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TRADE NAME
Himalayan Crystal Salt
ABOUT
Saindhav implies to Himalayan Crystal Salt. Himalayan salt is a marketing term for rock salt from Pakistan. It is found in the Himalayan region. Millions of years ago this area was under the ocean. The salty water of the ocean dried and deposited under the rocks.It looks like rose quartz, comes in the rock-form from the Himalayas.It is mined in the Khewra Salt Mines, the second largest salt mine in the world.The salt sometimes comes out in a reddish or pink color, with some crystals having an off-white to transparent color. German public television broadcaster ZDF presented the analyzed chemical composition of Himalaya-salt made by mineralogist Michael Siemann of the technical university of Clausthal (TU Clausthal Germany) who states that the specimen contained 95-96% sodium chloride and 10 different minerals. 3% was a polyhalite contamination (known as gypsum) .SHODHAN OR AYURVEDA PURIFICATION PROCESS
No specific purification process for Saindhav Lavan is found in Ayurveda treatise which may indicate that Saindhav Lavan does not require to undergo specific purification process and can be directly used as medicine. However if Saindhav Lavan is contaminated with dust or other foreign particles it is advisable to filter them out.
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