Epsom salts

Depends - as directed by your practitioner according to your situation.

For basically well people who want to get better, or perhaps have a mild condition they wish to improve, and aren't on drugs, I usually suggest up to about 2 kg about 6 times a month. You can use less, but if you only have a cupfull then best kept for hand and footbaths.

If that sounds expensive, get a large sack online, the food-grade stuff in the chemist is usually too expensive in the amounts they sell.

For people with less energy I would suggest hand or foot baths only, but this can be done more frequently.

Use with caution in severely toxic states or cardiovascular conditions, impaired sensitivity, or where heat from the bath may cause problems. I would avoid altogether in pregnancy, and in cases of sickness always get personal advice.

None of this comes with a guarantee or a firm evidence base I am aware of. If problems get worse or new ones develop, then stop.

Hi Kvdp, thank you,I have a client coming for reflexology with circulation problems and an irregular heartbeat which was only diagnosed after a football injury where he injured his cervical spine with root problems at C4 C5 and C6.

I understand the other issues to consider with such symptoms,but I believe epsom salts would be beneficial or would it be contradictory with irregular heartbeat.

Hi, I don't know enough about the case to suggest what to do I'm afraid.

However, injury to the cervical spine and irregular heartbeat could be related, it's possible he wasn't aware of the problem earlier because the injury brought it on. Doesn't necessarily mean that something needs doing directly to the neck, just to be aware that there is a rationale for a relationship. Circulation problems could mean many things.

This is exactly my theory also, his circulation problem is in his hands (cervical related I would think ),prior to coming to me he had been advised to put 2 capfuls of E.S. in the bath but I would think this too little and would always prefer foot soak.He also suffers from lightheadness, again thiscould be a common symptom with neck injury.The listed C problems are from an MRI but I would suspect some damage to C7 with his symptoms.

For people with less energy I would suggest hand or foot baths only

May I ask why? I know nothing about them, but hear many people rave about them.

I have bought dead sea salt, sorry to hijack the thread but can someone tell me the differences?

Thanks,

Hip

Two 'capfulls', I don't know what that means, but it sounds a little lean. Two 'cupfulls' might be more like it.

More importantly, I'm not sure from the information given exactly why this was indicated in this case. It might help, but I would be interested in other things also.

I did meet someone who was using a teaspoonful in the bath and said it made her feel great, I'm sorry to say that this was probably a very cheap placebo, but no harm in that!

[Usual caveats apply and I can't offer specific advice on how to deal with an individual case - that's for the practitioner present! The first rule is don't make it worse. Neck problems always require great caution, if injured even more so, if treating them directly then the right level of expertise is an absolute must. The practitioner present has to determine these things, and it's better if there is another source of information besides the internet. Not trying to scare or deter you, just re-iterate what we all know and understand - ok!]