I now solidy dismiss health articles and diet advice if it doesn't address the PH and electrical functioning of the body as the root cause of any problem the writer is attempting to solve. This is a comprehensive and fascinating article.. Thank you for bringing this to the collective consciousness.
I bought a 6gal bucket from Redmond salt that is graded for animals, ie for salt licks? All the way to Alaska and it was still cheaper than anything else. Plus I rather like the idea their salt is from a a millions year old seabed. Imagine the minerals!
I just found your blog, subscribed immediately and am enjoying reading some of these older articles. My curiosity is piqued in considering how therapies of this sort, as well as other regenerative therapies, affect how the emotions process deep, acute grief. In going through some physical therapy right now, I find the grief comes to the emotional surface more often.
Thank you for being here, MimiBear. I’m really glad the writing resonates. What you’re describing is something I’ve seen again and again (myself included). When the body starts to feel safer, things that were being held down can rise.
Grief isn’t only psychological. It lives in muscle tone, breath patterns, fascia, pelvic bracing. Therapies like physical therapy or alkaline baths reduce sympathetic load and soften chronic guarding. When that protective tension drops, emotions that were suppressed often surface (your system finally feels safe enough to release them). I think the key is letting it move in tolerable waves. If the emotional intensity feels overwhelming, scale back the depth or frequency of the therapy and increase grounding inputs: warmth, light, steady meals, stable blood sugar, gentle movement. The body and psyche are not separate & metabolic safety often precedes emotional release. Be gentle with yourself as it unfolds. I’m really glad you shared this.
i have been doing soda baths a few times a week and osmotic baths once a week for years and years now and swear by them for so many reasons!
i have an auto immune disease and endometriosis and polyarthritis (plus some cervical and uterine pre-cancerous issues) and have found the salt and soda baths the best relief for so many of my symptoms.
whenever i feel i am getting sick or have been sick we ramp up the osmotic baths and have even added H2O2 for an even bigger effect especially when recovering or trying to stop a flu
Thanks for sharing this - salt and soda baths make sense for your symptoms because they calm the stress chemistry that drives autoimmune and pelvic inflammation. I’d be cautious with the hydrogen peroxide though; it’s still an oxidizing agent and can irritate already-inflamed skin and tissue, but if you’ve noticed benefits, that’s your call - just go carefully. The real relief is coming from the salt/osmotic mechanics: better circulation, more CO₂, lower inflammatory load. Glad the baths have been giving you real relief for so long!
Regular salt and Epsom salt (magnesium) do different things.
For the base alkaline bath, you want sodium salt + baking soda for circulation and the calming CO₂-type effect. Epsom salt is an add-on for deeper muscle or bile relaxation in the more intensive protocol
I don’t know where you’re located, so I won’t recommend specific brands or websites. For baths, any pure sodium chloride without additives works. I’m continuously testing suppliers and may share a short list of favorites next year.
Happy holidays to you too! Can rock salt be used or is a fine grain recommended? This might be a silly question, but should you rinse off after the bath or not?
Thank you & not a silly question at all. Physiologically, it doesn’t matter whether it’s rock salt or fine grain - salt is salt. What matters is the absence of additives. I usually recommend a quick rinse after the bath to remove excess salt from the skin, just water, no soap. That said, if your skin tolerates salt well (mine does), a rinse isn’t strictly necessary after a regular alkaline bath. After a heavy salt bath, though, I would rinse. Just watch how your skin reacts.
Ok cool, that’s helpful! I took an alkaline bath a few days ago and I did rinse off. Next one I’ll leave it and see if there is a difference. I didn’t notice any major nervous system calming buuut I did pull my glute/hamstring right where they meet almost 2 months ago and the night of the bath was the first night I went a whole night without it waking me up! So it clearly did something! Each night the effects have slowly worn off but it was enough to make me want to keep doing them! Also hoping it will help clear my rosacea!
Well written, to the point while plenty of explaining. Your vigor and clarity come through the words. I will be hooked to your writings for the comming time, glad I discovered it.
Wow!! Thank you so so much for all this research & info. Thoughts on these baths while breastfeeding? Pregnant? I’m breastfeeding but have been having liver/gallbladder issues
The theory always sounded good but they seem to have damaged my skin over time. Saunas seem to work much better for detox and they dont do nearly so much damage to my skin. Maybe some of us are just a bit more sensitive ?
I now solidy dismiss health articles and diet advice if it doesn't address the PH and electrical functioning of the body as the root cause of any problem the writer is attempting to solve. This is a comprehensive and fascinating article.. Thank you for bringing this to the collective consciousness.
I am glad it resonated. PH and electrical balance are rarely discussed but they matter a lot
I bought a 6gal bucket from Redmond salt that is graded for animals, ie for salt licks? All the way to Alaska and it was still cheaper than anything else. Plus I rather like the idea their salt is from a a millions year old seabed. Imagine the minerals!
I just found your blog, subscribed immediately and am enjoying reading some of these older articles. My curiosity is piqued in considering how therapies of this sort, as well as other regenerative therapies, affect how the emotions process deep, acute grief. In going through some physical therapy right now, I find the grief comes to the emotional surface more often.
Thank you for being here, MimiBear. I’m really glad the writing resonates. What you’re describing is something I’ve seen again and again (myself included). When the body starts to feel safer, things that were being held down can rise.
Grief isn’t only psychological. It lives in muscle tone, breath patterns, fascia, pelvic bracing. Therapies like physical therapy or alkaline baths reduce sympathetic load and soften chronic guarding. When that protective tension drops, emotions that were suppressed often surface (your system finally feels safe enough to release them). I think the key is letting it move in tolerable waves. If the emotional intensity feels overwhelming, scale back the depth or frequency of the therapy and increase grounding inputs: warmth, light, steady meals, stable blood sugar, gentle movement. The body and psyche are not separate & metabolic safety often precedes emotional release. Be gentle with yourself as it unfolds. I’m really glad you shared this.
I have excellent practitioners who have said exactly the same thing. It’s very reassuring, thank you.
I loved reading this. So much knowledge to be used. thank you for sharing
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Thank you, thank you, thank you for such a comprehensive, well written article. Very informative.
Thank you, Francis!
thank you for the correct dose of salts info.
i have been doing soda baths a few times a week and osmotic baths once a week for years and years now and swear by them for so many reasons!
i have an auto immune disease and endometriosis and polyarthritis (plus some cervical and uterine pre-cancerous issues) and have found the salt and soda baths the best relief for so many of my symptoms.
whenever i feel i am getting sick or have been sick we ramp up the osmotic baths and have even added H2O2 for an even bigger effect especially when recovering or trying to stop a flu
Thanks for sharing this - salt and soda baths make sense for your symptoms because they calm the stress chemistry that drives autoimmune and pelvic inflammation. I’d be cautious with the hydrogen peroxide though; it’s still an oxidizing agent and can irritate already-inflamed skin and tissue, but if you’ve noticed benefits, that’s your call - just go carefully. The real relief is coming from the salt/osmotic mechanics: better circulation, more CO₂, lower inflammatory load. Glad the baths have been giving you real relief for so long!
I’m extremely excited to try this
Can you substitute epsom salts for salts, or should that only be used for the third, intensive protocol? Ty!
Regular salt and Epsom salt (magnesium) do different things.
For the base alkaline bath, you want sodium salt + baking soda for circulation and the calming CO₂-type effect. Epsom salt is an add-on for deeper muscle or bile relaxation in the more intensive protocol
Thank you!
Any recommendations on where to buy bulk quality salt for doing these baths? I have a good magnesium chloride supplier but need the bulk salt!
I don’t know where you’re located, so I won’t recommend specific brands or websites. For baths, any pure sodium chloride without additives works. I’m continuously testing suppliers and may share a short list of favorites next year.
I’m in the US. Look forward to your recommendations. I’ll be doing some looking as well but figured I would ask first. Thanks for a great article!
Of course! I’m glad you found it useful. Thank you for commenting & Happy Holidays!
Happy holidays to you too! Can rock salt be used or is a fine grain recommended? This might be a silly question, but should you rinse off after the bath or not?
Thank you & not a silly question at all. Physiologically, it doesn’t matter whether it’s rock salt or fine grain - salt is salt. What matters is the absence of additives. I usually recommend a quick rinse after the bath to remove excess salt from the skin, just water, no soap. That said, if your skin tolerates salt well (mine does), a rinse isn’t strictly necessary after a regular alkaline bath. After a heavy salt bath, though, I would rinse. Just watch how your skin reacts.
Ok cool, that’s helpful! I took an alkaline bath a few days ago and I did rinse off. Next one I’ll leave it and see if there is a difference. I didn’t notice any major nervous system calming buuut I did pull my glute/hamstring right where they meet almost 2 months ago and the night of the bath was the first night I went a whole night without it waking me up! So it clearly did something! Each night the effects have slowly worn off but it was enough to make me want to keep doing them! Also hoping it will help clear my rosacea!
Well written, to the point while plenty of explaining. Your vigor and clarity come through the words. I will be hooked to your writings for the comming time, glad I discovered it.
Thank you, Sofie!
And anything that should be done after? Drinking lots of water or taking a binder?
Wow!! Thank you so so much for all this research & info. Thoughts on these baths while breastfeeding? Pregnant? I’m breastfeeding but have been having liver/gallbladder issues
Sounds great, but any info on the ph level that's most therapeutic. I googled all the springs you listed and they all had wildly different ph levels.
The theory always sounded good but they seem to have damaged my skin over time. Saunas seem to work much better for detox and they dont do nearly so much damage to my skin. Maybe some of us are just a bit more sensitive ?