Detox questions

I read the suggestions for detox here and was going over it with my llmd and he said 4 cups of Epsom salt in the tub is too much and also 1 bottle of peroxide is way too much... Said it will clog me up making detoxing very hard.. He also said dry brush away from heart which I thought made more sense than toward the heart... Can anyone explain the difference in opinion with this ?

A dr In Ny... What's blowing it in to saline ?

Hi Shan rock, let's get back to your question, shall we? I don't think the recipes for detoxing are hard and fast -- most people find what works for them over time.

I wouldn't normally want to contradict anyone's doctor, but they don't seem to have it quite right. Every source I have surveyed says to brush towards the heart -- it is supposed to stimulate the lymphatic drainage system. It doesn't seem to matter whether you start with your feet or your head.

While four cups of Epsom salts might be too much to start with in the beginning, it can't really see that it will harm you. You simply cannot add toomuch epsom salts to the water, it will just fall out of solution. You might find it drying to the skin -- personally, I find two cups to be sufficient. The regular 3 percent peroxide from the pharmacy is so dilute -- it is not really doing much. I thought the recipes called for more. Now if you are using a more concentrated form of peroxide, that's a different story.

Is this really an area of expertise for your doctor?

Most docs -even most LLMD's aren't up on the importance of detoxing to begin with, so I would wonder how much experience/training/research your doc may have put into this decision. I'm pretty much asking the same thing as Achievinggrace has asked, I guess.

I'm having trouble finding the documentation on the reason why Lyme patients are low in magnesium, but I know that it's there. By taking the Epsom Salt soaks, your skin absorbs the much needed magnesium.

This is what is being said on another Lyme support forum - If you read on down past the first post in this thread, they took info from our post about detoxing in our "new to Lyme?" thread!!! www.mdjunction.com/forums/lyme-disease-support-forums/medicine-treatments/379738-epsom-salts-facts-soaking-magnesium-deficiency

Oh, giggle, giggle, giggle!!! *takes deep breath* - giggle, giggle, giggle!! That made my day!!!

Thanks Shan rock!!! Had I not been doing some research to help answer your question I wouldn't have stumbled upon this!! I needed a good giggle today!!!