the power of epsom salts.

For those of you who do not know the age-old remedy, here is a commercial for Epsom Salts. My daddy, Jerry Wallerstedt modeled their medicinal powers by soaking wounds, stiff muscles or irritated skin in an epsom salt bath. I am not sure exactly how it works, but I am here to say that IT DOES WORK. I have used it for years. (My dad used to say that it draws out the impurities.) It is similar to expensive bath salts, without the added scent or bubble action. The healing properties would be similar to a natural mineral spring, but more convenient.

Mother Rabbit has posted about the power of epsom salt before (see post 7/16/2010) but we are talking about it here because hot epsom salt baths have been instrumental in Mike's recovery. Mike has had an ache in his thigh muscle that has kept him awake many a night. We think it might be from the way he favored his leg because of the large bed sore on his heel from surgery. Anyway, we found that if he soaked in epsom salts before bed, he could sleep! One night last week, he actually got out of bed at midnight to go take a bath for the relief he needed.

It is amazing stuff. We are all about finding remedies that involve things found in nature, instead of drugs. It is cheap. It works. Try it the next time you have a wound or sore muscle. Sore muscles are a part of most "long rides".