THE EPSOM SALTS DRENCH

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Epsom salts, used as an after-shower drench, is an effective treatment for problems of insomnia, high blood pressure and bed-wetting.

The method is very simple. Each evening take a good hot shower to cleanse the skin and open the pores. Have ready a quart of warm water into which 2 ozs. of Epsom salts have been dissolved. When the shower (or bath) is over, slowly pour the solution over the whole body so that, as far as possible, every part has been covered. Then wait for a minute or two before patting the skin dry with a towel.

Because of its powerfully relaxing effect, this treatment can be a valuable aid in the relief of insomnia. However, each person will have to determine by experience how long to wait before drying, and how thorough the drying with the towel should be. Some will find, for instance, that if the body is not thoroughly towel-dried, they will hardly be able to get out of bed. The limbs will feel heavy and the whole body will be so relaxed that they will wonder if they will ever move again. Needless to say, this is too severe a reaction, and the treatment needs to be modified for that person. When you do it, take note of just how much rubbing you do and be aware of the effect of the treatment on your sleep and upon your feelings in the morning. You will soon learn just how brisk the rub-down should be for you in order to give you an excellent night of unbroken sleep and a fresh awakening in the morning.

This treatment will not bring lasting results from only one application. It needs to be repeated every night. The results will become apparent gradually as the treatment is repeated.

What happens is as follows: The Epsom salts draw off the toxins thrown off by the skin while at the same time the magnesium is absorbed in part by the skin and conveyed to the nerve endings. Anyone who doubts that magnesium can be thus absorbed by the skin can have his doubts dispelled very quickly by taking a handful of Epsom salts, moistening it, and rubbing it on the back over the area of the intestines. If he does this thoroughly, he will find his bowels as activated as if he had taken a stiff internal dosage.

Some may say that the Epsom salts bath would do just as well. However, this would seem very doubtful since the bath would make the solution too diluted. To achieve the same concentration in the bath, something like two gallons of Epsom salts would have to be added to the average bathtub full of water. Case History

We know a woman who suffered from symptoms of high blood pressure. Her doctor tested her, found it to be so, and warned her of the need to get the pressure down. She went to her humble home in which was neither bath nor shower, and every night took the Epsom salts treatment just described. She accomplished this by taking a wash from a handbasin placed on the floor and pouring the solution over her, rubbing off lightly, and retiring.

On her next visit to the doctor, tests showed that the blood pressure was normal. While she faithfully continued the treatment, there was no return of the trouble.

Bed-wetting in children is often the result of a nervous or highly-strung disposition. It can also be caused by the irritation of high acidity of a body in a fairly toxic state. Epsom salts will take care of both problems. Bathe the child each night as described above. The Epsom salts will relax and settle the nervous disposition and also draw off the acidity. The result will be a dry bed, unless there is a cause of the problem other than the ones mentioned above. Again, do not expect that one application will solve the problem. It may take a week of nightly treatments before the desired results are achieved, and it will take continued treatment to maintain the results.

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