Himalayan salt is a salt coming from the Khewra Salt Mines in the Himalayan Mountains of Pakistan that comes out in a reddish or pink color, with some crystals having an off-white to transparent color. It is commonly used for cooking, skincare, and wellness and is reported as being the purest and most beneficial salt available. For over 200 million years Himalayan crystal salt remained untouched until recently. This salt comes from a time when the planet was unpolluted by human activities.
Himalayan salt contains a full spectrum of 84 minerals and trace elements. It is an unrefined, unprocessed raw salt that is hand-mined from abundant salt caves that were formed over 200 million years ago as ocean salt settled in certain geologic pockets around the earth. This salt was deposited long before the earth became polluted with heavy metals, pesticides and PCBs. Conventional white salt that is largely used today lacks the minerals that Himalayan Salt has except for one, iodine, which is artificially added to the salt. Iodine is a naturally occurring mineral in the ocean. It is abundant in seafood and in genuine sea salt, but it is completely missing from refined white table salt.
Pure, natural Himalayan salt has been subjected to enormous pressure over millions of years. The pressure is responsible for creating the salt crystals. The higher the amount of pressure the more superior or excellent the state of order within the crystalline structure. Salt, for us, is foremost an information carrier and not a spice. For information to be absorbed into our cells, a crystalline structure is necessary.
Chemically, a stone and a quartz crystal are both silicates. However, the vast difference in the amounts of pressure they were subjected to, distinguishes them. The quartz crystal embodies a perfect geometric form, a perfect state of order within its structure. The stone does not. Its elements are coarse, because it was not subjected to enough pressure to create a crystalline structure.
Crystal salt layers wind through the mountain of salt, shimmering in transparent white, pinkish or reddish veins. Only with sufficient pressure was the salt of the salt mountain transformed into crystal salt. The elements trapped within the crystal salt are in particles small enough to be able to penetrate the human cells and be metabolized.
The balanced crystalline structure of the salt crystals reveals the fine branching with no shadows or rough edges. The crystal is not isolated from the inherent mineral elements but is connected to them in a harmonious state. This indicates that the energy content, in the form of minerals, is balanced and can be easily metabolized by the body. When taken into the body, it has a vital energetic effect on the body. The result is a net gain for the body and zero energy loss.
Benefits of Himalayan Salt
The benefits of Himalayan salt over regular table salt are numerous. Some of the benefits are the following:
- It is the highest grade of natural salt.
- Under an electron microscope, it has a perfect crystalline structure.
- It is immune to electromagnetic fields.
- It contains no environmental pollutants.
- There is no limited shelf life.
- Its unique structure stores beneficial vibrational energy.
- All of its inherent minerals and trace elements are available in colloidal form.
- Its array of elements forms a compound in which each molecule is inter-connected.
Connection with Ayurvedic Medicine
For thousands of years of Ayurvedic medicinal tradition, Himalayan Salt has been the one salt that is considered truly therapeutic. This unique salt contains the perfect balance of colloidal minerals, similar to that found in the primal sea from which the first cell emerged. Pristine Himalayan mountain salt is regarded as superior to sea salt due to the fact that modern oceans are often polluted by oil spills, dioxins and mercury. Salt is an essential nutrient which determines fluid balance and cellular detox. In Ayurvedic medicine, the following benefits are reported:
Regulates the water content throughout your body.
- Promotes a healthy pH balance in your cells, particularly your brain cells.
- Promotes blood sugar health.
- Promotes the absorption of food particles through your intestinal tract.
- Supports respiratory health.
- Promotes sinus health.
- Prevention of muscle cramps.
- Promotes bone strength; ensures optimum delivery of the key minerals for good bone density.
- Encourages healthy sleep patterns-it naturally regulates sleep.
- Supports your libido.
- Promotes vascular health.
- In conjunction with water it regulates blood pressure.
- Serves as a source of balanced electrolytes.
- Natural treatment for athletes’ foot.
- Oral hygiene.
- Helps reduce the signs of aging.
Full Spectrum Mineral List
Below is a spectral analysis of Himalyan salt. This list shows all the trace minerals, electrolytes, and elements contained in Himalayan salt.
Legend
g/kg – Grams per kilogram
DIN – German Standards Institute
ICG – Ionchromatography
AAS – Atom absorbtion spectrometry
TXRF – Total reflection – X-Ray – Floresence-Spectometry
ppm – Parts per million
FSM – Flamespectrometry
FSK – Frequency Spectroscope
Hydrogen H 1 0.30 g/kg DIN
Lithium Li 3 0.40 g/kg AAS
Beryllium Be 4 <0.01 ppm AAS
Boron B 5 <0.001 ppm FSK
Carbon C 6 <0.001 ppm FSK
Nitrogen N 7 0.024 ppm ICG
Oxygen O 8 1.20 g/kg DIN
Flouride F- 9 <0.1 g/kg Potentiometer
Sodium Na+ 11 382.61 g/kg FSM
Magnesium Mg 12 0.16 g/kg AAS
Aluminum Al 13 0.661 ppm AAS
Silicon Si 14 <0.1 g/kg AAS
Phosphorus P 15 <0.10 ppm ICG
Sulfur S 16 12.4 g/kg TXRF
Chloride Cl- 17 590.93 g/kg Gravimetrie
Potassium K+ 19 3.5 g/kg FSM
Calcium Ca 20 4.05 g/kg Titration
Scandium Sc 21 <0.0001 ppm FSK
Titanium Ti 22 <0.001 ppm FSK
Vanadium V 23 0.06 ppm AAS
Chromium Cr 24 0.05 ppm AAS
Manganese Mn 25 0.27 ppm AAS
Iron Fe 26 38.9 ppm AAS
Cobalt Co 27 0.60 ppm AAS
Nickel Ni 28 0.13 ppm AAS
Copper Cu 29 0.56 ppm AAS
Zinc Zn 30 2.38 ppm AAS
Gallium Ga 31 <0.001 ppm FSK
Germanium Ge 32 <0.001 ppm FSK
Arsenic As 33 <0.01 ppm AAS
Selenium Se 34 0.05 ppm AAS
Bromine Br 35 2.1 ppm TXRF
Rubidium Rb 37 0.04 ppm AAS
Strontium Sr 38 0.014 g/kg AAS
Ytterbium Y 39 <0.001 ppm FSK
Zirconium Zr 40 <0.001 ppm FSK
Niobium Nb 41 <0.001 ppm FSK
Molybdenum Mo 42 0.01 ppm AAS
Technetium Tc 43 unstable artificial isotope – not included
Ruthenium Ru 44 <0.001 ppm FSK
Rhodium Rh 45 <0.001 ppm FSK
Palladium Pd 46 <0.001 ppm FSK
Silver Ag 47 0.031 ppm AAS
Cadmium Cd 48 <0.01 ppm AAS
Indium In 49 <0.001 ppm FSK
Tin Sn 50 <0.01 ppm AAS
Antimony Sb 51 <0.01 ppm AAS
Tellurium Te 52 <0.001 ppm FSK
Iodine I 53 <0.1 g/kg potentiometrie
Cesium Cs 55 <0.001 ppm FSK
Barium Ba 56 1.96 ppm AAS/TXR
Lanthan La 57 <0.001 ppm FSK
Cerium Ce 58 <0.001 ppm FSK
Praseodynium Pr 59 <0.001 ppm FSK
Neodymium Nd 60 <0.001 ppm FSK
Promethium Pm 61 unstable artificial isotope – not included
Samarium Sm 62 <0.001 ppm FSK
Europium Eu 63 <3.0 ppm TXRF
Gadolinium Gd 64 <0.001 ppm FSK
Terbium Tb 65 <0.001 ppm FSK
Dysprosium Dy 66 <4.0 ppm TXRF
Holmium Ho 67 <0.001 ppm FSK
Erbium Er 68 <0.001 ppm FSK
Thulium Tm 69 <0.001 ppm FSK
Ytterbium Yb 70 <0.001 ppm FSK
Lutetium Lu 71 <0.001 ppm FSK
Hafnium Hf 72 <0.001 ppm FSK
Tantalum Ta 73 1.1 ppm TXRF
Wolfram W 74 <0.001 ppm FSK
Rhenium Re 75 <2.5 ppm TXRF
Osmium Os 76 <0.001 ppm FSK
Iridium Ir 77 <2.0 ppm TXRF
Platinum Pt 78 0.47 ppm TXRF
Gold Au 79 <1.0 ppm TXRF
Mercury Hg 80 <0.03 ppm AAS
Thallium Ti 81 0.06 ppm AAS
Lead Pb 82 0.10 ppm AAS
Bismuth Bi 83 <0.10 ppm AAS
Polonium Po 84 <0.001 ppm FSK
Astat At 85 <0.001 ppm FSK
Francium Fr 87 <1.0 ppm TXRF
Radium Ra 88 <0.001 ppm FSK
Actinium Ac 89 <0.001 ppm FSK
Thorium Th 90 <0.001 ppm FSK
Protactinium Pa 91 <0.001 ppm FSK
Uranium U 92 <0.001 ppm FSK
Neptunium Np 93 <0.001 ppm FSK
Plutonium Pu 94 <0.001 ppm FSK
Additional Combined Elements
Water H2O 1.5 g/kg DIN
Ammonium NH4+ 0.010 ppm Photometrie
Nitrate NO3- 0.09 ppm Photometrie
Phosphate PO4 3- <0.10 ppm ICG
Hydrogencarbonate HCO3- <1.0 g/kg Titration
References
http://www.atthemeadow.com/shop/Resources/Minerals-in-Pink-Himalayan-Salt
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khewra_Salt_Mines
