In 1618 an English farmer found that cattle on Epsom Common wouldn’t drink from a bitter pool. The salt left behind became one of the best-known home remedies of the next 350 years. Here’s how people use magnesium today for sleep, muscles, headaches and regularity, what the studies found, and the safety limits that matter.
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