Bath Salts for Aromatherapy

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by Sudanna Saiah

Essential Oil Bath Salts Enhance the healing benefits of a salt bath by adding essential oils. Select essential oils mixed with salt can relieve a host of ill, calm, detoxify and soothe.

Better than Plain Salt Choose the essential oil by the properties you want for your bath. Any can be combined with bath salts. Choose lavender for relaxation, chamomile or sleep, birch or peppermint for achy muscles.

Detoxification The salts work to pull toxins such as lactic acid and others from the tissues. In this way your troubles really do “melt away.” Dead Sea salt is the most potent detoxifier. It is very beneficial for chronic skin conditions.

Greater Relief The effectiveness of dead sea salt has been proven in studies. 80% of participants with everything from rheumatism and arthritis to chronic painful skin conditions experienced relief after a dead sea salt bath.

Following is a little information on specific salts.

Sea Salt Sea salt is the natural organic product of the earth’s oceans and seas. It contains sodium chloride, like table salt, but unlike table salt, it contains a high concentration of beneficial trace minerals and electrolytes such as magnesium. Minerals such as magnesium relax the muscles and relieve inflammation. The salts pull out toxins and relieve pain and stiffness. All of this serves to relax and calm both body and mind.

Dendritic Salt Dendritic salt is often used in bath preparations and may be recommended by some. It holds scents well and dissolves quickly in water. In spite of these characteristics, it is a chemically altered form of ordinary, non-organic table salt. It has been altered with slightly toxic ferrous cyanide. Although it is claimed that the ferrous cyanide does not leach and it is not plasma permeable, this is obviously not a healthy base salt to use. For aromatherapy we always use only natural and healthy products.

Dead Sea Salt This is the choice bath salt. The Dead Sea in Israel is the lowest level land on the planet and this sea has the highest salt concentration in the world. It is also more dense in trace minerals and electrolytes than any other salt. Because of this nothing can live in the Dead Sea - it is 33.7% salt - almost 9 times that of the ocean. It is not safe to drink it - even a little. It is wonderfully healing when you soak in it though! You will find is deeply relaxing and relieving. Enjoy a bit of this ancient natural healing spa in your own home.

Epsom Salt Epsom salt is magnesium salt. It comes form regular salt water with the table salt removed magnesium is a natural laxative and muscle relaxer. It also removes toxins from the muscles. It will sooth an aching back or tires limbs. It is widely available and inexpensive. Add some essential oils to relax the mind and relieve stress and you have a great bath.

Pickling Salt Pickling salt is just sodium chloride - table salt - with no additives. It is a very fine grade that dissolves thoroughly and immediately. This is the main advantage of pickling salt over table salt. Also because it has no additives, it can cake, but it stays clear with no discoloration. You can get it at the grocery store. Still this is better for pickling than for bath salts.

European Spa Salt This is a chic name for Mediterranean sea salt. This is the premier choice for your kitchen and dinner table. It is an organic sea salt with healthy minerals and electrolytes without the high sodium chloride, which is bad for the health. As a bath salt is does not have the nigh concentration of minerals of dead sea salt or the magnesium of Epsom salt.

Solar Salt This very coarse grain salt has a pretty look that is favored in spa salts. Don’t let the look fool you. This salt is sold for use in aquariums. It takes a while to dissolve in warm water and because it comes from salt water lakes, it can contain pesticides. It also has enough mineral content for fish, but not enough really for great therapeutic value. It can be mixed with finer salts to make them prettier.

Hawaiian Red Salt Hawaiian Red Salt, or Alaea sea salt, is a natural, unprocessed salt sea salt. It is red because of volcanic red clay in the area. The volcanic red clay contains iron oxide. It is used for sore throats, cuts, scrapes, aches, muscle sprains, tissue infections and for cold sores. The clay draws out toxins and infections.

Icelandic Brine Salt Icelandic Brine Salt comes from deep subterranean brine pools. The pool gets over 300 degrees and is a mile under the earth. The trace mineral rich salts have deep healing powers. With 60% less sodium chloride than most salts, it has more trace minerals and is rich in silica - something unique to this salt. Silica is essential for bone, joints, hair, skin and nails, which is fortifies and makes super super-strong, smooth and silky. Use this great salt for severely damaged, irritated dry, or itchy skin.

Black Sea Pink Salt This salt from the Black Sea, which is rich in coral reefs, contains large amounts of beneficial halophilic bacteria. The bacteria and the naturally high mineral content are remarkably healing for skin conditions, such as eczema and psoriasis. It is the bacteria that give the pink color. It relieves the pain of arthritis and rheumatism. It was used as an ancient’s youthful skin secret.

Conclusion Treat yourself to the healing today. It takes no more time and you get much more results.

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