Salts

Epsom Salt and soapsuds, together in the same warm, not hot enema, in knee-chest position. Retain 15 minutes!!

Does a good job every time!!

I don't know anything about sodium sulfate. I HATE VERNACULAR CHEMICAL NAMES. It gets people into a lot of trouble because those names mean different things to different people and MANY people make mistakes regarding what the chemical really is. Here's a link for sodium sulfate. You can make your own decision, but for now, unless a biochemist or physiologist can certify that it is safe, I'm not recommending its use. http://www.inchem.org/documents/jecfa/jecmono/v44jec07.htm

Hi Switchablesusie and Tyler9,

Maybe I can shed some light on this. Sulfate as an anion (the negative part of a salt) is fairly innocuous, which is also the conclusion of the WHO literature survey. Of course you can over do anything--including sodium from table salt--so that's something to keep in mind. However, in compared with Epsom salts (which is mostly magnesium sulfate), they're probably a greater danger: too much magnesium and you can mess up your heartbeat (and breathing etc.). Indeed, "Very large doses of magnesium-containing laxatives and antacids also have been associated with magnesium toxicity" (from http://ods.od.nih.gov/factsheets/magnesium#h8 source Xing JH and Soffer EE. Adverse effects of laxatives. Dis Colon Rectum 2001;44:1201-9). If you're going to use salts, then use a balanced salt solution which is more or less the salt composition of serum.

One other comment: in general, be careful with salts and where you get them from; they can contain heavy metals.

Stay safe 😃.

Thank you now i know i should use sea salt for blocking the absortion of water from the colon

The label on the epsom salts we get from walmart says : "For external use only". Is it safe to use in an enema and if so, should we use the same 1 tsp. per qt. ratio as we do with regular salt? Thanks.

Lubed1. You should be able to find boxes or bags of Epsom salt with no other ingredients such as aroma producing items. Most plain Epsom salt has a label giving instructions for oral use. (It is so salty it is bitter and very unpleasant, but it does the job very rapidly and does not quit until it is done!)

For enemas the usual ratio is one Tablespoonful per quart of water. This usually produces rapid emptying of the bowel, a good flush. Try this with two quarts of warm water, (you may have to start by disolving the Epsom salt in very warm warm water then mixing it to a comfortable temperature, 104-108F.) After you try this you can adjust the salt or add soap to get a more forceful evacuation.

Good luck, keep us informed.

I propose you chemical exact values for salt and for baking soda .

My position is to never mix salt and baking soda , because in this case it is impossible to respect the chemical exact values ! Mixing values is also mixing result with a undefined result .

The salt is not so good for the arteries , prefering baking soda !

Cooking Baking Soda

54,25 gramms/gallon

1,91 Oz/Gallon

0,48 Oz/Quart

14 gramms/liter

Cooking Salt NaCl

34,88 gramms/gallon

1,23 Oz/Gallon

0,31 Oz/Quart

9 gramms/liter

The temperature at the output of the nozzle is better to be lower than 108°F. (42°C.) ,

this is for protecting the bacterian flora .

A such temperature will relaxing more your belly muscles .

Electrolytic reasons don't care about the origin of the salt ,

the shop and the company have only financial good reasons ! Remember !

I just started using sea salt. I was using table salt. The sea salt seems to be better and I think it actually does a better job at blocking absorption. I'm not a chemist so maybe I'm just imagining this.

I'd say you are imagining it.

On sea salt, I would much rather have ordinary table salt which is mined from the earth that has been undisturbed for tens of thousands of years than from dried ocean water near the shores that has been exposed to all the pollutants in the ocean environment.

Sodium is sodium as long as its just that, with no trash. Just as fresh wqter and sea water are both water,...only one contains sodium. Salt, as a product, is classified by size. Table-salt is finely grained. Sea-salt, more coarse. Popcorn salt is finer than table.

Sodium is sodium as long as its just that, with no trash. Just as fresh wqter and sea water are both water,...only one contains sodium. Salt, as a product, is classified by size. Table-salt is finely grained. Sea-salt, more coarse. Popcorn salt is finer than table.

That is not entirely correct. Typical table salt, NaCl with a few other trace ions, is "table salt" regardless of the size of the particles. Table salt can be large grain, like Kosher salt or fine like regular salt, which comes in different sizes, for example, Morton regular table salt is larger grains than Diamond Crystal regular table salt. Both Diamond Crystal and Mortons also make the finer grained, "popcorn salt." Sea salt is NaCl plus a large proportion of many other ionic salt components (please don't you chemists tell me that "ionic salt" is redundant, I know that), is also available in fine and coarse grains as well as popcorn grained in gourmet shops. Sea salt is harvested by evaporating water from the ocean in shallow coastal areas. Typical "table salt" is mined from the earth, under ground. They are chemically NOT the same.

Http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/sea-salt/AN01142/

Here is a link to the Mayo Clinic regarding salt. They pretty much say there isn't any chem. difference except for the iodine added to table salt.

I hate to go against the Mayo Clinic, BUT THEY ARE WRONG.

Here is the ASTM certifications for sea salt. They are a REAL scientific organization. You can't seriously believe the unreferreed crappy articles on the internet--even crap that Mayo puts out for lay people to read. Most lay people won't comprehend the more complex articles, so rather than open themselves up for more questions, Mayo keeps it simple.

Sea salt is VERY different from table salt (NaCl). Does it matter to your body, probably not, but they are clearly different.

https://sites.google.com/site/lakeproductscompany/technical-bulletin (ASTM)

https://608605a5-a-62cb3a1a-s-sites.googlegroups.com/site/lakeproductscompany/technical-bulletin/Material%20Safety%20Data%20Sheet.pdf?attachauth=ANoY7coj-jP55D-gWY8wkobvYskteF-JrQIrO5Qi6tLRFgx-9RvI3gif541a5ARjdoDT-nYz8df5x8ZrgPdbsujTAhe3cD4Po3Avni6kFl_F3ICVoNYHkltCKVgyhiQCCnm4ep7s72WSTaNpbqx4rwmISH-NWubYCox85BdYYpm1CVMr-QWp9Uylw2e4DEHQZrhrsbpt0sjeSMFIsiKiOEW3Pbiei7zdjV48zRZlCYFGt4yyqGdvUiyaS-OzhIeO2zcEr9yA_bWTfNMzP-a9J1PDoTU6bfZWNg%3D%3D&attredirects=0 (MSDS Sheet)

Even Wikipedia shows how they differ--scroll down half way. The difference is NOT small.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sea_salt

Susie,

I don't pretend to know anything about chemistry so as long as I'm not poisoning myself I'm a happy enema guy. I think it's ridiculous that an organization like the Mayo Clinic would put out placating responses to people. Unfortunately there aren't many people to challenge them and stop that as their practice.

All this talk makes me want a plain water enema.

regards,

Z

Plain water is my favorite--used 95% of the time.

Can you imagine how much work Mayo Clinic would have if they didn't put out placating information to people who wouldn't really comprehend the truth, especially when it doesn't matter to the body, pollutants in the sea salt, aside?

The amount of sea salt per quart is the same as regular table salt--9 grams per quart or liter for an isotonic physiologic salt solution.

Im gonna Agree with susie here.

Sea salt and "table salt" (or mine salt really) ARE very different in composition, the main difference being that seaslat contains far more different salts then table salt does.

That being said, they are both safe to consume and use in enemas, and as susie said before, both need (roughly) the same amount per quart to become isotonic solutions

(there is a small difference there, but its small enough to safely neglegt.

And as far as I know, the colon doesnt play a part in the absorbtion of salts in the body (why else create an isotonic solution of the body is going to absorb it anyways),

but dont take my word on it, I do know a bit about osmosis, but thats from being a BSc in chemistry, not gastro-enterology 😜

To sum it up: I do think its safe to play with seasalt, but tablesalt is just fine, and you wont notice the difference in taste when it comes to enemas...

Sea salt contains natural whale poop and octopus pee, plus industrial

waste and nuclear fallout. The benefit of these ingredients is unknown.

OK, you've all done it! Whale poop was the final straw. I'm switching back to table salt.

Don't forget that salt is not good for arteries .

Now every agree to use salt ,

for your arteries health I propose you to use

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BAKING SODA .

I'm confused (nothing unusual of course) but I didn't think the salt in an enema was absorbed by the body. It's about the same concentration as blood and other body fluids isn't it?

An isotonic salt solution is NOT absorbed by the body, and neither is the water. That is what makes it isotonic.

Sodium is sodium, as someone else said, and it does not matter if you take it as Sodium bicabonate (baking soda) or Sodium chloride (table salt).

It isn't arteries that sodium affects, when sodium is discussed regarding electrolyte balance, it is the kidneys that are concerned.

I was taught to add 1 tsp table salt per quart of water but that it was only necessary if a prolonged retention were being attempted. I was taught the greatest danger otherwise is excessive absorption into the brain. This protocol has always worked for me.