If soaking in the tub just isn't your thing (or if you don't have loads of time on your hands), try this handy Epsom salts shower gel instead. This may help relax muscles, reduce swelling and pain from arthritis, and relieve pain from fibromyalgia and various causes.

Don’t float like a butterfly, sink like a stone into a warm juniper and thyme scented bath for some well-deserved me-time. Epsom salt can help you relax, de-stress, or avoid constipation, but it's not effective for weight loss. You can make a detox bath to help ease muscle pain, arthritis, and headaches, as well as treat skin conditions. I know many of you only have access to essential oils, which you can totally use on their own but I’d encourage you to play around with herbs if you can. This Bath Salt contains Dead Sea Salt, Evaporated Sea Salt, Mineral Salts, Epsom Salt and Essential Oils - Clove, Peppermint, Eucalyptus.Lie back, relax and soak sore muscles for a minimum of twenty minutes to maximise the bathing experience. Mark Lebwohl, MD, chair of dermatology, Mount Sinai Hospital; chairman, National Psoriasis Foundation Medical Board. Scientists have postulated there is sufficient evidence that inadequate dietary magnesium is a potential cause of treatment-resistant depression. The theory is that when you soak in an Epsom salts bath, these get into your body through your skin. Magnesium is known to increase relaxation, reduce inflammation, and aid in muscle and nerve function,” says Corinne Croce, D.

Dr Greg Grosicki, an assistant professor and director of the exercise physiology laboratory at Georgia Southern University, US, adds that magnesium deficiency is associated with muscle aches and cramps. Make compresses by soaking a cotton washcloth in cold water that has been mixed with Epsom salt (2 tablespoons per cup), then apply to the skin. If you’ve never had an Epsom salt bath, consider testing a patch of skin with magnesium sulfate and water first. Cleveland Clinic: "How to Cope with High-dose Chemo and Radiation Therapy Side Effects," "How You Can Prevent and Treat Painful Ingrown Toenails.For some people, hitting the shower brings with it an uncomfortable side effect: pesky, persistent itching. Epsom salts can be dissolved in a warm bath, in the hope of aiding its relaxation and therapeutic properties. After completing my herbalism certificate last year I am full force on the benefit of fresh and dried herbs.