Properties: Salty, cold

Meridans Entered:
Primary: Stomach, Kidney, Small Intestine and Large Intestine

1. Clears Heat, cools the Blood and resolves Toxicity
   Toothache, bleeding gums, sore throat
   Nebula
   Sores and boils, insect bites
   (Internally) Constipation, difficult urination
2. Induces vomiting
   Indigestion, abdominal distention

Suggested Daily Dosage: 1 tsp (3g) melted in 300ml hot water to make approx 1% solution and used as a wash for the skin, mouth or eyes. 5% solution drunk on an empty stomach induces vomiting.

Cautions: It is contraindicated in case of oedema. Do not take too much, especially when inducing vomiting as the high sodium intake can lead to hypernatremia causing seizures and death. Inducing vomiting to eject poisoning is not recommended today as research shows no clinical effect and considerable potential harm.

Notes:

In western alchemy Salt was one of the Three Primes of Paracelsus, along with Sulphur and Mercury. Salt represented base matter, the body, and the elements of earth and water. It was the contractive force that governed condensation, crystallization, and solidification (Helmenstine, 2020, The Three Primes of Alchemy).

Salt has an interesting reaction with mercury, being one of the few substances which does not amalgamate or dissolve with mercury but remains completely separated. It can be combined with common sulphuric acid to form hydrochloric acid, HCl, which was called Acidum Salis, Spirit of Salt or Murianic acid.