Epsom salt bath: Why it's so good for you

It's the minerals in these salts that make them special

What is Epsom salt? 

Well, first of all, it's not a salt at all, but a mineral compound of magnesium and sulfate. The name comes from Epsom, England, where the original compound was identified in natural healing baths in the area — it is formed when the chalk there meets the clay. 

 

Why is Epsom salt good for you? 

Epsom salt has a long history of beauty and health benefits, but now we finally know why. It's those lovely minerals. Once you're soaking in a bath with epsom salt, your skin can (and does) absorb the magnesium and sulfate. 

 

Epsom salt is a well-known remedy for muscle aches and pains (so it's great for athletes or anyone with muscle pain from working out too hard), and sulfates are used in topical muscle rubs that you might buy over-the-counter. It's also a good way to relieve stress. That's partially because lying in a warm bath is pretty stress-reducing in itself, of course, but also because when we are anxious, our bodies often release adrenaline, which leaches the body of magnesium.

 

Magnesium also helps raise serotonin levels in the brain, which induces a more relaxed, happy state. It's common to be low in magnesium (about 50 percent of Americans don't get enough), so in addition to eating magnesium rich food, bathing in the mineral can be another (relaxing, fun) way to get more of the mineral.  

 

Epsom salt baths can also calm irritated skin and may sooth psoriasis and other skin issues. 

 

How do you use Epsom salts? 

Add about two cups to your (warm, not hot) bathwater, and stay in for at least 12 minutes, to allow your body to absorb the benefits (remember, baths don't have to be hour-long affairs, unless you want them to be! Even 20 minutes in the bath is great). That amount is for a standard-size tub. If your tub is much larger, use another half-cup of Epsom salt — you want to make sure that it's dissolved well in the water. 

 

You can even just make a foot bath with a half cup; Epsom salt is naturally deodorizing, so it will also make smelly feet fresh, and can treat to fungus (you need to soak the feet three times a day to get at the fungus).

 

If you don't have time for a bath, you can also make a paste with water in the shower and use as a scrub. Or better yet, add some to a 1/4 cup of organic olive oil and scrub your body down with that mixture for a spa treatment at home. You can also make a warm compress with epsom salt to put on bruises, which will help them heal faster and lighten them.

DIABETES SYMPTOMS IN CHILDREN

The signs and symptoms diabetes in children usually develop quickly, over a period of weeks. Look for:

• Increased thirst and frequent urination. As excess sugar builds up in your child's bloodstream, fluid is pulled from the tissues. This may leave your child thirsty. As a result, your child may drink — and urinate — more than usual.
• Extreme hunger. Without enough insulin to move sugar into your child's cells, your child's muscles and organs become energy-depleted. This triggers intense hunger.
• Weight loss. Despite eating more than usual to relieve hunger, your child may lose weight — sometimes rapidly. Without the energy sugar supplies, muscle tissues and fat stores simply shrink. Unexplained weight loss is often the first sign to be noticed.
• Fatigue. If your child's cells are deprived of sugar, he or she may become tired and lethargic.
• Irritability or unusual behavior. Children with undiagnosed type 1 diabetes may suddenly seem moody or irritable.
• Blurred vision. If your child's blood sugar is too high, fluid may be pulled from the lenses of your child's eyes. This may affect your child's ability to focus clearly.
• Yeast infection. Girls with type 1 diabetes may have a genital yeast infection, and babies can develop diaper rash caused by yeast.

Benefits of Meditation

What is Meditation? 

Meditation means concentrating on one particular thing with all our energy; mental, physical and emotional. When the mind becomes free from disturbance, is calm and peaceful meditation happens. That pure state of realization is meditation. 

Meditation means to crash everything from memory and to reach a state of mind where only consciousness and awareness remains.

Meditation is an approach that anyone can use to help them to deal with Health problems, stress and anxietyby way of thought, deliberation and likeness.

Meditation is complex for those struggling in getting concentration.

What are the Benefits of Meditation?

The benefits of meditation are multiple on our health and body. By meditating we can manage to:  

• Reduce Stress / Anxiety and Depressed Feelings
• Keeps away from Insecurities & Obsessive Thoughts
• Regenerate Self-reliance and Creativity
• Improves Awareness and Motivation
• Improves familiarity with relationships
• Relief from Sleep disorders

How to Meditate

Meditation in any way will give equal benefits to us; some of them work better than others in specific situations. If we have Anxiety and stressed, then having awareness to best meditation methods for anxiety will give the early possibility to cool down.

Anxiety attack leads to breathing shortness, which deprives the body form getting sufficient oxygen which needs to regain control. Thus pulse rises, and in severe cases even feels like we are going to pass away.
 
Slow, listening carefully on deep breathing can make a quick difference in how we feel. Breathe deep from your diaphragm rather than chest which expand the abdomen and fill it with air. Close the eyes and count slowly while breathing. Forget everything for moment and only think about breathing flow in and out. 

Move and breathe with walking meditation.

When we are anxious, meditate with sitting down seems difficult. Thus walking meditation here is helpful when anxiety hits. Here we understand how expectant fathers keep on walking back and forth to relieve their mind pressure in hospital. In walking meditation we have to concentrate on each step we take. Continues breathing, concentrating on the motion of walking, and let everything will fine. We don’t require more space for walking meditation.

We can meditate simply by walking in the Garden or like in any quiet place. The motion of calm walking helps curative oxygen flow throughout the body. And focusing on awareness takes in mind to keep away from the causes of stress.

Spiritual prayer relieves anxiety 

Spiritual Meditation Practice, using Mantras or short meditative prayers, repeated gradually while continuing breathing meditation can be useful for anxiety.

Use a simple mantra, such as Om; also use a meaningful word, like Love, or even a favorite scripture passage. The repetition of these words or sound gives us somewhere to rest our attention, and can become more calming than trying to empty out an anxious mind.

In addition, concentrating on awareness beyond ourselves can help to feel more connected with the loving God or of the humanity, rather than feeling alone and helpless.

The meditation gives cumulative effect on us by the time. If we meditate regularly, we observe little less Stress and anxiety day by day, and become more flexible to the impact of stress.

Meditation is a process to achieve the goal.

Sometimes people may have difficulty in meditation because of having anxious about doing it right or otherwise, and they become even more anxious, assuming they have failed. There is no failure in meditation. Relax, the best is to really best which works best for you.

So just starting now, take it with slow. Breathe deep, and move on to something that feels ready. Be kind with yourself and proud to be you are on right way.

So what are the best meditation methods for anxiety? Remember… breathe, walk and pray.