Black Salt: Benefits, Uses & Dosage

कृ णे सौवचलगुणा लवणे ग धविजताः Krisna lavana (black salt) has properties similar to souvarcala except the smell.

— Astanga Hridaya Sutrasthan, Annaswaroopa Food

The person is made to drink warm water mixed with powder of Ugra (Vacha – Acorus calamus), Patu (Saindhava – Black Salt) and Phala (Madanaphala);

— Astanga Hridaya Sutrasthan, Food habits &

Lavana Gana – group of salts:वरं सौवचलं कृ णं बडं सामु मौ रोमकं पांसुजं शीसं दम ् ार च लवणो गणः Varam (Saindhava – Rock Salt), Sauvarcala (sochal salt), Krishna (black salt) Bida salt, Samudra (table salt), Audbhida, Romaka, Pamshuja, Seesa (lead) and Kshara (Alkalies) form the salt group.

— Astanga Hridaya Sutrasthan, Rasabhediyam Tastes, Their

(long pepper, Amla, White mustard and black salt) त वेगानाम वतनम ् विृ तः स वब धा वा केवल यौषध य वा अयोग तेन न ठ वक डूकोठ वरादयः Less bouts – Ayoga - Non – commencement of bouts, bouts coming on with hindrance or elimination of the medicine only- are the features of Ayoga- inadequate bouts;

— Astanga Hridaya Sutrasthan, Vamana Virechana Vidhi

Diet after surgery – भोजनं च यथासा यं यवगोधूमषि टकाः मसरू मु गतव ु र जीव तीसु नष णकाः बालमूलकवताकत डुल यकावा तुकम ् कारवे लककक टपटोलकटुकाफलम ् सै धवं दा डमं धा ी घ ृतं त त हमं जलम ् जीणशा योदनं ि न धम पमु णोदको तरम ् भु जानो जा गलैमासैः शी ं णमपोह त The food of the patient should be that which is accustomed such as barley, wheat, rice of sixty day ripening (shashtika shali), Masura – lentil, Mudga (green-gram), Tuvari – (tur dal), Jivanti, Sunisannaka, tender Mulaka (Radish), Vartaka, Tan

— Astanga Hridaya Sutrasthan, Shastrakarma Vidhi

Prepare fine powder from hapusha (Juniperus communis), svarnakshiri (Argemone mexicana), haritaki (Terminalia chebula), vibhitaki (Terminalia belerica), amalaki (Emblica officinalis), katurohini (Picrorhiza kurroa), nilini (Indigofera tinctoria), trayamana (Gentiana kurrhoa), satala (Euphorbia Tirucalli), trivrita (Operculina turpethum), vacha (Acorus calamus), rock salt, kala lavana (black salt) and pippali (Piper longum).

— Charaka Samhita, Chikitsa Sthana — Therapeutic Principles, Chapter 13: Abdominal Diseases Treatment (Udara Chikitsa / उदरचिकित्सा)

— Nilini (indigo — Indigofera tinctoria), Saindhava (rock salt), and Krishna Lavana (black salt) should be added and powdered.

— Sharangadhara Samhita, Madhyama Khanda, Chapter 3: Churnakalpana (Powder Preparations)

A paste of Vacha (Acorus calamus), Sauvarchala (black salt), Kushtha (Saussurea lappa), Rajani (two turmerics -- Curcuma longa and Berberis aristata), and Maricha (black pepper) -- by the power of this paste application, excellent attraction (Vashikarana) is achieved.

— Sharangadhara Samhita, Uttara Khanda, Chapter 11: Lepa Vidhi (Topical Paste Application)

Pippalyadi Churna: Pippali (Piper longum), Ela (Elettaria cardamomum), Vacha (Acorus calamus), Hingu (Ferula assa-foetida), Yavachara (barley preparation), Saindhava (rock salt), Sauvarchala (black salt), Shunthi (Zingiber officinale), and Ajamoda (Trachyspermum roxburghianum) — made into a powder.

— Sharangadhara Samhita, Parishishtam, Chapter 2: Diseases of the Heart (Hridroga Adhikara)

One should drink this formula including Sauvarchala (black salt), Pushkaramula (Inula racemosa), and Radha with barley water — it destroys colic and heart diseases.

— Sharangadhara Samhita, Parishishtam, Chapter 2: Diseases of the Heart (Hridroga Adhikara)

Pippalyadi Churna: Pippali (Piper longum), Ela (Elettaria cardamomum), Vacha (Acorus calamus), Hingu (Ferula assa-foetida), Yavachara (barley preparation), Saindhava (rock salt), Sauvarchala (black salt), Shunthi (Zingiber officinale), and Ajamoda (Trachyspermum roxburghianum) — made into a powder.

— Sharangadhara Samhita, Parishishtam, Chapter 2: Diseases of the Heart (Hridroga Adhikara)