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Bathing to assist healing
I'm using healing since I don't like the term "detox".
A few months ago, I was alternating baking soda and sea salt in my toddler's bath to help heal his skin. His condition and I stopped at some point, I don't remember why.
Since his skin suffered a bit with holiday indulgences, I thought I should resume this. The baking soda bath seems to calm him (probably because it supposedly relieves itching, that's what a nurse told me).
I did try a baking soda bath, but without any apparent improvements (my skin is not itchy). Today I took a sea salt bath and I feel much more calm and relaxed.
Onto theory, I have always noticed that my skin improved when I soaked in fresh water (river, lake or sea). Treated water does not seem to have the same effect.
I'm thinking that treated water is not mineral rich or that it is too contaminated. By adding minerals, we can reproduce the effect of fresh water.
The skin is the biggest organ. By soaking into water, we allow the body to exchange minerals and toxins through the skin facilitating healing.
I connected this with the traditional bathing of Japanese people. They first shower in a designated space to clean the body and then, get into the bath to relax. They also have onsens which are natural water sources that have different kinds of healing properties depending on mineral composition.
I had experimented with Epsom Salts early this summer, but after a few baths, the effect faded which might mean that my magnesium and sulfate level were optimal.
Supposedly hot baths are supposed to help with detoxing. Aajonus Vonderplanitz recommended bathing in 105 F. He never spoke about vitamin a as a toxin but the whole detox thing was very similar and when I did his diet I did have similar detox reactions
Chlorine is terrible for the skin but it sounds like for you the added minerals outweigh the bad water.
I have read that ascorbic acid (vit C) powder can dechlorinate water. Vitamin C is also mentioned as helpful in many thread. I think I will ascorbic acid to my bath formula and see if it helps further.
-- Update
It's been a little over 1 week since resuming sea salt baths for my toddler and he seems better. It's difficult to tell for sure since he doesn't talk yet, but his sleep has started to improve and his skin is doing better.
Ok, there seems to be a dose related benefit to sea salt baths.
I was doing them almost everyday for my toddler. Since he was doing better, I was continuing the treatment. In a matter of a few days, it went drastically wrong. The last 2 days, he strongly opposed going to bed and woke up early. I did notice that he seemed worse right after the bath.
I'm thinking it's the chloride content of sea salt since I had a similar effect from Magnesium Chloride which worsened my insomnia after a few days of use even though it's supposed to help with sleep.