Different varieties of salt are found. The most important available in natural form are : (i) Sendha Namak (ii) Wid Namak (iii) Kala Namak (iv) Alkaline Salt and (v) Sambar Namak.
Sendha Namak, the best of all types of salts is obtained from the mines underground. This is very tasty, digestive, light, appetiser, cooling, anti-phlegmatic,
Anti-bileous, anti-aciditic. This is easily absorbed in the body and in all the religious fasts this salt is used for preparing special food. Wid Salt is also obtained from the mines but artificial salt is also made. It is anti- phlegmatic, pain reliever, anti-flatulent, digestive. Kala Namak is tasty, carminative, digestive, releases wind and light.
Alkaline salt procured from the salt of oceans, is sweet and bitter, digestive, appetiser, carminative, releases wind.
Sambar salt procured from Sambar lake in Rajasthan is light, anti-aciditic, very hot.
Curative properties
Indigestion, Stomach Problems
Taking 5 gms black salt with hot water in the morning eliminates indigestion and improves appetite.
Taking Lavan Bhaskar Choorna with warm water after meals eliminates flatulence.
Taking the oozed water of onion pieces on which sendha namak has been sprinkled after meals is very useful in curing flatulence.
Taking ginger juice with little sendha namak half an hour before meals improves appetite.
Massaging the stomach with salt mixed in hot ghee releases wind and cures stomach-ache.
Taking salt in hot water cures stomach-ache and also helps in easy movement of bowels.
Diarrhoea
Taking ½ tsp. powder of sendha namak, peepal and chhoti harad (in equal proportion) with water after meals twice a day cures loose motions caused by indigestion.
Dysentery
Taking buttermilk with little sendha namak with or after food cures this.
Headache
Keeping a pinch of salt on the tongue for 10 minutes and drinking cold water eliminates headache.
Rubbing little salt in pure ghee on the temple gives relief in headache due to cold.
Putting one or two drops of salted water in the nostrils eliminates headache.
Smelling salt water (in 1:20 proportion) is also helpful in it.
Migraine
Licking ½ tsp. salt mixed with ½ tsp. honey brings relief in pain.
Dandruff
Washing the hair with salted water eliminates dandruff.
Dental Problems
Rinsing the mouth regularly with salted water eliminates pain due to tooth-decay.
Applying strained salt mixed in mustard oil (kept in sun for one day) as tooth-paste strengthens the gums and teeth and eliminates pyorrhoea.
Applying strained kala namak mixed in til oil as tooth paste strengthens the loose teeth at their base.
Applying strained salt and peepal leaf powder with honey (in 1:3 proportion) as tooth paste for few minutes to let the saliva ooze out is also very useful in strengthening loose teeth.
Applying finely powdered sendha namak on the gums relieves pain in gums and teeth.
Boils on Tongue
Applying a paste made of white mustard seeds with sendha namak and allow the saliva to ooze out eliminates boils on the tongue.
Hoarse Voice
Taking 10 gms. ground ber (small red ones) with 2 gms sendha namak with honey 2-3 times a day cures hoarseness of voice.
Gargling with warm salted water also is useful.
Hiccups
Drinking water with little sendha namak gives instant relief.
Smelling a piece of jaggery with little sendha namak sprinkled on it or taking a piece of jaggery with water stops hiccups caused by hot and spicy food.
Taking kala and sendha namak with water and one lemon juice after meals is also useful.
Swelling and Pain
Fomentation with potli of salt (on which little oil is applied) heated on tawa gives relief in bruise or sprain pain and eliminates swelling.
Massaging the swollen part with pure ghee and salt mixture give relief.
Rinsing mouth and gargling with lukewarm salted water eliminates swelling on neck and face.
Massaging around the joints with sendha salt roasted over fire in the til oil eliminates swelling.
Fomentation with potli of salt eliminates swelling due to Rheumatic fever.
Fatigue
Sitting in tub of lukewarm water with little salt or putting feet in that water for few minutes eliminates fatigue and imparts freshness.
Cold and Cough
Taking 1 glass boiled water with sendha namak, ground black pepper and turmeric (boil it till reduced to half) cures cold.
Dropping juice of tulsi with little salt in the nostrils cures cold.
Massaging the chest with salted pure ghee give relief in cold and helps in extracting the trapped phlegm.
Sucking a piece of salt gives relief in cough.
Washing the nose or gargling or smelling the salted water gives relief in cold and cough.
Asthma
Taking sendha namak and desi boora (1:4 proportion) with 100 ml. warm water help in curing asthma.
Bronchitis
Massaging salted lukewarm pure ghee on the affected portion eliminates the swelling in the bronchial chords.
Influenza
Taking paste of 5 garlic cloves and a little salt with hot tulsi tea helps in eliminating the germs through sweat and urine.
Arthritis
Fomentation with hot water and salt on the affected part gives relief.
Massaging the affected part with mustard oil and little salt (kept in sun for 1 day) gives relief.
Taking bath with salted warm water is also useful.
Skin problems
Massaging the body with salted oil removes dryness of the skin.
Applying salted pure ghee in the navel cures dryness of lips and applying it on the feet and hands cures cracked feet and hands.
Applying ginger juice with sendha namak on affected part eliminates acne and pimples.
Taking juice or soup with sendha namak, black pepper and lemon juice cures irruptions due to heat.
Washing the affected part or taking bath in water in which husk of wheat and sendha namak (in 10:1 proportion) has been boiled and then cooled regularly eliminates skin eruptions, itching and eczema.
Applying paste of salt and water on the affected part also help in curing eczema and other skin problems.
Vomiting
Taking ginger and lemon juice with sendha namak controls vomiting.
Rubbing salted ghee on stomach in clockwise direction is also very useful.
Excessive Thirst
Taking salted lime water 2-3 times a day quenches excessive thirst.
Worms
Taking banana sprinkled with sendha namak and lemon juice on empty stomach for 2-3 days kills and throws out the worms.
Cramps
Fomentation with potli of common salt and ground turmeric dipped in warm mustard oil on the affected part gives relief.
Menstrual Problems
Taking 2 gm. of salt in warm water 2-3 times a day help in natural flow of blood in menses.
Effect of Poison and Hangover of Liquor
Taking 60 gms. of salt in water induces vomiting and helps in throwing out poisonous substance.
Insect Bite
Rubbing the affected portion with salt after pouring some water and also taking salted water eliminates irritation, pain and swelling caused by the bite of poisonous insect.
Note—Intake of salt should be stopped if patients suffering from Hysteria, Epilepsy, High Blood Pressure, Kidney Problems, Arthritis, Eczema, Itching etc.
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