Eytons' Earth: Natural & Alternative Medicine

flame100 · Joined: 04 Jan 2006 Posts: 5

Can you recommend a clay to use for a clay bath? There are different types of clay listed on your site (calcium bentonite, sodium bentonite, illite, etc) and I'm not sure which to pick.

I'm considering illite (argiletz) or calcium bentonite (pascalite or terramin).

eytonsearth · Posted: Mon Feb 13, 2006 7:38 am Post subject:

Greetings, Deepak:

Illite, traditionally, has not been determined to be the most desireable clay for bath. If you have access to Argiletz clays, you may want to try their green montmorillonite.

I've never used calcium bentonites or montmorillonites for clay baths. I'm not saying they wouldn't perform, only that I have no experience.

Ray, the owner of the Terramin mine, has expressed his belief in the power of Terramin for external detox.

Redmond Clay would also be a good choice.

However, if you can find a local source for sodium bentonite in bulk from a drilling supply store, or a ceramic supply store, you could blend any specialty clay with a standard technical grade sodium bentonite. You'd get alot more clay baths out of it.

If you are dealing with a long standing issue, I wouldn't try 'a clay bath', but rather, take two or three clay baths a week.

If you run into problems with trying to determine if the clay bath is having any noticeable effect, take a clay bath a night for four days, then stop for a week, and take another one.

Most people who weren't able to-- at first-- feel results can usually tell the benefit they are getting after this process.

Please also don't ignore using clay internally when doing this.

Best Regards,
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flame100 · Joined: 04 Jan 2006 Posts: 5

Have you heard anything about Volclay?

eytonsearth · Posted: Mon Feb 20, 2006 9:36 am Post subject: American Colloid Volclay

Hi!

This should be an American Colloid Clay; most likely, their Wyoming mined clay that I use very often in clay baths.
This is a very excellent swelling sodium bentonite, that I feel is may be an ideal affordable clay for bath use.

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flame100 · Joined: 04 Jan 2006 Posts: 5

Thank you for your quick reply. I don't want to be overly cautious but I read on the MSDS for this product that this product contains a small amount of "naturally known contaminant" silica. And it goes on to read that there is limited evidence of carcinogenicity of crystalline silica to humans. I'm not too concerned about this but just thought I would ask your opinion on it.

According to the MSDS, it says Volclay SPV 200 is naturally occurring hydrated aluminosilicate of sodium, calcium, magnesium, and iron.

http://intranet.risd.edu/envirohealth_msds/Ceramics/ACVolclay.pdf

eytonsearth · Posted: Mon Feb 20, 2006 12:30 pm Post subject:

Hi!

The caution is an excellent one... However, it only applies to inhalation. Always avoid breathing in clay dust; this goes for all clays.

The carcinogenic effect is limited to inhalation of the microfine crystals into the lungs. There is no such risk if ingested orally, or via bathing. In fact, once the clay is hydrated, this risk is eliminated, considering that it would be very rare for someone to "breath in" hydrated gel.

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turquoisegrece · Joined: 10 Jul 2007 Posts: 22

So if I have to fill up bags with clay, will one of these papery mask be enough to protect my lungs?

eytonsearth · Posted: Mon Jan 21, 2008 11:57 am Post subject:

Hi -

If you want to be absolutely sure, use a certified dust respirator.

Kind Regards,

Jason
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