What is a detox bath?
A detox bath is a natural way to remove toxins. By adding minerals that our bodies need our natural detox functions can perform better. The skin is the bodies largest
detox organ . When wanting to get well, or promote optimum wellness, a multifaceted approach is best at help modalities, including detox baths.
HOW TO TAKE A DETOX BATH
How detox baths work
Detox baths work because they help to draw out toxins from the body, or nourish the body with nutrients, through the skin.
Bowel movements
When certain nutrients are drawn in, namely magnesium and potassium, detox baths (and foot baths) can even help promote our body’s most important detox pathway, bowel movements! This is your body’s main way of expelling toxins.
Detoxing through your skin with detox baths as well as through your alimentary canal enhances the detox effects.
Magnesium chloride is the main ingredient in our detox soak and helps the body detox in two ways. It adds Mg to the body, a mineral almost everyone is deficient in, which helps the overall detox mechanisms in the body.
also as mentioned above, it can aid in bowel movements. Having healthy bowel movements is one of the body’s most important ways to detox, through the digestive tract. Toxins need to be moved out in this way (from our food and bile, the liver and our fat cells).
Foot baths specifically, with magnesium chloride (and sometimes potassium), help them the most with promoting bowel movements.
A bath rich in magnesium is good for detoxification, bone, tissue and joint health. Bathing opens pores and increases circulation; this combination encourages minerals to be absorbed and toxins to be expelled.
Magnesium baths for kids
Mg chloride can be a great option for children before bed, to calm and help them sleep better (as well as adults).
Magnesium bath dosage
Children under 60 pounds: use 1/2 a cup for a standard size bath. Those weighing between 60 and 100 pounds: use a full cup.
Adults, and those weighing over 100 lbs: add 1-1/4 to 2 cups to bathwater, stirring to dissolve.
For flakes: Use 1 cup magnesium in warm, not hot, water for kids.
Pour in up to 3 cups magnesium flakes in warm, not overly hot, water for adults.
Use half the dose for foot baths.
