Throughout centuries natural salts have been used for bathing as it has been believed that they have medicinal and beautifying properties.
Many people use salt for these reasons and the most common type of salt used are Epsom salts.
Throughout the world over the centuries Epsom salts have been used as they possess a number of beneficial properties.
These include having the ability to absorb water - even direct from the air.
These salts are a chemical compound consisting of magnesium and sulphate and mixed with other substances.
These salts are added to water for use in floatation therapy and also added to foot baths so as to avoid the prune effect rippling of feet and toes after being immersed in water.
This is also a benefit for any skin inflammation as the use of epsom salts can help to reduce this.
Epsom salts also have the ability to assist the skin in exfoliation.
This can be done through gentle rubbing of a water mixed with the salts solution direct onto the skin.
Avoid applying the salts direct tot he skin as this will cause irritation and soreness.
Believe it or not, but epsom salts are useful for fish! Fish sometime suffer from a condition that can make their scales stick out and give them the appearance of pine cones.
this is caused by swelling in the fish's abdomen.
By adding some salts to the fish's water, the fish is helped in the expelling of excess fluid from their internal organs.