How to Use Epsom salts in a Sentence

Epsom salts

noun
  • Take a warm bath with oatmeal, Epsom salts, or baking soda.
    — Fara Rosenzweig, Outside, 24 Jan. 2026
  • If your soil needs magnesium, then adding Epsom salts may be a helpful treatment.
    — Anyssa Roberts, The Spruce, 21 Apr. 2026
  • Many social media posts will tout easy fixes with home items like Epsom salts, eggshells, or coffee grounds.
    — Andy Wilcox, Better Homes & Gardens, 20 Apr. 2026
  • Give your orchid a boost by spritzing its leaves with a mixture of 2 tablespoons of Epsom salts to a gallon of water.
    — Leanne Potts, Better Homes & Gardens, 22 Dec. 2025
  • Of course, a proper soil assessment will be the final say on that, but if your tomato plants need some magnesium, here are ways Epsom salts can benefit them.
    — Anyssa Roberts, The Spruce, 21 Apr. 2026
  • Aficianados held that dipping in or ingesting the waters, which were loaded with sulfur and Epsom salts, could relieve a variety of aches, pains and maladies.
    — Indianapolis Star, IndyStar, 21 Feb. 2025
  • In addition is a regime of far less appetizing supplements—daily Epsom salts, bitterdrops, and other shots—which aid in the detoxifying process.
    — Clare Coulson, Condé Nast Traveler, 2 July 2026
  • Applying too much of any single nutrient, including magnesium from Epsom salts, can make other nutrients unavailable to the plant.
    — Rita Perwich, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Mar. 2026
  • After giving birth last spring, certain decisions were no-brainers for me—a formula subscription, putting that Oura ring on rest mode, bubble baths with Epsom salts—but others didn’t come as easily.
    — Brigitt Earley, Glamour, 15 Dec. 2025
  • To supply adequate magnesium to plants, Martin recommends dissolving 1 tablespoon of Epsom salts in a gallon of water and applying this mixture twice a year.
    — Dawn Pettinelli, Hartford Courant, 18 Jan. 2026
  • Instead, Smith advises patients to use two cups of Epsom salts, which break down into magnesium particles that get absorbed into the body, relieving muscle cramping and speeding up recovery.
    — Laura Scholz, Outside, 16 Nov. 2025

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