I bought a 10 lb bag of pure epsom salt from San Francisco Salt company (highly regarded)... and the first time I used it I put two cups in and WOW... my body odor is so strong, my skin got red and blotchy, and my heart started to race some.
Can this stuff really pull out toxins that powerfully?
I've been using CVS/Walgreens store bought Epsom Salt for 5 years now with no problems. In fact I use probably twice as much of it and it doesn't do this to me.
[ 01-28-2015, 12:48 PM: Message edited by: canefan17 ]
Posted by willowms (Member # 45259) on :
Canefan17, if I put 2 cups in I'd have to go to the hospital in an ambulance.. no kidding. I learnt the hard way that not all of us can toleratae epsom salt baths even the kind from CVS.
In fact now I soak my feet in maybe 1/4 cup. Your is pure epsom salt which must be super powerful. I'd dose waay down until the sx aren't as strong and yes I believe it is a powerful detoxifier. Also too much mag isn't good for us and can definitely affect our heart. Good luck!
Posted by canefan17 (Member # 22149) on :
Thanks. And ya it's crazy - I had no idea that pure grade epsom salt bath could be so powerful.
Posted by Lymetoo (Member # 743) on :
Go slowly .. and maybe be sure not to have the bath "too hot?"
Posted by Keebler (Member # 12673) on :
- The ability of the Epsom salts to irritate the skin has nothing to do with pulling out toxins. It's a salt. Too high a concentration can be caustic - especially combined with heat and soaking.
Your skin was being attacked and your body told you something was not quite right, your heart likely got in on the act from the "assault" perceived not so much from magnesium absorption as that would typically slow down the heart.
I learned this about Epsom salts the hard way, too. Too high of a concentration can cause burn the skin. And the whole body has to go into overdrive. My skin was on fire and it took some time for it to "grow back" actually.
I had put some Epsom salts in a bottle with water, shook it up and poured in on after a shower. I had read that this could be well absorbed this way -- but, my, oh, my. I was too gung ho in my measurements -- AND my skin was just not the kind to accept a concentration in the first place. I learned from that, though.
Excellent point you make by posting the name of the product you have now vs. the typical ones you've used in the past. It really does matter. I probably would not have thought the concentration would have been different either. Good to know now, though.
Call the company and have a little conversation with them just in case something might be wrong with the product - or, more likely, to get precise directions.
In the long run with the new kind, you may save money by using far less.
You probably already do this but do make sure that all crystals are fully dissolved before getting into the tub. -
Posted by Keebler (Member # 12673) on :
- canefan,
I though perhaps the website would offer clues -- since you did use the right measurement as per the package, it's a puzzle to me. You might still call them for some conversation about this.
Likely, it's just a more condensed product than what you are used to but, still . . . there are questions if following the directions clobbered you.
. . . The 2 key ingredients of Epsom salts are Magnesium and Sulfur. . .
. . . For a relaxing soak - Add two cups of Epsoak® to a hot bath in a standard-sized bathtub; soak for at least 12 minutes. (end website excerpt) -
Posted by canefan17 (Member # 22149) on :
Yes I did speak with them. That was a new one for them but they did say that they have pure/potent epsom salt )which I can clearly see in the purity and color of the crystals vs CVS etc.
It might have burned my skin so thanks for bringing that to my attention. But that wouldn't explain the extreme body odor that came on would it?
I tend to be sensitive to stuff in the first place. All in all it wasn't the worst experience in the world but it was just so different than my regular epaom salt soaks (and yes those are expensive).
Using 1/4 of a cup of this pure grade stuff would be so cost effective for me. I will try a low dose and see if it helps.
Posted by Keebler (Member # 12673) on :
- Might you have forgotten to soap up because your skin starting hurting?
Even if you did soap up adequately, the stress of the situation might have caused more stress hormone sweating after you rinsed off & dried off. Stress sweat does seem to smell stronger, I think.
If you cut short the bath and did not have a cool down period before rinsing off, that can also prompt sweating after drying off.
just a thought. I've taken more than one shower and had to figure out why my hair was odd - turns out I had forgotten to actually wash it if I had gotten dizzy and got out sooner than expected.
I doubt that your body had much time to absorb the magnesium & filter out stuff from your body tissue and push it out into your sweat (so to speak) that soon. The most logical seems that your cool down period might have been shortened. -
Posted by canefan17 (Member # 22149) on :
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I learnt the hard way that not all of us can toleratae epsom salt baths even the kind from CVS.