Epsom salt
*Deter slugs*
Are you tired of visiting your yard at night only to find the place crawling
with slimy slugs? Sprinkle Epsom salt where they glide and say good-bye to the slugs.
*Fertilize tomatoes and other plants*
Want those Big Boys to be big? Add Epsom salt as a foolproof fertilizer.
Every week, for every foot of height of your tomato plant, add one
tablespoon. Your tomatoes will be the envy of the neighbor-hood. Epsom salt is also a good fertilizer for houseplants, roses and other flowers, andtrees.
*Make your grass greener*
How green is your valley? Not green enough, you say? Epsom salt, which addsneeded magnesium and iron to your soil, may be the answer. Add 2 tablespoons to 1 gallon (3.7 liters) of water. Spread on your lawn and then water it with plain water to make sure it soaks into the grass.
*Clean bathroom tiles*
Is the tile in your bathroom getting that grungy look? Time to bring in the
Epsom salt. Mix it in equal parts with liquid dish detergent, then dab it
onto the offending area and start scrubbing. The Epsom salt works with the detergent to scrub and dissolve the grime.
*Regenerate a car battery*
Is your car battery starting to sound as if it won't turn over? Worried that you'll be stuck the next time you try to start your car? Give your battery a little more life with this potion. Dissolve about an ounce of Epsom salt in warm water and add it to each battery cell.
*Get rid of blackheads*
Here's a surefire way to dislodge blackheads: Mix 1 teaspoon Epsom salt and 3 drops iodine in 1/2 cup boiling water. When the mixture cools enough to stick your finger in it, apply it to the blackhead with a cotton ball. Repeat this three or four times, reheating the solution if necessary. Gently remove the blackhead and then dab the area with an alcohol-based astringent.
*Frost your windows for Christmas*
If you are dreaming of a white Christmas, but the weather won't cooperate, at least you can make your windows look frosty. Mix Epsom salt with stale beer until the salt stops dissolving. Apply the mixture to your windows with a sponge -- for a realistic look, sweep the sponge in an arc at the bottom corners. When the mixture dries, the windows will look frosted
Soaking in Epsom salts is also great for relieving muscle pains. http://www.sfbsc.com/epsom-salt
It was followed by the words 'weight loss'.. who wouldn't give it a whirl? Had been munching out on far too many falafel at the time and not looking too trim in the old bikini.. oh, the things I did.. my 'Roomie' also had me try the Cabbage Soup Diet. Bleuchhhhhhhhhhhhhh.
If only I knew then that having twins AND a full time job was the answer, I wouldn't have had to spend that week in the dunnie!..
I did a detox that my friend had brought back from India once.. he called it 'The Colon Blow' (although I have no idea why..;)
It involved a 24hr fast, drinking some kind of iron tasting solution, followed by half a pint of veg oil and then 4 litres of mineral water with epsom salts...
The result on the boys was apparently erm, incredibly scientific- for me.. just a pretty boring few days of enclosure:(
Ps.. apologies if anyone is eating!:)
I hear that a much less abrasive idea for detox is to mix epsom salts into a HOT bath and immerse oneself. I would imagine it would make for much more civilized post experiment analysis also....
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here you go harsha..defintion from wikipedia..
Magnesium sulfate is a chemical compound containing magnesium and sulfate, with the formula MgSO4. It is often encountered as the heptahydrate, MgSO4·7H2O, commonly called Epsom salts. Anhydrous magnesium sulfate is used as a drying agent. Since the anhydrous form is hygroscopic (readily absorbs water from the air) and therefore harder to weigh accurately, the hydrate is often preferred when preparing solutions, for example in medical preparations. Epsom salts have traditionally been used as a component of bath salts
wat is epsom salt...
epsom salt is good for foot spa's too...mixed with warm water..
Grass tip is useful for my Mum.
Thnx
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