Epsom Salts Recipies

EPSOM SALT: 

http://www.epsomsaltcouncil.org/health_why_it_works.htmEpsom Salt also delivers sulfates, which medical research indicates are needed for the formation of brain tissue, joint proteins and the mucin proteins that line the walls of the digestive tract. Studies show that sulfates also stimulate the pancreas to generate digestive enzymes and help to detoxify the body's residue of medicines and environmental contaminants. Studies indicate that sulfates are difficult to absorb from food, but are readily absorbed through the skin. 

http://www.enzymestuff.com/epsomsalts.htm 
Epsom salts are magnesium sulfate. Salts are just molecules that form because the parts have opposite electrical charges that bind together. Magnesium has a positive charge. Sulfate has a negative charge, and performs all sorts of unique biological functions. The two elements dissociate in solution (English translation: break apart and separate in liquid). Epsom salts are available at most local grocers or health food stores, or inexpensively in bulk at agricultural supply stores. 

Simple bath:1 cup of Epsom salts (and a pinch of baking soda) every night. Drinking the bath water is ok if you are CONSTIPATED! (from:http://www.tacanow.com/poops.htm) 

Lotion/cream: Mix a little water with 3 tablespoons of epsom salts dissolved by heating in the microwave (about 1 minute). Mix water/epsom salt with cocoa butter (GNC or health store). Can add a little oil or coconut oil or simply mix water/epsom salt with suntan lotion, primrose oil cream and some aloe vera cream -Pretty much any lotion your child can tolerate. 

Oil (skin does not get dry but becomes smooth and soft): 
3 tablespoons water + 4 tablespoons salts + 12 tablespoon coconut oil 

Cream: Boil salt and hot water for a few minutes to dissolve, add Petroleum jelly and mix it all with a hand mixer (one you would use to whipp cream); get a white, creamy mixture, add cocoa butter cream and mix again. =approximately 250 – 350 ml cream. Use it only once a day, on days you don't do a bath. Massage on back, chest, legs. Can add a few drops of lavender oil. 

quick rub down wet a wash rag, boil 2 T water in a shot glass with 1 T epson salts, pour on rag, add vit E, Primrose oil and almond oil to rag and wipe down child good before bed. Let dry. (from: http://www.geocities.com/ARNFL/diet.html) 

Epsom Salt Ointment: (from: http://www.angelfire.com/tx5/autism/diet.html) 
1 cup epsom salts 
2 t non-aluminum baking soda 
1/2 cup boiling distilled water 
2 T glycerin 
1/4 cup almond, olive, or sunflower oil 
1/2 cup favorite natural lotion or cream (like coconut butter)-be wary of what is in the lotion though. 
Blend at high speed and add ingredients a little at a time. Boil water and add to epsom salts and baking soda in blender, pulse till dissolved and not grainy (must be boiling). Add glycerin, then slowly add oils while blending to emulsify. Still blending add lotion, cream, or coconut butter a little at a time. Pour into a glass container. 

link to other ideas: http://www.care2.com/channels/solutions/self/146 
www.kirkmanlabs.com (has a cream they sell)