Magnesium Oil – Transdermal Magnesium

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One of the best ways to use magnesium chloride transdermally is in a compress - either hot or cold, depending on a condition, whether it is chronic or acute.

To make a solution for a compress, use 1 part of magnesium oil to 2-3 parts of water. You will also need a soft cloth, cling film and a warm cloth (e.g. a scarf). If you are using magnesium flakes, add 1 part of flakes to 6-7 parts of water.

For inflammations and recent injuries, where tissues are painful, hot and swollen, use a cool compress. To keep it cool, use an ice pack to apply on top of the soaked cloth. Make sure it is kept cool but not too cold, since the blood needs to circulate to promote the healing.

For chronic nagging aches, muscle tension, back pain use warm to hot magnesium compresses. Do not use heat where it is already present in the body. Use cool compresses for conditions accompanied by heat, redness, pain and swelling and warm to hot ones for tight tense congested muscles, cold limbs and other areas where circulation is slow and tissues rigid and painful.

A warm magnesium oil compress applied on the area of the liver will promote liver detoxification, and on the stomach area to improve elimination, especially in cases of constipation.

A warm magnesium chloride compress applied on the forehead and the back of the neck and head will help relieve a tension headache and a migraine. The same compress will relieve aching muscles after a strenuous exercise.

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Magnesium plays a vital role in our lives. It is an irreplaceable component in the production of energy from ATP – the molecule which provides energy for all body processes and movements. If magnesium is depleted there is not enough of it for energy production which means that metabolic processes do not get sufficient energy, so general metabolism slows down resulting in energy slumps. Even though magnesium is the most powerful relaxant, without it the energy production is impossible. An increase in magnesium levels in the body results in an increase in general energy and performance.

Another important function of magnesium is connected with its interaction with calcium in the body. Calcium ensures muscle contraction, and excessive amount of calcium leads to muscle spasms, cramps, muscle tension, tightness in the joints. If calcium ensures contraction and strength of the muscle then the role of magnesium is to relax all body tissues, including muscles, nerves, the brain, heart, blood vessels, etc. Needless to say that insufficient magnesium results in all-round rigidity and stress. If there is too much calcium circulating in the body it binds with fat in the blood with the potential to form atheromas leading to narrowing of blood vessels, increase in the blood pressure and a danger of them breaking away and blocking the arteries. Lack of sufficient magnesium reduces elasticity of the blood vessels resulting in arteriosclerosis, which is also a contributing factor towards high blood pressure.

Athletes are especially prone to magnesium losses and resulting deficiency which can lead to a reduced performance, muscle rigidity, tetany, cramps, decreased endurance, general weakness, as well as an array of cardio-vascular problems such as an increase in blood pressure, arrhythmia and rigidity of the blood vessels.

While short high intensity exercise leads to an increase of magnesium levels (hypermagnesemia), due to a shift of magnesium from the cells into plasma as a result of acidosis and a general decrease of plasma levels, prolonged exercise leads to depletion of plasma magnesium (hypomagnesemia).

A few reasons for magnesium losses during prolonged sports activities have been suggested.

1. Lipolysis (fat metabolism). Fatty acids are mobilised for energy production during exercise which leads to magnesium deficiency.

2. General physical and psychological stress on all body systems during prolonged exercise.

3. Loss of magnesium through sweating – this normally happens in humid hot conditions.

4. Loss of magnesium in urine during intensive short-term exercise activities.

Magnesium losses are especially substantial during periods of training for sporting events.

“Several studies indicate that there is a sustained fall in plasma Mg concentration after strenuous exercise and that hypomagnesaemia either persists or worsens during a season of training 21,46,47,48, a sound reason for looking more carefully at the Mg intake of athletes. A recent longitudinal study of a group of medium-distance runners carried out over a training season also demonstrated plasma Mg reductions during the competition period, although there were no variations in erythrocyte Mg. Since both their energy intake and their work load remained more or less constant during the study, a relationship can be established between plasma Mg changes and the stress of the competition period 4″ (Y. Rayssiguier1, C. Y. Guezennec2, and J. Durlach3, New experimental and clinical data on the relationship between magnesium and sport, http://www.mgwater.com/dur18.shtml)

Magnesium deficiency may play a role in sudden death syndrome in sports people resulting from a cardiac arrest (heart attack). As we have established earlier, a fall in magnesium levels in sports people can lead to an increase in cholesterol, blood sugar levels, and rigidity of blood vessels which in turn results in an increase in blood pressure and may in some cases explain sudden death in atheltes.

All this brings us to a conclusion that it is extremely important to replenish magnesium levels in athletes, especially during prolonged sporting activities and competitions, to prevent a slump in energy levels, general fatigue, reduction in performance, muscle tension, aches and pains and speed up recovery.

How can magnesium levels be replenished?

1. Diet – magnesium-rich foods include whole grains, soya products, nuts and seeds, legumes, fruit and vegetables, milk, eggs, sea foods, etc.

2. Oral supplementation. Dr M. Seelig who is an internationally recognised expert in magnesium studies, recommends supplementation of 6-10mg per 1kg of body weight per day. There are a lot of good sources of oral magnesium, such as magnesium orotate, magnesium citrate, etc.

3. Intravenously – injections. A very effective method, but is used in clinics in cases of severe magnesium deficiencies where it is important to raise levels of magnesium quickly.

4. Transdermal supplementation - a quick, efficient and very practical way to replenish magnesium levels which can be used by everyone. A problem with oral supplementation is that large doses of magnesium can cause diarrhoea which leads to magnesium excretion from the body. Also, not everyone’s digestive system is efficient and can absorb sufficient doses of magnesium. Transdermal methods of supplementation (spraying or rubbing magnesium on the body, magnesium massage, bath, foot bath) on the other hand ensure that the digestive system is bypassed and magnesium gets into the body via the skin thanks to its very important function to absorb.

Transdermal supplementation can be achieved by applying magnesium oil on the body by hand (e.g. a massage), or using it in a bath or foot bath. While magnesium oil is great when used in a spray or applied by hand, for a bath or foot baths magnesium chloride flake is the most economical product. Zechstein magnesium flake is one of the best magnesium products around.

Magnesium oil applications:

• Apply by hand all over the body
• Magnesium oil is a great massage medium, and magnesium massage is one of the most luxurious and relaxing treatments.
• Spray on the body after a bath or a shower, before going to bed. You will need a spray bottle for this.
• Mix with hot water, use in a compress on a tight muscle or painful joint. Do not use heat on areas of acute inflammation and immediate injuries.

Magnesium flake applications

• Use 2 handfuls in a very warm foot bath.
• Use at least 300-500g of magnesium flake per bath. The more magnesium in the bath the more effective its absorption will be.

Note: Some people suffer from skin sensitivity, and magnesium baths (as well as other applications) can result in the skin becoming dry and itchy. In such cases adjust the strength of magnesium solution applied on the skin directly, and use a natural moisturiser to soften and hydrate the skin after a bath.

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Estrogen Dominance hormone imbalance causes a magnesium deficiency. Chocolate is one of the foods that is highest in magnesium. So women that have a hormone unbalanced system that are estrogen dominant typically have a chocolate craving just before their period. However, if they are taking magnesium supplements, they will not have a chocolate craving. The woman has a chocolate craving because her body needs magnesium.

It is very important when taking magnesium supplements to take a magnesium that is easily absorbed. Magnesium oxide is poorly absorbed with an absorption rate of 4%. It is best to get a chelated magnesium at the health food store that has a absorption rate of 40%. A chelated magnesium is simply a magnesium that has an amino acid wrapped around it. I like to use magnesium glycinate about 400-600 mg/day.

* insomnia
* muscle tension or spasms
* muscle cramps
* constipation
* headaches
* menstrual cramps
* heart palpitations
* cold hands and cold feet – Reynaud’s Syndrome
* calcification of tissues or joints
* possible microcalcifications in the breast
* possible calcifications in the arteries or heart valves
* nervousness or irritability

Muscle Tensing from Lack of Magnesium

Whenever there is a magnesium deficiency, there is muscle tensing or spasm. This is commonly known as a “charlie horse”. With a magnesium deficiency, any muscle in the body will tense up. If the leg muscle tenses up, then this is called a “charlie horse”. The uterus is kind of like a muscular bag. If the uterus tenses up, women label this as menstrual cramps. The uterus simply contracts and tenses up. Your intestines are surrounded by smooth muscle, the intestines tense up and you get constipation.

Cold hands and feet can also be a symptom of magnesium deficiency. Arteries are simply tubes in your body that supply blood to the tissue in the body. Veins bring back blood to the heart to recycle the blood. Arteries have a muscular sheath that surrounds the tube. Yes, this muscular covering of the artery will contract with a magnesium deficiency. The result is that the artery will get smaller with a magnesium deficiency. And not as much blood will be delivered to the tissue. Frequently, Estrogen Dominant women will have cold hands and feet because the magnesium deficiency causes the arteries of the hands and feet to contract and get smaller, and so not enough blood is delivered to the hands and feet. The hands and feet are starved for blood and are cold. These women may be misdiagnosed as Raynaud’s Syndrome.

Sometimes this contraction of the ateries in the hands and feet can be so severe that putting your hand in cold water will further constrict the arteries and you will get pain. This is labeled as Reynaud’s Syndrome. I have a patient that claims she was diagnosed with Reynaud’s Syndrome. She cured herself by taking magnesium, taking progesterone, and cutting out xenoestrogens and phytoestrogens.

The arteries that feed your head also have a muscular covering. A magnesium deficiency will also cause these arteries to constrict as well and it may be possible to cause a migraine headache. So if you have a menstrual migraine headache, cut out xenoestrogens, take progesterone, and take magnesium supplements.

Calcium Deposited in Unwanted Places

Magnesium is important to neuromuscular transmission. It is also an important cofactor in the enzyme processes that form the matrix of bone and in the synthesis of nucleic acid. Magnesium has an inverse relationship with calcium. Thus, if food is deficient in magnesium, more of the calcium in the food is absorbed. If the blood level of magnesium is low, calcium is mobilized from bone.

A magnesium deficiency will cause calcium to be deposited in unwanted spots such as bone spurs and microcalcifications in the breast. When your doctor does a mammogram, the radiologists frequently see microcalcifications in the breast. This frequently warrants a biopsy. The area of the breast that has microcalcifications may or may not be breast cancer. A biopsy is the only way to be sure. So the physician is forced to do a biopsy to make sure the area that has microcalcifications is not a breast tumor and must do a biopsy for medical legal reasons.

The mainstream medical approach is that there may or may not be an association of breast cancer with the microcalcifications. So a biopsy is required.

In my opinion, Estrogen Dominance hormone imbalance causes breast cancer. Estrogen Dominance also causes a magnesium deficiency. A magnesium deficiency causes calcium to deposit in the body in the form of bone spurs, microcalcifications in the breast and possibly calcium deposits in the arteries. In my opinion, breast cancer does not cause microcalcifications in the breast. Estrogen Dominance causes both breast cancer and microcalcifications in the breast.

Nerve Misfiring Causing Palpitations

For nerves to properly conduct, there must be adequate levels of magnesium. If there is a magnesium deficiency, then the nerve will misfire and not conduct the electrical impulse correctly. The heart muscle has a nervous system that allows it to beat regularly (when the nerves are working properly). f there is a magnesium deficiency, then you may get heart palpitations or irregular heart beats. Try the easiest remedy first, eliminate xenoestrogens, take progesterone, and take magnesium glycinate. See if this takes care of the problem.

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