Epsom Salt Benefits: Baths, Infections & Pain Relief

Epsom salt baths and soaks offer powerful benefits for reducing swelling, managing infections, and relieving chronic pain in the back or joints.

Health Uses for Epsom Salt

Published Aug,14 2017 | By Anne Shirley

Magnesium sulfate heptahydrate, more commonly known as Epsom salt, is a water-soluble, bitter tasting white or colorless compound widely available for purchase at grocery stores and pharmacies. Both magnesium and sulfates, key components in Epsom salt, perform important functions in the body.

Anne Shirley studied journalism at Northwestern University and has been writing professionally online since 2010. She writes website copy, press releases, blogs and marketing materials for cycling advocacy nonprofits, professional cycling teams and individual athletes. A Boulder transplant by way of Chicago, Shirley can often be found writing in coffee shops that offer her a view of the Flatirons.