Natural Simple Uses for Salt
Before we delve into the good uses for salt, remember that all the experts tell us to ......
Why? because in large quantities it is bad for us.
Some salt is required to stay healthy, and these same experts reckon between 1,000 to 1,500mg is sufficient to accomplish all the vital functions that sodium performs in the body, namely:
- help maintain normal fluid levels
- help maintain healthy muscle
- help maintain function and proper acidity of the blood
However, salt or sodium, whatever you prefer to call it, it has some really simple uses for common household problems, and also some natural home remedies for day to day non life threatening problems.
Salt Substitute
1 teaspoon garlic powder
1 teaspoon dried basil
1 teaspoon origanum
Mix well in a mortar and pestle and transfer to a salt cellar, add a few grains of rice to keep the mixture dry.
Household Uses for Salt
Sponges
Restore the original condition of your old sponges by soaking them in cold saltwater for an hour or so.
Laundry
Boil any yellowed laundry in a solution of salt, baking power and water, you will be pleasantly surprised at the results.
Sour Milk
In warm weather, when milk tends to sour sooner, add a pinch of salt and it will keep longer.
Burnt Pots
Fill the burnt pot with a strong solution of salt dissolved in water and allow to stand for a few hours. The burnt bits will come off easily.
Artificial Flower Cleaner
Clean artificial flowers by shaking them in a large paper bag with half a cup of salt.
Oven Spills
Cover fresh oven spills with salt, allow to stand for 15 to 20 minutes and then wipe. Follow the same procedure when you drop grease or raw egg on the floor.
Weed Killer
Kill unwanted, unsightly weeds by spraying with salt water.
Red Wine Spill
One of the most famous uses for salt is this one, and if you don't know about it yet then this is what you do.
Sprinkle a generous portion of salt onto the spill and leave for a few minutes. The salt will absorb most of the wine before you wash the stain.
Tea and Salt
Just a pinch of salt in a pot of tea will make it draw better and will also add a special taste to the tea.
Onion Odor
Can't stand the pong of onions on your hands after cutting them for cooking?
Then wash your hands with salt water immediately after working with onions and the odor will go.
Home Remedies for Salt
And then we have some really simple uses for salt that we can use for small day to day issues that we might have with our bodies, check them out and try them out.
Tired Muscles
Add some salt to your bath, the old folks say this works.
Blocked Nasal Passages
Clean out blocked nasal passages by making a solution of salt and water and cupping into your hand, sniff into each nostril.
This helps for bronchitis, colds, flu and any form of snotty, stuffy noses.
Corns and Calluses
Mix 3 parts salt with one part water.
Soak your feet in warm to water to soften and use this mixture as a natural scrub for your corns and calluses.
Dandruff
The old folks have used salt as a home remedy for dandruff for centuries, try it and we are sure that you will find that it works!
Athletes Foot
Mix 2 teaspoons of salt per pint of warm water and soak your feet in this solution at least twice a day.
This solution will get into all the nooks and crannies and create an unpleasant breeding ground for this fungus.
Healthy Gums
Want to keep your gums healthy and clean? I am sure you do, then rinse your mouth daily in a solution of a teaspoon of salt in a cup water.
Sensitive Teeth
Mix half a teaspoon of salt into a glass of tepid water, hold a mouthful for awhile, then squish it around and spit out. Do this when you are on your own in the bathroom (ha ha) after each meal and again at bedtime.
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Salty Quotes
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~ Voltaire ~
"Wit is the salt of conversation, not the food".
~ William Hazlitt ~
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~ Helen Rowland ~
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"Any supervisor worth his salt would rather dea lwith people who attempt too much than with hose who try too little".
~ Lee Lacocca ~
"A day without an argument is like an egg without salt".
~ Angela Carter ~
Healthy Quotes.
"The only way to keep your health is to eat what you don't want, drink what you don't like, and do what you'd rather not". ~ Mark Twain
"If I'd known I was going to live so long, I'd have taken better care of myself". ~Leon Eldred
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