Today I was irritable, weepy, and everything in between. I also had some bouts with nausea and a little dizziness. All normal for the cleanse. Unwanted, but normal.
I decided to try to make myself feel better by soaking in a hot epsom salt bath in the evening. I thought it would help bring the toxins out quicker and thus speed up this "healing event". It was the first time I've ever tried an epsom salt bath and all I can say is YES. YES. YES.
I read online that a lot of master cleansers do it and the recipe I used went something like:
Fill bath with hottest water you can stand
Add two cups of Epsom Salt
Add one cup baking soda
Add few drops lavender oil
Sit in the bath for 15-40 minutes
The epsom salts are supposed to draw toxins out as well as provide the body with magnesium, something that the interwebs says most Americans don't have enough of. The baking soda alkalizes an acidic body (i.e. unhealthy). The lavender oil is aromatherapy to lower stress and cortisol levels (which tend to rise during a cleanse).
I ended up adding way more epsom salt then the recipe called for. I just wanted to make sure I was really drawing out impurities.
After sitting in the bathtub for about 30 minutes, I got up and felt a little lightheaded. It was amazing though. Imagine being drunk and exhausted at the same time. My body was completely relaxed. I got dressed, drank a whole bunch of water, and went straight to bed even though it was only 8:30pm.
Once in bed, I just read. I could have fallen asleep but I thought it was too early. Later on though, I awoke from my epsom salt bath stupor and then couldn't sleep until midnight. I then went into a very deep sleep and woke up completely refreshed at 6am. Sufficed to say, I will be getting into a bath again sometime soon.
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