10 Good to Know uses for Epsom Salts

1) Add some to the bath for a relaxing soak for soar muscles. I think this is probably the most common use.

2) On itchy skin or for bug bites: Dissolve a tablespoon of epsom salt in 1/2 cup of water, let it cool, and then spritz it on itchy skin or soak a cloth in it to make a soothing compress.

3) In the garden: Adding a few bags to the soil before planting can help replenish the magnesium levels in the soil, which have been depleted due to over-farming.

4) Adding a tablespoon of epsom salt to the ground around a rose bush before watering each week is also supposed to help them grow faster and stronger.

5) While you’re at it, add some to the ground below your tomato plants too!

6) Help to remove a splinter: Make a strong epsom salt solution in a cup of water and soak the splinter to make it easier to take out.

7) Tile and grout cleaner: Mix liquid soap with epsom salts and use it to scrub your tiles and grout, rinse off for a sparkly shine!

8) For sunburn: Dissolve a tablespoon of epsom salt in 1/2 cup of water and spray it on the sunburned skin to help it feel better. You can also make a compress with a cloth.

9) Epsom Salts are a good source of Magnesium, which is crucial in 100′s of the basic functions of the human body and it can be absorbed through the skin! So that relaxing bath really is as good for you as you hope it is!

10) Soaking for about 20 minutes in a bath with 2 cups of epsom salt in it is supposed to help you look slimmer! It supposedly works by helping your body let go of extra water weight that’s hanging on in all the wrong places.

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