Anyone know how to say this in Italian or know of the equivalent here??? Grazie - M

Epsom Salts are basically magnesium sulphate. The Italian for magnesium sulphate is solfato di magnesio. Beyond that, I don't know how it's named or labelled here.

Thanks Graeme - I did find out that much as well, but it seems in my "neck of the woods" nothing is marked as so. Off to a special farmacia this afternoon to see if they have some!

We've gotten them at the farmacia and they are in small packets- pretty expensive. No half-gallon milk cartons of them like discount stores in the States.

If you are looking for epsom salts for soaking/bath ...be careful to look at what the pharmacist gives you.

They have a boxed product here called solfato di magnesio but it has a tremendous amount of sugar in it and gets thick when you put it in water-used more as a laxative.

The packets of the plain stuff, in this area, are white with green writing.

Thanks all - they are actually for my in-laws' bulldog. Turns out (from a client who happens to be a vet) that the best way to clean out the bacteria between their paws is a mixture of water and epsom salts. I know, probably more info than you all needed, but just in case you have a bulldog, it could prove helpful!

The popular term is for Epsom Salts is "sali inglesi". Chemists sell them over the counter (as a cure for constipation) in little white sachets/packets.

If you're taking them to cure constipation (which you've got because you've eaten too much egg-pasta, say), proceed as follows:

1. Drink a good glassful or two of warm water
2. Wait for half an hour or so
3. Dissolve two thirds of the contents of one packet of sali inglesi in another glass of warm water.
4. Drink it
5. Wait. They may take anything from half an hour to half a day to work, but when they work they do work.

I believe she said she needed it to wash a dog's feet.

^ She did, but I guessed she was embarrassed to tell us the real reason.

Actually I use it to soak in after a long bike ride or working too hard in the garden. Very good for aches and pains.

Not only do Epsom Salts de-constipate you; and not only do they wash out your bulldog's paws; and not only do they cure aches and pains, but they also stop the leaves of your raspberry plants turning yellow. About 100gms to 4.5L if memory serves.
Miracle product.