Detox Bath Recipe
Detox Bath How does the detox bath recipe improve your health? Sweating is your body’s natural way of detoxifying. Hot water draws toxins out of the body to the skin’s surface and into the bath. As the water cools, it pulls more toxins from the skin in a wicking effect. Epsom salts augment this detoxification by assisting your body in eliminating toxins as well as absorbing helpful minerals and nutrients. Other salts—all highly alkaline and cleansing—used in baths include sea salt, baking soda, clay, and Dead Sea salts.
Use caution when taking hot baths and salt baths (including Epsom salt baths) if you are elderly, have heart trouble or diminished feeling in your hands and feet. Use a thermometer to make sure it isn’t too hot. If you have any of these conditions make sure your bath is 104 degrees or less. Also, stand slowly when getting out of the tub as you may become dizzy.
Detox Bath Salt Recipe
Minerals and salts make the bath water feel silky and leave your skin cleansed and soft.
- 1 cup sea salts
- 2 cups baking soda
- 1 cup Epsom salts
- 1 to 2 tablespoons glycerin per bath (optional)
Combine the sea salts, baking soda, and Epsom salts in a bowl. Stir to blend. Pour 1/4 cup or so into the bath while the tub is filling. Add 1 to 2 tablespoons glycerin to keep your skin from drying out (more for dry skin, less for oily skin) and essential oils of choice. I like rosemary or lavender.
- Preparation Time: 2 to 3 minutes
- Shelf Life: Indefinite
- Storage: Glass or plastic
To speed up the detoxification process, you may wish to try this: Buy a fragrance free aloe cream and “bentonite clay”. Mix equal parts of clay cream and water. Apply to arms, legs and body or effected areas about twenty minutes before taking your therapeutic bath. This draws toxins to the skin; the warm salt bath draws out the deeper toxins. Bathe-add 1/4 cup in hot bath water, soak 20-30 minutes as the water cools-this intensifies the drawing action. Rinse with cool water.
After you bathe, rinse off with slightly cool water. This completes the process by rinsing away any toxins brought to the skins surface.
I make two herbal tinctures that fall into the detox category, Hepa-Health and Blood Purifier. The Blood Purifier is great for controlling blood sugar and lipids (blood fats) it is also the better tasting of the two. Hepa-Health was created for those battling Hepatitis or Cirrhosis of the liver but it works equally well as a preventative of liver disease and tonic cleanser. It is also what I use to clear up Urinary Tract Infections (UTIs) without the use of antibiotics.
Detox Foot Bath
Use your Detox Bath Salts and add 2 – 3 TBLSP to a bucket of hot water or foot-bath. Soak as long as you are comfortable. You can do this while you are working on the computer, balancing your checkbook or paying bills. You may wish to keep a teapot full of hot water to heat the foot-bath up as it cools down.
