Scratch that. The bath itself was unremarkable.
I remember the day after I took an epsom salt bath for the first time. My muscle soreness significantly and magically decreased as if I had spent 2 weeks recovering. I was hooked. Cartons of it later, I finally did my research (aka googling).
Image source: Warwick Salt
Turn out epsom salt is not salt salty?
English is so weird. It's like when I learned that there's no coffee in coffee cake...
Epsom salt is Magnesium Sulfate compound. Magnesium helps the function of muscles and nerves and reduce inflammation. Sulfate helps body absorb nutrients.
And best of all, our bodies can absorb both of them through soaking.
You can read all about it at Epsom Salt Council.
Apparently, there are more ways to use epsom salt than just soaking to reduce muscle pain and bruises. It can remove splinter, exfoliate skin, volumize hair, feed plants, reduce constipation, etc.
I have no idea a $3 carton of something can do this much. Now only if it would totally get rid of my all-over muscle sore not just reduce it, the world will be perfect.
