn't stand the taste so I t didn't last long enough for me to notice any results.I will try to get more info for you all on this.I think the doesage was 2 tabespoons in pineapple or orange juice 3 times a day.

I know I'm answering this way late, but I'll chime in too.  Magnesium is good for muscle strain and it also relaxes you. But you have to be very careful not to have too much, because it can cause diahrrea.  Natural Calm is a good product for taking magnesium.  I would suggest you start with a half a teaspoon dissolved in about a cup of water twice a day, then work up to more until your stools are comfortably loose. You can have up to three teaspoons per day.  It helps to sip it throughout the day because it is absorbed better and your body can tolerate it better without the diahrrea.  I haven't tried the epsom salt bath, but I plan to.   That is how I discovered this forum.  I would not advice taking epsom salts internally.  Rather use a product like Natural calm or a liquid calcium magnesium supplement that is made for that.  Epsom salts are made for soaking.

i take magnesium through injection 2x aweek, but i do like epsom salts in my bath too.

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