Herbal Aromatherapy |

by Sudanna Saiah

Bath Salts and Essential Oils Aromatherapy essential oils in a bath salt, such as epsom or dead sea salt adds the healing benefits of the oils for a super relieving bath.

Double Benefit Both salt and essential oils are so healing. You want to choose which salt you use, just as you choose which oil for their different benefits. Choose oils for aches, pains, tension, relaxation or other ailments.

Potent Detoxifier Salts help the body to heal by removing toxins. By detoxifying the tissues the muscles relax, the skin heals and you feel calm and relaxed.

Less Pain Essential oils with bath salts help chronic and painful skin conditions like eczema and psoriasis. They also help relive main and stiffness of osteoarthritis. The results were resorted for 80% of study participants.

Following is a little information on specific salts.

Sea Salt Seas and oceans contain what is called sea salt. It is natural, organic, and is high in beneficial trace minerals and electrolytes such as magnesium. Magnesium is a natural muscle relaxer, and the salts pull toxins from the tissues to relieve pain, inflammation and stiffness.

Dendritic Salt Dendritic salt is a commonly used extender in commercial bath salts. This salt prevents caking and extends shelf life by holding scents longer. It is also fashionable because it dissolves easily. These are nice qualities, but they are synthetic and as such, they come at a price. It is just chemically modified table salt and not a safe choice for use with essential oils.

Dead Sea Salt Dead sea salt comes from the Dead Sea in Israel. It is unique in its mineral composition. Much more concentrated than sea salt. It is 33.7% salt - that is 8.6 times more than the ocean. It is so salty that it cannot support life. The mineral composition of dead sea salt is not only great than the ocean, but different. The ocean salt is 97% sodium chloride. Dead sea salt is very, very high in calcium, magnesium and potassium salts - the electrolytes. It is too concentrated to drink - a small amount is deadly. Used topically in a bath or scrub, the healing properties go to work to detoxify and rematerialize, balance, tone and heal. It is for this reason that people come from all over the world to bathe in the dead sea as a natural healing spa. The relief provided through detoxifying the tissues and relaxing the muscles makes this the premier healing salt.

Epsom Salt Epsom salt comes from salt water that has had the sodium chloride removed. This leaves a high concentration of magnesium, which is soothing to the muscles - a natural relaxant. It detoxifies by pulling lactic acid from the body. It is inexpensive and you can get it in most local pharmacy, supercenters and supermarkets.

Pickling Salt Pickling salt is appreciated for is fineness which allows it to dissolve instantly. Also for its clear color. It is just table salt, but with no additives to prevent caking to discolor it. It can be found at the grocer, but it has little value as a bath salt.

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 Solar salt is taken from salt water ponds and is commonly used in aquariums. It Is a coarse grain and may contain additives or trace amounts of pesticides. The purity, without pesticides is important for your fish you’re your feet alike. Do not use anything with pesticides in aromatherapy. Many spa salts like to combine these salts with finer ground sea or Epsom salts for the look.

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 Give yourself the gift of Aromatherapy bath salts. Sow yourself or others that you care.

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