Re: Epsom Salts -- Dosage?

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On 10/22/06, Masterjohn wrote:

> I bought some Epsom salts today. How often should I use them and how

> much should I use? The box says not to use them longer than a week

> *internally* -- is there also a risk of overdose by bathing in them?

>

> Thanks,

> Chris

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>

Well, first re:internal use, " Elaine says " (hee hee): " Elaine writes

about using Epsom salts internally: Epsom salts is as strong a

purgative as there is. I would warn anyone with

IBD to stay away from it. "

From the Pecanbread (and SCD related site), this is their advice for

kids taking epsom salt baths: " Start with 1 cup of epsom salts in

waist deep water and soak for at least 20 minutes.

If this is tolerated go up to 2 cups of salts per bath.

If this is not well tolerated, cut the amount to 1/2 cup per bath or even less.

Find the amount that can be tolerated. "

I think diarrhea is a sign of having used too much salt with regards

to toleration.

I'll keep searching the pecanbread list later (it's supper time) for

how often you can do it. So far, people do the baths every day or

even several times a day, but I'm not sure for how long yet.

Steph :-)

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Steph,

> From the Pecanbread (and SCD related site), this is their advice for

> kids taking epsom salt baths: " Start with 1 cup of epsom salts in

> waist deep water and soak for at least 20 minutes.

> If this is tolerated go up to 2 cups of salts per bath.

> If this is not well tolerated, cut the amount to 1/2 cup per bath or even

less.

> Find the amount that can be tolerated. "

> I think diarrhea is a sign of having used too much salt with regards

> to toleration.

Thanks! I'm using it as a source of sulfate to support

detoxification. It didn't occur to me that the recommendations for

this might mean internal use until I read the package. But apparently

the sulfate is well-absorbed in a bath, as I assume that is the

benefit for joint pains and so on.

Chris

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please do be cautious w/ epsom salts. I tried a little as part

of a liver cleanse and I swear it felt like my liver was flipped inside

out. Extremely unpleasant, even compared to a successful liver cleanse

without a natural laxative [also unpleasant for the uninitiated ].

Christa

>

> I bought some Epsom salts today. How often should I use them and how

> much should I use? The box says not to use them longer than a week

> *internally* -- is there also a risk of overdose by bathing in them?

>

> Thanks,

> Chris

> --

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I had always heard that your body would absorb no more than it needed

from an epsom salts bath. Is this incorrect?

Lynn S.

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Lynn,

> I had always heard that your body would absorb no more than it needed

> from an epsom salts bath. Is this incorrect?

I'm not positive, but it is probably incorrect.

This is particularly likely because it is very hard to assess what

your body needs. This is like when someone says that your body only

converts carotenes to vitamin A when it " needs " to. The only basis

for that is the fact that carotene conversion rates are widely

variable. There's no evidence supporting that that variability has

anything to do with need.

Really it depends on whether the sulfate is transported actively

through the skin or passively diffuses. If the latter, it's just

going to depend on the concentration in the bath and the concentration

in both your skin cells and your blood. If the former, it's possible

that it could be regulated in some way.

Chris

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