Hi I used to do this too for magnesium. I have noticed that epsom seems be acidic to my body like when I take it in the liver flush. I am just returning from buying magnesium citrate for supplementation. Perhaps being tied with sulfur makes epsom acidic not sure maybe a chemist amongst us may know. Either way this forum may help you. //www.curezone.org/forums/f.asp?f=740


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The magnesium in Epsom Salts is not easily absorbed by the body. That is why it is such an effective laxative, most of the magnesium goes into the bowel where it draws fluid so it can be flushed out of the body. Another good laxative that is not a good supplement is magnesium oxide. Minerals that end in oxide are generally not well absorbed. Minerals ending in hydroxide tend to be highly caustic and should not be used as supplements. Citrate minerals are absorbed at high much higher percentage. Ionic and angstrom minerals are small enough to be absorbed on a cellular level. Some minerals are like inorganic rock and the body cannot utilize them. Other mineral compounds are treated like organic products and are much easier for the body to utilize. I am searching for a chart or guide that shows the best mineral compounds for supplementation. Does anyone know of one?

This is what Moreless says on his forum about the acid problem:

//www.curezone.org/forums/fm.asp?i=176466#i

I take about 1/3 teaspoon of magnesium sulphate every day because I have paroxysmal tachycardia (= attacks of extremely rapid heart beat that are in my case caused by an extra electrical pathway in my heart). I have read of others that also use it for heart rate problems with good success. If I skip it for more than a couple of days I feel the difference.

Thank you for all the answers! I hadn´t exspected so many!
I have been taking less then 1/2 a teaspoon (more like 1/3) for maybe 5 days now. The only thing I´ve noticed is that I´ve gotten real bad eczemas on my elbows. I do usualy get just a tiny spot there about ones a month but this time it´s been worse then ever and I´m almost surten that it is because of the epsom salt. The things I had red about that could be because of a magnesium deficiency, like muscle twitching and rising hart-beat, hasn´t stoped. So eather it´s because I don´t have a magnesium deficiency and my problems are because of something else, or I have problems absorbing the magnesium from this form (because it binds with water like some of you wrote).