What as tissue salts and how should you take them?

Tissue salts, also known as cell salts or biochemic salts, are found naturally in rocks and soil, plants and animals (including humans). Without these mineral builders and activators of the cells and tissues in the body, the basic functions can’t happen – even food, water and oxygen can’t be absorbed and used effectively if certain of these mineral salts are lacking. Modern lifestyles drain even the most health-conscious of us, stripping minerals through stress, poor nutrition, industrially tainted foodstuffs, pollution and environmental toxins. For this reason, we need to supplement our mineral reserves. Tissue salts are inexpensive, and are safe to use for everyone, from babies to diabetics and even animals. They generally come in tablet form. You should chew them well or let them dissolve in your mouth, as the best absorption is through the mucous membranes.

“The dose of each tissue salt should be determined by the individual requirements at the time, much like having bank accounts and maintaining a healthy positive balance in each, but depositing more into the ones that are in overdraft,” Alison explains. “Cells won’t absorb anything they don’t need, leaving those minerals available to other cells that do need them.”