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Black Salt, Kala Namak

Halitum violaceum, Halitum purpureum
Himalayan Black Salt, Sonchal Salt

Kala Namak, Sauvarcala (Ayurveda)
Kha ru tsha (Tibet)

Zi Nao Sha 紫硇砂 (TCM)
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Black Salt, Kala Namak
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Minerological name:
Halitum violaceum

Parts used:
Prepared salt
Black Salt is Rock Salt that is kiln-dried for 24 hours in a sealed pot with Triphala

Temperature & Taste:
Hot, dry. Pungent

Classification:


Uses:
1. Warms the Stomach, Promotes Digestion:

-increase digestive Heat (Agni, Spleen Yang)
-indigestion, bloating, Colic
-Constipation
-abdominal tumors

2. Clears the Channels:
-believed to clear the fine channels

3. Benefits Heart:
-traditional texts claim it benefits the Heart

4. Settles Wind:
-Wind disorders in Tibetan Medicine


Dose:
XXX

Substitute:
XXX

Comment:
XXX

Preparation:
xxx

Main Combinations:
Often combined with other Salts such as Sea Salt and Rock Salt
1. To promote digestion and increase digestive Heat, Black Salt, Rock Salt, Ginger, Long Pepper
2. Fever, Black Salt, Ginger, Andrographis (Unani)
3. Stomach Pain, Black Salt, Chebula, Ginger, Senna (as in Powder for Stomach Pain) (Unani)

Major Formulas:
Citrakadi Churna
Arka Vati
Citrakadi Gutika
Sankha Vati

Powder for Stomach Pain (Unani)

Sems kyi bde skyid Mental Happiness
Aloeswood 8 (Tibetan Medicine
Nutmeg 14 (Dza ti 14) (Tibetan Medicine


Cautions:
None noted

Main Preparations used:
xxx

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