Epson+Salts

Epsom salt is the chemical compound of magnesium, sulfur, and oxygen or Magnesium Sulfate. It's named "Epsom Salt" after the town of Epsom in Surrey, England because the salt that was distilled from the springs rose where the porous chalk of the North Downs met the non-porous London clay. It's often used for medical reasons especially as a bathing salt for healing because the salt within it helps wounds heal faster. The earliest systematic exposition of the different kinds of salts, its uses, and the methods of its extraction was published in China around 2700 BCE. Hippocrates encouraged his fellow healers to make use of salt water to heal various ailments by immersing their patients in sea water. The ancient Greeks continued this, and in 1753 English author and physician Dr. Charles Russel published "The Uses of Sea Water".

It is the primary substance for absorbing sound in seawater, meaning the conversion of acoustic energy to heat energy. It can be prepared by neutralizing sulfuric acid and magnesium carbonate but is normally collected through natural sources. They are common materials of geological environments. Magnesium sulfates can be used for medical reasons, mainly as a saline laxative, osmotic purgative and a gel to help relieve aches and pains. Epsom salts are used in pedicures to absorb dry skin. Also some epsom salts are used for constipation. 246.47 g/mol (heptahydrate) || 2.445 g/cm3 (monohydrate) 1.68 g/cm3 (heptahydrate) 1.512 g/cm3 (11-hydrate) || 200 °C (monohydrate, decomp) 150 °C (heptahydrate, decomp) 2 °C (11-hydrate, decomp) || insoluble in acetone || When magnesium sulfate is absorbed through the skin, such as in a bath, it draws toxins from the body, sedates the nervous system, reduces swelling, relaxes muscles, is a natural emollient, exfoliator, and much more. 
 * ~ Properties ||
 * Molecular formula || MgSO4 ||
 * Molar mass || 120.366 g/mol (anhydrous)
 * Appearance || white crystalline solid ||
 * Odor || odorless ||
 * Density || 2.66 g/cm3 (anhydrous)
 * Melting point || 1124 °C (anhydrous, decomp)
 * Solubility || 1.16 g/100 mL (18 °C) slightly soluble in alcohol, and glycerol.

Epson salt can be used internally to delay labor in the case of a premature delivery and can also be used to prevent cerebral palsy in premature babies. It can be used to treat eclampsia in pregnant women as well. Aside from maternity and infant used magnesium sulfate can also be used if someone has barium chloride poisoning. Some uses for topical use are soaking in a warm bath containing the epson salt to relieve, and soothe the symptoms of a herpes outbreak and shingles which coule consist of itching and lesions.