Many years ago I learned about using Epsom Salts for bathing. I would take Epsom Salts baths occasionally, but didn’t really know anything about the benefits.
Years later I started reading The Healthy Home Economist and learned how regular Epsom Salts (magnesium sulfate) baths can help resolve magnesium and sulfur deficiencies.
The Healthy Home Economist has so many blog posts about various detox baths using different salts, minerals, clay, etc. I found myself reading and rereading her articles about detox baths many times over the last few years.
Because we take a variety of detox baths on a regular basis, my husband asked me to compile a Detox Bath Quick Reference Chart based on The Health Home Economist’s bath recipes.
So I typed up a Detox Bath Quick Reference Chart to print and keep in the drawer with our bath ingredients!
Below is a free download for the Detox Bath Quick Reference Chart. It includes the bath recipes, instructions, and benefits for each type of bath. Feel free to print a copy for your fridge or to tape inside your bathroom cabinet.
If you do not have a bath tub for a full-body bath, not to worry. You can use any of these recipes as a foot bath – just use a one third to one half the ingredients and follow the instructions.
If you would like to learn more about the different detox baths, you can find links at The Healthy Home Economist in this blog post which also shares the Detox Bath Quick Reference Chart!
Our family has noticed that detox baths help us recover from illness much quicker than usual. One family member used the Borax/Peroxide recipe as a foot bath daily for a week and cleared up Athlete’s foot and cracks in the feet!
My personal favorites are the baths that include baking soda. Baking soda can really help with exposure to radiation which we have so much of these days.
Buying & Organizing Bath Ingredients
Epsom Salts are already pretty cheap. We buy the USP grade Epsom Salts from the pharmacy section at Walmart or Superstore.
To save money on baking soda, we buy a 50-lb. bag from our local feed store. It is livestock grade, which we think is just fine for bathing. We don’t use it for anything internal.
To save money on sea salt, we purchase the agricultural grade Sea90 sea salt from Azure Standard.
We also purchase bentonite clay in bulk from Azure Standard. They have Redmond brand bentonite clay as well as their own Azure Standard brand.
Below you can see how I organize our bath ingredients in one drawer. It’s nothing fancy. I use old Epsom Salts jugs to fill with other ingredients and keep an empty jug in the drawer for mixing ingredients together before adding to the bath. The green box is Borax and the green cup is a one-cup measure. You can also see my bath chart folded by the jugs!
Tips for Detox Baths
Most of the bath ingredients dissolve just fine in warm bath water. Sometimes there are lumps in the baking soda or borax and these are easily crushed with your fingers or feet in the tub.
Clay can get lumpy when adding it to the bath water. There are two ways I know of to help this not happen. First, when adding clay, you can mix it into the other ingredients before adding it all to the bath water. Second, you can lightly sprinkle it over the surface of the bath water while the tub fills. This helps it hydrate faster.
There are more helpful tips on the bath chart, so be sure to read it thoroughly before trying detox baths.
Conclusion
Detox baths are great for just about everybody – they help maintain or regain good health through gently detoxing and restoring mineral deficiencies.
If you decide to try detox baths for health problems, try a few different ones to see which are most helpful for you.
Be faithful to bathe 2-3 times per week. Watch for improvement to happen gradually over time. It can take months or years to undo many years of damage.
Bathing is not only a wonderful way to detox and restore mineral deficiencies, it’s a great way to relax and reduce stress, too! Try listening to nice music, thinking about good memories, or praying while you soak.
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