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Homemade Healing Bath Salts Recipe

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Homemade healing bath salts - Dr. Axe

One of the best ways to recover is to take a hot bath, and it can be even more effective if you add bath salts as you take a soak. Best of all, you don’t have to buy a bath salt mixture at the store or online — you can make your own!

This homemade healing bath salts recipe can help increase relaxation, relieve muscle pain, decrease stress and support body detoxification. Rather than spend hundreds of dollars at the spa, try this amazing spa-like recipe in the comfort of your own home!

What Are Bath Salts?

Bath salts for bathing are water-soluble minerals that are added to bathwater to help soften the water, soothe sore muscles and promote relaxation. They are generally safe and often infused with essential oils or fragrances for a more enjoyable bathing experience.

Here are some of the common types of bath salts and their benefits:

Bath salts can be added to your bathwater at the beginning of your bath. Simply dissolve the desired amount of salts in warm water, and soak for at least 20 minutes. You can also add a few drops of your favorite essential oil to your bath for an extra-relaxing experience.

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Key Ingredients

This homemade healing bath salts recipe is remarkably simple to make. It requires very little in the way of ingredients and takes just two minutes to make. That’s right — two minutes!

Here’s what you need for this homemade healing bath salts recipe:

How to Make Homemade Healing Bath Salts

This recipe couldn’t be easier to make. Simply combine and mix the Epsom salt and baking soda in a closed container — preferably a glass jar.

Then, when it’s time to take a bath, add a cup of the bath salts mixture and place 40 or so drops of lavender into hot bathwater.

That’s it! Just get in the tub, and soak for 20 to 40 minutes to help soothe your body and mind.

Other DIY Bath Recipes

If you’re looking for more detox bath recipes that can help with recovery, try some of the following:

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Homemade Healing Bath Salts Recipe


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  • Author: Dr. Josh Axe
  • Total Time: 2 minutes
  • Yield: 4 1x

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This homemade healing bath salts recipe can help increase relaxation, relieve muscle pain, decrease stress and support body detoxification.


Ingredients

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  • 3 cups Epsom salts
  • 1 cup baking soda
  • Water to fill bath (as hot as you can stand without burning yourself)
  • 40 drops lavender essential oil (or use 20 drops lavender essential oil and 20 drops juniper berry essential oil)
  • Large glass jar

Instructions

  1. Combine dry ingredients, and store in a closed container.
  2. At bath time, add 1 cup of dry ingredients and the essential oil to the water.
  3. Soak for 20–40 minutes. (The longer the better.)

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51 Comments

  1. Wanda on

    I have problems with the mixture getting hard, Is there something I’m doing wrong or it’s that just the nature of bath salts. I mix the Epsom salts and soda.
    Thanks Wanda

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  2. Gina on

    I use this same mixture as a fabric softener in the rinse cycle! It doesn’t get hard in the storage container either.. nice to know it’s dual purpose.

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  3. Pam Schwetz on

    I found lavendar scented epsom salts at Dollartree..one pound bag one dollar and they have baking soda there too but it is cheaper at the regular grocery store like .59 cents or something…gotta try mixing it with the baking soda…I have taken epsom salt baths and I have taken baking soda baths but never tried mixing the two together before…sounds interesting…

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  4. Janice on

    Are these salts OK for pregnant women? Also, I have another recipe that includes glycerin. Could glycerin be added to this recipe?

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  5. Michelle Joiner on

    i’ve read that you should only soak in Epsom salt bath for 20 mins – after that your body starts to reabsorb the toxins that have been released. What is your opinion on that?

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  6. Jane on

    I have used this mixture dozens of times. I LOVE it but don’t mix until you’re ready for your bath. For some reason it turns rock hard when you combine and store together in a container.

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  7. Dianne Katherine on

    I crave sweets to often, as a result I find myself a little more paranoid of the sugars ever where. Even though I haven’t read it, can the body absorb the sugar that is in a sugar scrub. Shouldn’t we stick with the salt scrubs? Especially as we make gifts at Christmas time?

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  8. Kathy Scozzari on

    So, can we mix them or not……i’m confused. See, I would want to mix the oil in WITH the salt and soda so they smell nice when you open the jar. And, that way it’s all included when I give it as a gift….. Any other oil recommendations?

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  9. Keri on

    This sounds wonderful! Is this safe to do for someone who gets bladder infections easily? I gave up bubble baths and have stuck to showers for quite some time now, but I’m hoping this is a safe alternative so that I can enjoy baths again?

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  10. elisabelle on

    I’ve use lavender Epsom salt also fantastic! But if i do run out, i do the regular with the oil. But i never tried the baking soda, i must try it.

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  11. Lisa on

    Are you saying that you cannot combine the salts and the oil and then store in the jar? That’s what I have done in the past and am just wondering if they should be kept separate. Thanks.

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