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Stress Relieving Magnesium Foot Soak Recipe

Katie WellsSep 21, 2017Updated: Jul 30, 2019
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  • Benefits of Soaking Your Feet+−
    • Healing Herbals
    • Stress-Melting Magnesium
  • Stress Relieving Foot Soak Recipe+−
    • Ingredients:
    • Instructions:
    • How to Use:
    • Other Ways to Treat Your Feet

Busy schedules, kids, work, and getting a healthy supper on the table can wear a mama out. It’s easy to go a whole day without taking any time out just to recharge and relax. (I know I’m guilty!) While slipping away for an hour-long soak in the tub may not be practical some days, how about a quick stress relieving foot soak?

A foot soak takes just minutes to set up and enjoy, and can be used anywhere in the house. You can slip in a foot bath while working at the computer, watching TV, or even hanging out in the living room while the kids are running around.

This DIY stress-relieving foot soak has both soothing herbs and magnesium-rich salt to calm both body and mind.

Doesn’t it sound good? Time to get soaking!

Benefits of Soaking Your Feet

There are plenty of foot soak recipes out there (I use this detoxing foot soak recipe from time to time also), so why this one? It’s simple enough that I actually make it (even on a busy day) and its simple ingredients are potent enough that they really do the job to help me soothe and relax.

Healing Herbals

Here are some of the key herbs in this stress relieving foot soak (and why they’re used):

  • Lavender – This nervine (a fancy way to say it calms the nerves) helps support the nervous system. Its anti-inflammatory properties soothe achy, painful, or swollen feet.
  • Chamomile – Another relaxing nervine that’s useful for restlessness and irritability. It has anti-inflammatory properties, helps calm muscle spasms, and is a mild pain reliever.
  • Rosemary – This herb is a member of the mint family and has some of the same refreshing qualities. It helps to tone and open veins, stimulate circulation, and calm nerves. It’s also a warming herb as well and the concentrated essential oil is especially good at relieving stiffness and soreness in overworked muscles.

Stress-Melting Magnesium

Most foot soak recipes contain Epsom salts, and for good reason.

Although commonly called Epsom salts, the chemical name is actually magnesium sulfate. Magnesium serves as a tonic for the nervous system and is necessary for many functions throughout the body. Magnesium even helps calm convulsions and spasms.

Unfortunately the vast majority of us are deficient in this vital mineral thanks to depleted soil conditions and sugar consumption. There are many ways to supplement magnesium, but it absorbs most efficiently through the skin, making it perfect for a foot soak.

Stress Relieving Foot Soak Recipe

This recipe makes enough for 4 relaxing foot soaks.

Ingredients:

  • 2 TBSP carrier oil of choice (olive or sweet almond both work well)
  • 5 drops rosemary essential oil
  • 2 cups Epsom salt
  • ¼ cup lavender flowers
  • ¼ cup whole chamomile flowers (or 2 TBSP ground)

Instructions:

  1. In a bowl mix together the liquid carrier oil and rosemary essential oil. Then add the rest of the ingredients and stir well.
  2. Store in an airtight glass jar right in the tub or container you plan to use for soaking. I keep it right by my workstation so I remember to use it (when I’m sitting that is!).

How to Use:

  1. Fill a container large enough for your feet and fill with very warm water, but not burning hot. Add ½ cup of the bath salt mixture to your foot bath and stir to dissolve.
  2. Soak your feet for about 20 minutes, or until the water becomes cool.
  3. Follow up with homemade magnesium foot scrub, some sleepytime foot spray, or this salve for cracked heels for extra relaxing and moisturizing benefits!

Note:

The rosemary essential oil is most effective at stimulating circulation for tired feet, but if you don’t have the oils or want to skip them, you can just add ¼ cup of dried rosemary leaves at the beginning of the foot soak recipe along with the lavender and chamomile.

Other Ways to Treat Your Feet

  • Soothing Magnesium Foot Scrub – When you need more than a soak!
  • Barefoot Shoes – Let your feet function the way nature made them and reap the benefits.
  • Best Non-Toxic Nail Polish Options – A non toxic pedicure is possible!
  • DIY River Rock Acupressure Mat – Wake up your feet with this simple to make mat – perfect for under your desk or around the house.

Do you have a favorite way to pamper your feet at the end of a long day? Please share!

An easy and natural way to make a stress relieving foot soak.

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About Katie Wells

Katie Wells, CTNC, MCHC, Founder of Wellness Mama and Wellnesse, has a background in research, journalism, and nutrition. As a wife and mom of six, she turned to research and took health into her own hands to find answers to her health problems. WellnessMama.com is the culmination of her thousands of hours of research and all posts are medically reviewed and verified by the Wellness Mama research team. Katie is also the author of the bestselling books The Wellness Mama Cookbook and The Wellness Mama 5-Step Lifestyle Detox.

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Discussion (21 Comments)

  1. Barbara

    September 27, 2017 at 1:25 AM

    Can you use this recipe if you are diabetic?

    Reply
  2. Danielle

    September 24, 2017 at 3:51 PM

    Can I use lavender flowers straight from the garden? If not what do I do to them to make them usable?
    Also how do you use your daily magnesium spray?

    Reply
    • Wellness Mama

      September 25, 2017 at 9:58 PM

      I would dry them out first. And you can read more about the magnesium spray here!

      Reply
  3. Karen

    September 24, 2017 at 1:14 PM

    Where would one get lavender and camomile flowers?

    Reply
  4. Meg

    September 24, 2017 at 11:14 AM

    I imagine this would be just as good as a bath soak too?!

    Reply
  5. Jen

    September 24, 2017 at 9:42 AM

    What kind of tub do you use for the foot soak? I’ve tried a variety of things over the years and haven’t found one I really like…

    Reply
    • Wellness Mama

      September 24, 2017 at 10:30 PM

      I just use a large mixing bowl or a small storage container.

      Reply
  6. Erin

    September 24, 2017 at 9:37 AM

    Thank you for the DIY recipe for the foot soak! How long can you store it? The foot soak would be a great gift idea!

    Reply
    • Wellness Mama

      September 24, 2017 at 10:42 PM

      I’ve gone a month or so 🙂

      Reply
  7. Ward

    September 24, 2017 at 8:00 AM

    For your foot soak recipe, can I use chamomile and lavender essential oils? If so, how many drops (5 like the rosemary?)

    This sounds like something I really need and look forward to your answer.

    Thanks.

    Reply
  8. Anya

    September 22, 2017 at 9:06 PM

    Great! Thank you so much!

    Reply
  9. Anya

    September 22, 2017 at 11:43 AM

    Hi, Katie!
    I was wondering if there might be a substitute for the chamomile flowers? Or could I leave them out? Thanks! 🙂
    -Anya

    Reply
    • Wellness Mama

      September 22, 2017 at 8:57 PM

      You can leave them out 🙂

      Reply
  10. Chris

    September 22, 2017 at 10:24 AM

    Instead of the two dried flowers could you use EO’s and if so, how much?

    Reply
    • Wellness Mama

      September 22, 2017 at 8:58 PM

      You could, but I would only use a couple of drops. Be sure to mix the oils into the Epsom salts first before adding the salt to the water.

      Reply
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