Epsom Salts, Magnesium Sulphate
Mineralogical name:
Magnesium Sulphate
Parts used:
Salt
Temperature & Taste:
Cold, dry. Salty, Bitter
Classifications:
Uses:
1. Moves the Bowels, Clears Heat:
-Constipation, Bowel Pain:
-Dysentery and inflammatory conditions of the bowels; ‘specific in Bacillary Dysentery’ (Squires)
-Edema with sluggish stomach and bowels.
-Hypertension
2. Clears Swelling and Inflammation:
-Rheumatic pain and similar inflammations (internally and topically as a wash)
3. Promote Urine, clears Damp, Expels Stones:
-‘Valuable in Biliary and Renal Calculi’ (Ellingwood); (1 teaspoonful in a glass of Warm water an hour before each meal and at bedtime)
4. Used for Warts:
-The Lancet (1909) stated: ‘1 dram doses twice or thrice daily successful in removing Warts’.
5. Externally:
-Sprains, Bruises, Orchitis, erysipelas, epididymitis, insect bites and cellulitis. (25% solution)
Dose:
5–15 grams dissolved in a glass of warm water or a strained decoction.
Main Combinations:
1. As a purgative:
i. Combine Epsom Salts with Glauber’s Salt as a cathartic
ii. Decoct Rhubarb and Fennel seed, strain and add Epsom Salts
iii. Epsom Salts with Cream of Tartar for Constipation
3. Edema, Fluid Retention:
i. Epsom Salts with Saltpeter
ii. Decoct Celery seed, strain and add Epson Salts
4. Urinary Stones:
i. Epson Salts with Madder
Cautions:
1. Use cautiously in Pregnancy and avoid full doses
2. Not suitable in Cold and weak Stomach
Main Preparations used:
Purified Salt
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