• Sea salts and Epsom salts can detoxify your body.smelling salts image by sasha from Fotolia.com
  
  One of the most accessible and beneficial salts at your disposal for detoxifying purposes is Epsom salt, which may already be stashed under your kitchen sink, just waiting to be used. Salt has many purifying benefits.
  
  

Epsom Salt

• Many people are deficient in magnesium, found abundantly in Epsom salt. Magnesium assists the body in regulating hundreds of enzymes and organizes electrical impulses, muscle control, helps with the elimination of toxins and produces energy. We absorb magnesium through our skin. Epsom salt contains sulfate, which, too, is absorbed through the skin. You can detoxify your body of environmental contaminants that you have been exposed to by putting Epsom salts in your bath water. The salts stimulate the pancreas, which generates digestive enzymes. Epsom salts help flush heavy metals and toxins from cells, and the magnesium allows adequate amounts of the brain chemical serotonin to bind, which elevates your mood as well as relaxes you.
  
  

Sea Salts

• Sea salts are another way to detoxify your body. According to Care2.com, sea salts serve as a laxative and replace natural salt that is lost during normal daily body function. A sea salt detox will pull impurities out of your digestive track while providing and maintaining the necessary minerals in your body that you may be deficient in due to your diet. Sea salts have been used as a folk remedy for colds because they are a natural antihistamine.
  
  

Recipe

• Create a sea salt detox by combining 2 tsp. of unrefined sea salt with 2 qts. of warm water. You may add some lemon juice. Drink it. Do this first thing in the morning.
  
  

Reactions

• People react differently to detox. Some may go to the bathroom within a few hours, while some experience better sinus function and better breathing as well as increased energy and a better mood. When you detox your body, this balances electrolytes and relieves muscle pain as well as stabilizes your heart rate.
  
  

Considerations

• If you have cancer, a digestive illness or ulcers, consult with your physician before undergoing a detoxification process of this nature.