baking soda and borax in bath salt soak

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What is the baking soda a borax doing? it seems counter-intuitive

to me to soak in borax.

 

kath

 

Chinese Medicine , " crisbearak "

<crisbearak wrote:

>

> I always suggest using herbs in whole form rather than e-oils as

> first line treatment as the oils are the most concentrated form of

> the herb and much harder on the body and some are quite toxic such

> as pennyroyal for example. I get a little upset that companies

send

> out people often with no training in herbs other than what they

tell

> them to hawk their wares. Unless you've had good training with e-

> oils you could end up hurting your patient rather than helping

> them. I also try to use herbs that are much easier to get than

> something exotic someone else has used. If it is the heat

removing

> part of the herb that is helping her maybe yin chao instead. I've

> been amazed at some of my clients I give it to them for their cold

> and they share with a friend(something I don't encourage but it

> happens) and wow the friend with migraines suddenly gets rid of

> headaches they've had for years. I make some great bath salts you

> can put your e-oil into and see if it works that way too a little

> safer way to administer. You take a bag of epsom salts, a cup of

> sea salt or big kosher salt, a cup of baking soda and a 1/2 cup of

> borax mix together and add the e-oils you want either mix into the

> mixture itself or drop the oils into the bath midway during the

> filling(more powerful).

>

> Feverfew is a great headache herb and easy to get. You have to

use

> it for a couple of weeks before you get good benefits sometimes

and

> the fresh leaf works better. I would try that first.

>

> We have great tools in chinese herbs and I get nervous trying odd

> things because I'm not getting my diagnosis right and not helping

my

> client. I have sent someone to a more experienced practitioner in

> town rather than try stuff I'm not familiar with or push the

limits

> of what I know. Even medical docs get second opinions if regular

> stuff doesn't work. I'm a 5element person and tend to try to

figure

> out why normal stuff is not working for me before jumping to

> something out of my experience. There is always room for

something

> new but I would rather learn a new TCM herb or points than try to

be

> an expert at everything. I'd rather refer to the practitioner who

> using that form of herb and has training in it than handle it

myself

> and get into trouble. First rule in medicine is do no harm and

> thats why I don't give my clients internal e-oils.

>