Bath salts

Using bath salts can be very relaxing as well as easing sore, tired muscles. These recipes use either Epsom salts, or a specially blended bath salt. The latter contains valuable minerals that help your immune system and can be very beneficial to add to your bath if you have scars that need healing or any broken skin. Bath salts can also draw poisons out of your body.

Cleansing bath salts

There are various ways of using salts for your bathing rituals. The most simple is to add a good handful of bath salts to your warm bath water. Mix in well then relax into the bath for no longer than 15 minutes. Once you have dried off then massage one of the following bath oil blends into your body:

Detox bath oil

• ¼ cup carrier oil
• 2 drops Cypress
• 3 drops Juniper
• 3 drops Lemon

Purifying bath oil

• ¼ cup carrier oil
• 2 drops Bay
• 3 drops Eucalyptus
• 2 drops Ginger

Tonic bath oil

• ¼ cup carrier oil
• 2 drops Black Pepper
• 3 drops Geranium
• 3 drops Patchouli

You can also use one of the blends from the bath oils page.

Bath salts for aches and pains

These recipes should be made a week in advance to let the essential oils soak into the bath salts. Excellent for aching joints and any type of stiffness including sore muscles from sporting exertion, cramps, rheumatism, or achiness from flu's or colds.

Pour a hot bath and just before it is full, sprinke in the bath salts and mix in well.

Sports bath salts

• 1 cup bath salts
• 10 drops Lavender
• 8 drops Marjoram
• 10 drops Rosemary

Evergreen bath salts

• 1 cup bath salts
• 10 drops Eucalyptus
• 10 drops Pine
• 15 drops Ti-tree

General aches bath salts

• 1 cup bath salts
• 12 drops Chamomile
• 8 drops Rosemary
• 5 drops Thyme

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