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Key ingredients: Urea, Epsom salt, beeswax Size: 3.5 oz.
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Mary Honkus, Glamour, 10 Oct. 2025
Research on whether magnesium from Epsom salt can be absorbed through the skin is limited and inconclusive.
—Mira Miller, Verywell Health, 18 Sep. 2025
Epsom salt is also not registered or labeled as a pesticide.
—Leanne Potts, Better Homes & Gardens, 27 Aug. 2025
Generally, though, most people recover fine at home with Epsom salt soaks, a daily bandage change, and applying antibiotic ointment.
—Angela Haupt, Time, 22 May 2025
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Mary Honkus, Glamour, 10 Oct. 2025
Research on whether magnesium from Epsom salt can be absorbed through the skin is limited and inconclusive.
—Mira Miller, Verywell Health, 18 Sep. 2025
Epsom salt is also not registered or labeled as a pesticide.
—Leanne Potts, Better Homes & Gardens, 27 Aug. 2025
Generally, though, most people recover fine at home with Epsom salt soaks, a daily bandage change, and applying antibiotic ointment.
—Angela Haupt, Time, 22 May 2025
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Epsom salt
noun
Ep·som salt
ˌep-səm- 
: a bitter colorless or white salt of magnesium used especially as a strong laxative
—usually used in plural
Medical Definition
Epsom salt
noun
Ep·som salt
ˌep-səm-
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