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Stuffy Nose Bath Salts Recipe

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There are many ingredients you can put in bath salts that will each impart their own qualities:
  • salt - (there are many different types from plain salt to dead sea salt to Himalayan salt)
  • epsom salt
  • milk powder
  • baking soda
  • moisturizing oils
  • essential or fragrance oils
  • colorants
  • other botanical additives like flower petals or buds (e.g. chamomile, lavender, rose petals)
This recipe contains baking soda which is used to cleanse and detoxify the body, and a blend of essential oils that are known for their cold-symptom-helping qualities.

Ingredients:

  • 2 cups of epsom salt
  • 2 cups of sea salt
  • 2 cups of baking soda
  • 1/4 ounce of eucalyptus essential oil
  • 1/8 ounce of lavender essential oil
  • 1/16 ounce of tea tree essential oil
  • 1/16 ounce of pine or cedar essential oil
  • 10 drops of peppermint essential oil

Preparation:

  1. Measure out the salts and mix them together well, making sure to break up any clumps. I find that a large, wide, stainless steel bowl works best for blending the salts.
  2. Add the essential oils.
  3. Mix everything together well.
  4. Scoop the salts into jars or other air-tight containers.
  5. Take a bath!
Note: The essential oil blend (as are all essential oil blends) is pretty flexible. If you don't have one of the oils, you can leave them out, or sometimes even substitute. The eucalyptus is the main part of the blend. The lavender is there to round it out a bit and give a bit of "relaxing" quality. Tea tree is a great anti-bacterial and anti-viral. Pine and peppermint are used for loosening up your nasal passages.

For more information on essential oil blending, check out create your own essential oil blend.

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