One of my yoga students recently shared that putting a bar of soap in bed while you sleep can help prevent night time charley horses. A bar of soup in bed can help leg cramps? Sounds a little crazy even to me! Apparently this is an old remedy that many people swear by. I had to dig around and see what the fuss was all about. Here is what I found:
Snopes has yet to confirm or deny that the bar of soap in your bed works.
At the peoplespharmacy they took a poll with 485 votes and got a 4.35 star on a 5 star scale. One thing I read here that I really found interesting was that the bar of soap needs to be changed every couple of months or it will stop working.
If you are having leg cramps or restless legs grab a bar of ivory soap and unwrap it and put in underneath your bottom sheet. Let me know how it works!
Sarah Zender LAc
Neighborhood Acupuncture Place (NAP)
230 Florence St
Crystal Lake IL 60014
815.893.9825
www.CLnap.com
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