Re: Epsom salts (was:: Re: Flare -> Intro -> Die Off... every time?)

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I use this epsom salt/coconut oil everywhere on a regular basis (and occasionally as a facial moisturizer too). I've read in a few places, including here, to only sit in an epsom salt bath for 15-20 minutes, and I've read elsewhere that this is because you could absorb too much magnesium and cause an imbalance. Also, that maybe it would trigger too severe of a detox, or something along those lines.What I'm wondering is, wouldn't using the lotion be like sitting in an epsom bath for a REALLY long time? Maybe too long? Has anyone else read anything like this, or have any thoughts?Thanks! Peace =)Alyssa 16 yo UC April 2008, dx Sept 2008SCD June 2009 (restarted)Azathioprine 50 mg 1x per dayPrednisone 35 mg 1x per day

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I use this epsom salt/coconut oil everywhere on a regular basis (and occasionally as a facial moisturizer too). I've read in a few places, including here, to only sit in an epsom salt bath fo! r 15-20 minutes, and I've read elsewhere that this is because you could absorb too much magnesium and cause an imbalance. Also, that maybe it would trigger too severe of a detox, or something along those lines.What I'm wondering is, wouldn't using the lotion be like sitting in an epsom bath for a REALLY long time? Maybe too long? Has anyone else read anything like this, or have any thoughts?Thanks!I regularly take them longer, because I never heard that starting outand nothing has ever happened to me. Which, of course, is not tosay it could not happen to anyone else. So, if it is not causing a reaction, it is not causing a reaction andit is fine to use, as a lotion or a long bath. Etc. Not everyone has to follow the instructions for the mostsensitive. That is what has to be individually determined, as in the foodon the diet. Etc., again. <g> Mara