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Posted 5/12/2017 3:20 AM (GMT 0)
Do I need to time my baths out away from food or supplements and pills?
Posted 5/12/2017 5:21 AM (GMT 0)
No and no question is ever dumb except the one not asked.
Posted 5/12/2017 3:15 PM (GMT 0)
No, that shouldn't make a difference. I've had success in using 32oz of Hydrogen Peroxide in addition to the epsom salt - it's supposed to be good with detoxing and healing infections.
Posted 5/12/2017 3:21 PM (GMT 0)
Agreeing with both members - and with Jrpsf about asking questions! There are NO dumb or silly questions!!! We need to know these things, and if we don't know, we need to ask!
Posted 5/12/2017 4:15 PM (GMT 0)
If I can just piggyback off this thread... does anyone else feel much, much worse after a long epsom salt bath? Maybe I'm running the bath too hot.
Posted 5/12/2017 4:17 PM (GMT 0)
Mustard, I could not even do a foot soak for 5 minutes. It literally made me ill and I never tried it again.

I did enough other detoxing things and still healed, so I was not concerned.
Posted 5/12/2017 4:37 PM (GMT 0)

PeteZa said...
Mustard, I could not even do a foot soak for 5 minutes. It literally made me ill and I never tried it again.

I did enough other detoxing things and still healed, so I was not concerned.

Wow really interesting.
Posted 5/14/2017 3:12 AM (GMT 0)
Thanks everyone!

MustardSeed, I do only sometimes. Depends on the temp too. Sometimes I get out and my joints ache MORE. Overall, they've been good though. I bought a child's bath thermometer on Amazon and keep the temp at about 100 degrees. That seems to be the sweet spot for me.
Posted 5/14/2017 3:46 AM (GMT 0)

Mustard Seed said...
If I can just piggyback off this thread... does anyone else feel much, much worse after a long epsom salt bath? Maybe I'm running the bath too hot.

MS - when I first started them - I read in the NTL thread that they should be warm...not hot...so that's what I have been doing for the most part. I'm not taking them to 'kill' the bugs...but to feel better.

...and they really work for me - I always feel better after the baths.
Posted 5/14/2017 1:38 PM (GMT 0)
I have never had a bad experience with Epsom salt baths. But my doctor said 20 minutes and about 100 degrees (body temp), so I've never gone longer or hotter with them.
Posted 5/14/2017 1:53 PM (GMT 0)
I have had serious issues after an Epsom salt soak - and I wasn't using hot water. The Epsom salts, peroxide and warm water help release toxins, and my bloodstream gets overwhelmed with them fairly quickly. When I started the foot soaks, if I kept my feet in the water for more than 7 minutes, I would herx badly too, so I started out with only 5 minutes, went slowly and built up my time in with my feet in the water. Now I can use fairly hot water, and keep my feet in the water just as long as I please. Still too chicken to do the full body soaks though!!
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