Warming Winter Baths: Winter's Night Bath Salts

Try this bath blend on chilly winter nights.

By Laurel Vukovic
November/December 2006
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Sandalwood, sweet orange, ginger and patchouli make a body- and soul-warming bath blend for cold winter nights.

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• 1 cup Epsom salts
• 1 cup baking soda
• 30 drops sandalwood essential oil
• 10 drops sweet orange essential oil
• 5 drops ginger essential oil
• 3 drops patchouli essential oil

Combine Epsom salts and baking soda. Add essential oils, mix well and store in a nonporous covered container. To use, fill the bathtub with warm water and add 4 tablespoons of bath salts to the bath water. Mix the salts into the water to dissolve.

Laurel Vukovic writes and teaches about herbs from her home in southern Oregon. She is the author of 1001 Natural Remedies (DK, 2003) and Herbal Healing Secrets for Women (Prentice Hall, 2000).

Click here for the original article, Skin Deep: Warming Winter Baths.


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