Rock Salt or the Saindhav Lavan / Sendha Namak is counselled in Ayurveda as being a holder of prime heath-care properties. These are –
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Saindhav Lavan is the
destroyer of aggravation in all the three doshas – Vata, Pitta and Kapha. Thus
there is dosha – balancing effect of this particular salt.
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Rock salt is
naturally little sweet and hot in potency, light, and is believed to be
nutritive.
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Ayurveda also
portrays this salt to be good for the vision, amicable for the heart, and yet
does not cause burning in the body.
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Not only this,
Saindhav lavan is believed to invigorate the Agni or the gastric fire.
