epsom salt question 
Tracey
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Hello all. I have searched high and low...trying to find out the answer to my mother's question: "Do Epsom Salts have any negative side effects for our bodies?" Does anybody know the answer? I think she's meaning chemically or toxin-wise.
Thanks!- Re: epsom salt question Blueduck
22 y
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MoreThis is a reply to # 128,434Tracey,
It's poison for me! I read some where (and I wish I had book marked the site but I didn't)......to NOT take Epsom Salts with the Liver Flush because it is poison. Now I know that people have great success with Epsom Salts . I am certainly not one of them!!
Blueduck- Re: epsom salt question Lapis
22 y
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This is a reply to # 128,435I'm still really sick almost 3 weeks after my first flush. I am almost certain it was the Epsom Salts . When I recove enough to do another flush I will use magnesium chloride instead. I have also read that some people are using Epsom Salts on a daily basis. I talked to two medical doctors and a Naturopath, as well as a very experienced colon therapist about this and all agreed that this is a very bad idea. Not only does it cause severe dehydration, but when using long term it can cause constipation as well.
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- Re: epsom salt question DianePMT
22 y
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MoreThis is a reply to # 128,436I have been doing coffee enemas off and on over the past few months, and according to Gerson's protocol, they are supposed to dilate the bile ducts. I haven't had any adverse reaction to them, and I'm pretty sensitive. I wonder if there is a way that they could be used effectively in combination with the flush in order to avoid the Epsom Salts . I imagine it would be a matter of timing.
- Re: epsom salt question Spirit
22 y
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This is a reply to # 128,436Lapis,
everything is poison, the question is quantity.
Taking 4 tbsp of manesium Sulfate every day would be problematic for health, because it would cause constant diarrhea and dehydration.
But, if you decrease quantity to the point where it does not affect bowel movements, and if ou decrease it enough so that all "negative" efects are not there any more, all what is left is the positive efect.
As ,agnesium deficiency is very common today, adding enough magnesium will be beneficial.
BUT, never forget that people are different, and that what is cure for one person, could be poison for someone else.
NOTHING is so good that it is GOOD for everyone!
Spirit
- Re: epsom salt question DianePMT
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- Re: epsom salt question Lapis
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- epsom salt or maybe sea salt bkeithp
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- Re: epsom salt or maybe sea salt Scott
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This is a reply to # 128,445See salt will not relax the bile ducts so it would not achieve the same effect as the Epsom Salts .
- Re: epsom salt or maybe sea salt Scott
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- Re: epsom salt question UserX
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This is a reply to # 128,434Hi Tracey,
The only problem that I am aware of with Epsom Salts is the potential for dehydration and electrolyte imbalance. If dehydration occurs there is a higher concentration of toxins in the body due to fewer fluids to dilute them. Any salt...sea, too...in higher concentrations can cause this to happen. Though certainly not always the case, I think the reason many people feel bad following the flushes is because of dehydration and lack of electrolytes. Most people are chronically low-grade dehydrated to begin with and the Epsom Salts just makes it worse. - Re: epsom salt question #166862
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- Re: epsom salt question tisha
22 y
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This is a reply to # 128,434Hi,
I asked my Chinese herbalist(he is also a registered nurse) today if Epsom Salts are safe to take internally. He said that they are very safe. I have done several Liver Cleanses and I think they are safe, but I really don't know the long term effects of taking Epsom Salts . I feel better now after asking my herbalist. I trust his opinion.
I have never had an adverse reaction to using Epsom Salts .
Tisha - Re: epsom salt question Big cheese
22 y
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This is a reply to # 128,434Go to http://yarchive.net/med/magnesium.html
for one doctors view on Epsom Salts .
Big cheese- Re: epsom salt question Tracey
22 y
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This is a reply to # 128,477Thank you, Big Cheese!
A posting made by "Marty B" last November to this newsgroup stated:
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>"There are side-effects to taking a large dose of magnesium over an extended time period just like there are side-effects to taking prescription medication to control blood pressure."
My question is, what are some specific side-effects?
I am concerned because I have been regularly taking about one gram of magnesium (MgO or MgOH) plus VB6 for the last 30 years in order to inhibit kidney stone formation.
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Is some body system such as my kidneys going to suddenly self destructbecause of this?
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>Carl Vann
>eldred@yhc.edu
No. If you have nomal kidney function (which you probably do), this much magnesium is almost certainly harmless (this statement based on lots of lifetime animals studies, and many decades of use in humans--as for instance preventing certain kinds of kidney stones). And thereare no known long-term toxicities of magnesium anyway. All known problems are "acute", which means they happen in a few days or weeks at
a give dose, or not at all. Magnesium does not build up in the body toward long term toxicity, as do some minerals (eg,
selenium or iron).
Steve Harris, M.D.
- Re: epsom salt question Tracey
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- Re: epsom salt question Linda
22 y
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This is a reply to # 128,434I always have a migraine headache and weakness from the first tsp. of ES. I think it is the magnesium content. I also have seizures and mag. always triggers one.
- Re: epsom salt question Maverick
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This is a reply to # 128,484hey i thought i was the only one ! Epsom Salt gives me a headache too. Though not that severe, it always happens ! In general i have had the same results even without the salts. I think they are needed only if your stones are real big or something !
- Re: epsom salt question Maverick
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- Re: epsom salt question Blueduck
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