How to use salt to cure many diseases

Salt has the effect of curing many diseases - Illustration photo

Salt is important for life but must be used properly.

Doctor Hoang Khanh Toan, former head of the Department of Traditional Medicine, 108 Central Military Hospital, said that table salt (NaCl) is formed by the evaporation of seawater, mainly containing sodium chloride and some substances such as potassium chloride, magnesium chloride, calcium salt, magnesium, iron...

According to modern medicine, salt plays a decisive role in kidney function: urine depends on the presence in the blood of a normal amount of NaCl, when the salt level is low in case of continuous vomiting (due to pregnancy, poisoning) or due to significant dehydration (burns, diarrhea), urine excretion slows down.

Salt is essential for the human body, the daily need for salt varies between 5-10g. Modern medicine often uses salt in its pure form to prepare isotonic or hypertonic infusion solutions for injection, intravenous infusion or wound washing.

Dr. Nguyen Tien Dung, Stroke Center, Bach Mai Hospital said, salt - sodium is a mineral necessary for life. It is regulated by the kidneys to help control the fluid balance in the body.

It also helps transmit nerve impulses and affects muscle function. A lack of salt over a period of time can cause a variety of consequences and can even be life-threatening.

However, excess sodium can also be harmful to your health as it can increase your blood pressure, leading to heart problems and stroke. Therefore, it is important to know which foods are high in salt so that you can consume them in the most appropriate amount.

According to WHO recommendations, healthy adults should eat less than 5g of salt/day. For children under 1 year old, they should only eat less than 1g of salt/day, children from 1-3 years old should eat 3g/day, children > 7 years old should eat the same amount of salt as adults.

For people with related medical conditions, they should eat the amount of salt as prescribed by their doctor.

Salt is good for health but should only be eaten in moderation - Illustration photo

20 prescriptions using salt to treat diseases

Doctor Hoang Khanh Toan analyzed that according to traditional medicine, salt is salty, cold, non-toxic, enters the three meridians of the kidney, heart and stomach, has the effect of clearing fire, clearing the heart, cooling blood, detoxifying, moistening the intestines, leading other drugs into the meridians, is often used to treat cases of heat in the stomach and intestines, phlegm in the chest, constipation, sore throat, toothache, bleeding gums, red eyes, causing vomiting, treating ulcers in the lower body, poisonous insect bites...

There are many prescriptions using salt to treat diseases such as:

- Sore throat: If your throat is sore, use whole grains of salt to gargle, one grain after another, or use crushed garlic mixed with salt water to gargle and gargle many times.

- Toothache: Swollen and painful gums and loose teeth, use salt mixed with boiled water to gargle many times a day.

- Stomach ache: Stomach ache caused by cold, use roasted salt to heat, wrap in cloth and apply to the navel and painful area.

- Cough: For cough caused by cold, put salt in a lemon wedge and let it dissolve gradually.

- Tears: If your eyes water a lot, use salt mixed with boiled water to make a diluted saline solution to wash your eyes.

- Hematoma: For bruises and hematoma, use salt mixed with a little eucalyptus oil and apply to the injury twice a day.

- Sore throat: For sore throat, use salt mixed with boiling water, leave it warm, gargle 5-7 times a day.

- Burns: For thermal burns, use a little salt mixed with sesame oil and apply it to the burn to create a cool feeling, reduce pain, reduce swelling and help the injury heal quickly. Apply 2-3 times a day.

- Headache: Headache caused by heatstroke, use a little salt mixed with water to make a light salt solution like soup, drink a few sips gradually until gone.

- Nosebleed: If you have a nosebleed, use cotton soaked in salt water to plug your nostrils, then drink a glass of diluted salt water.

- Hair loss: Hair loss due to hair fungus and scalp fungus, use salt water to wash hair, rinse with clean water, after a while it will improve.

- Constipation : Early in the morning on an empty stomach, drink a glass of warm, diluted salt water. Regular use is very good for the intestines and chronic constipation.

- Tinnitus: For tinnitus, use hot roasted salt in a cloth bag and place it around the ear for 10 minutes, twice a day.

- Armpit odor: Use hot roasted salt in a cloth bag and rub it on your armpits until it cools, twice a day.

- Pain in limbs: Pain in limbs due to rheumatism, use salt to rub the painful area to warm it up, do this before going to bed for 5-10 days.

- Itchy skin: For itchy skin in the elderly, use highly salty table salt, crush it, and rub it once a day before going to bed at night.

- Poisoning: For food poisoning, use 1 tablespoon of salt mixed in a 100ml glass of water, give 1-2 times, then swab the throat to make the person vomit all the food in the stomach, then depending on the level and type of poisoning, immediately take the person to the nearest medical facility for further treatment...

- Joint pain:   For neck pain, shoulder pain, back pain, sciatica, etc., use hot salt with mugwort and apply to the painful area 1-2 times a day.

- Insomnia: Soak your feet in hot salt water for 15-20 minutes before going to bed at night.

- Back pain : Wash mugwort leaves, mix with coarse salt, then roast or grill them, then wrap them in a thin towel and apply to the painful area several times at night before going to bed.

Eating too much salt is harmful:

- Increased calcium excretion through urine, increasing the risk of osteoporosis and kidney stones;

- Increased risk of gastric and duodenal ulcers, increased risk of stomach cancer due to destruction of the protective layer of the stomach lining and increased growth of Helicobacter Pylori bacteria;

- Increased risk of kidney failure due to increased protein in urine and increased burden on the kidneys;

- Increased risk of obesity due to increased thirst and increased consumption of beverages, especially soft drinks;

- Increases water retention and edema, especially in patients with cirrhosis and heart failure.

Therefore, experts recommend getting into the habit of eating less salt as soon as possible.

How to reduce salt intake:

Reducing the amount of salt in your daily diet is a simple but most effective way to limit health risks caused by salty eating habits.

- Add a little salt to your food.

- Lightly dab or don't dab.

- Reduce salty foods such as braised dishes, fried dishes, and salted dishes.

- Drink plenty of water every day.

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