My muscles have been very achy lately and the internet tells me to do bath soaks with Epsom salts. I understand that warm water helps to relax muscles, but how does salt in the bath help? Do our bodies actually absorb Epsom salt through the skin to a degree that it actually makes a difference, or is it more a relaxing/scent/placebo? What mechanism is happening that the Epsom salts contribute to?
Similar vein: baking soda, magnesium, etc added to baths – do they actually help? What works best?
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Makes my skin feel soft. You can get epsom salts that smell good too.
My mom told me to soak in them when I had excruciating lower back/upper butt pain.
That didn’t work, so she let me get underage drunk on wine because it was Thanksgiving and she couldn’t get me into a doctor that day, even if she wanted to.
It definitely made me not care as much about the pain. My mom is not much of a drinker either, so it was surprising.
It turned out to be a pilonidal cyst. She couldn’t have done any better for me unless she wanted to lance that bitch herself.
Moms always have the best “I’m not sure what to do” remedies haha.
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