Why I Trust Cell Salts Over Supplements
And how you can too
Cell salts are iconic - at least for my children. Their childhood was punctuated not by Flintstone vitamins, but by these mildly sweet, chalky, dissolvable milk sugar tablets frequently dumped into their mouths by a multi-tasking mother.
They were always happy to take cell salts (I once found my 2 year old under my bed eating a container of them - no harm, you can’t overdose), and often asked for them. And they have given me reason to use cell salts All.The.Time - in the middle of the night, at the park, in the car, at the emergency room, in an airplane, Sunday afternoon, Tuesday morning, Friday afternoon etc! Additionally, I’ve used them as daily tonics to support their growing bodies.
Unlike the rest of homeopathic remedies, cell salts are easier to prescribe because they’re very low potency - I think of them as tonics. It’s easier to guess and try things out because it really doesn’t matter if you give the wrong cell salt. The body will use it as needed and move on. Plus, with only 12 to choose from (versus thousands of standard homeopathic remedies) it is much easier to become familiar with their zones of influence.
When my children (frequently) presented with a symptom, I’d usually give them a cell salt and then wait and observe to see if they needed anything else. I used them for everything - dark eye circles, green snot, oozing, yellow scabs, a splinter from the deck, acne, an allergic sneezing attack, a tantrum in the cheese aisle at Costco, belly aches after school, sunburns on the beach, or a million other all-too-familiar-to -moms scenarios.
The cell salt translation of these symptoms looks like:
Dark circles - Ferrum phos
Green snot - Kali sulph
Yellow, oozing scab - Calc sulph
Splinter - Silicea
Acne - Nat phos
Sneezing - Nat mur
Tantrum in the cheese aisle - Kali phos
Sunburn - Kali mur
Belly ache - Nat phos
Are you getting the hang of how you might use these to address the symptoms you already notice?
So…what exactly are cell salts!?
Cell salts are homeopathic mircro-doses of the 12 mineral building blocks of our bodies that are absorbed directly at the cellular level. They are usually in the 6x potency and provide information so the body can regulate and restore mineral levels. Whether the levels need to go up or down doesn’t matter - the body knows and will do, like it always does, whatever is for the body’s optimal well-being.
Our bodies have two mineral reserves - one that is used on a daily basis to meet our needs, and one that is used in emergency situations when the mineral demand skyrockets. With our handy modern lifestyle (ie stressful, medicated, and disconnected) it’s easy to become depleted in minerals in both reserves. Balanced mineral levels create optimal conditions for health and healing.
Why not just use supplements and vitamins?
Supplements attempt to supply the body with large amounts of the actual mineral which must then be absorbed through the digestive tract. This is based on several assumptions - (1) That we can actually know exactly what the body needs and in what amounts and (2) that we know how much each individual and formula will break down and absorb and (3) that stabilizers and additives are of no consequence and (4) that we have unlimited budgets to buy supplements in perpetuity.
Cell salts don’t force anything. They are absorbed through the mucous membrane and quickly assimilated into the body. They bypass the digestive system completely. If you want to change your mineral levels, this is the most effective (did I mention affordable?) way to do it.
The kind of shots I’m teaching my children to do:
(That’s me slamming back some Kali phos. If you’re a mom - get yourself some Kali phos. You can thank me later.)
So how do we start with cell salts for our children or ourselves? Remember they are easy and low risk…so get yourself some cell salts and just start!
Where to get cell salts:
One thing you can always count on with me is that I will always try to get you the best bang for your buck.
As a mom of four whose kids have always qualified for Medicaid, stretching my dollars is just what I do.
When I found out the the cell salt kit I own was no longer available (boo!), I searched for a replacement that I could wholeheartedly recommend in quality and value.
This search felt even more important when I saw other homeopaths promoting expensive cell salt sprays. These sprays cost $14 for a 2oz bottle that might last you a month of regular use.
With the cell salt kit I recommend, you pay $14 for a whole bottle of 500 pellets of a cell salt. This bottle, if used to make spray bottle once a month, could last you 3 years! Yes, THREE YEARS. This is not a “save a dollar coupon” situation - we’re talking a whole different ball game!
(If you prefer your cell salts in a spray rather than pellet form, keep reading, you can easily and inexpensively make them at home.)
So, drum roll please, the cell salt kit I recommend is Jackson’s Cell Salt Kit. It includes 1 bottle of each of the 12 cells salts with 500 pellets per bottle. They’re lactose free, and right now it’s discounted, and you can get all 12 bottles for $160 (shipping included)!! You will get YEARS of use out of this kit, especially if you make cell salt sprays.
Get it HERE.
They also carry individual cell salts, blends, and the 12-in-1 combo that includes all 12 salts in one.
** I don’t get any money from your purchase of this kit or individual salts. There are plenty of places I could have gotten an affiliate kick back, and, trust me, I love an affiliate commission. I’m a human and mom of four after all! But I’m not going to promote a higher priced kit just because I get some money from your purchase. I’m always going to choose the best product at the best price for myself, and I wouldn’t do anything different for you, the people who trust me.**
Alright, so you want to be able to take the cell salts in spray form rather than dumping a tablet in your mouth (plus this stretches your investment). Just pick up some small glass spray bottles. Fill them with a ratio of 80% water and 20% grain alcohol (I use vodka), add a few pellets of your cell salt or cell salts and voila - you have your spray! (If you avoid all alcohol, just make them with all water and keep them in the fridge if you want them to last more than a week or so.)
You can also just tap a pellet into the lid and then into your mouth - that’s what my kids prefer.
Learn more:
A couple of useful books:
The Biochemic Handbook by J.B. Chapman
Homeopathic Cell Salt Remedies by Nigey Lennon
Facial Diagnosis of Cell Salt Deficiences by David R. Card
Get started quicker:
Want to by-pass the learning curve and start taking cell salts to support you today? I’m offering a limited number of individualized cell-salt consults. Reach out to me if you’re interested!
I hope this helped you understand and get excited about cell salts. Our family has benefited on so many levels from these little gems, and I hope they will become a part of more people’s lives. Let me know your questions below or message me!
Love, Elizabeth