Salt Deficiency: the cause of many serious diseases

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Go to web page for full history on salt: http://www.shirleys-wellness-cafe.com/salt.htmSalt Deficiency: the cause of many serious diseases Both sea salt and rock salt were well known to the ancient Greeks who noted that eating salty food affected basic body functions such as digestion and excretion (urine and stools). This led to salt being used medically. The healing methods of Hippocrates (460 BC) especially made frequent use of salt. Salt-based remedies were thought to have expectorant powers. A mixture of water, salt, and vinegar was employed as an emetic. Drinking a mixture of two-thirds cow's milk and one-third salt-water, in the mornings, on an empty stomach was recommended as a cure for diseases of the spleen. A mixture of salt and honey was applied topically to clean bad ulcers and salt-water was used externally against skin diseases and freckles. Hippocrates also mentions inhalation of steam from salt-water. We know today that the antiinflammatory effects of inhaled salt provide relief from respiratory symptoms ©. Thus, 2000 years ago, Greek medicine had already discovered topical use of salt for skin lesions, drinking salty or mineralized waters for digestive troubles and inhaling salt for respiratory diseases!Welcome to... Profound Life-Giving Properties of Original Himalayan Crystal Salt ShirleysWellnessCafe.com (aka: MyWellnessHouse.com) A free educational web site on the internet since 1996 This site is being continuously updated so check in often to see what's new --- Last update 8/10/2006 Check the list of updates ---Contact Shirley---About Shirley--- Home--- Site map --- search this site USE OF THIS SITE SIGNIFIES YOUR AGREEMENT TO THE DISCLAIMER ---- Don't Forget: Bookmark This Page! The doctor and alchemist Paracelsus (1493–1541 A.D.) introduced an entirely new medical concept. He believed that external factors create disease and conceived a chemically oriented medical system which contrasted with the prevalent herbal medicine. Only salted food could be digested properly: "The human being must have salt, he cannot be without salt. Where there is no salt, nothing will remain, but everything will tend to rot." He recommended Go to web page for full history on salt: http://www.shirleys-wellness-cafe.com/salt.htm