Salt is an important condiment in daily life and helps maintain the normal functioning of the body. Too much salt intake can easily lead to high blood pressure and cardiovascular disease, but cooking without salt can also lead to hyponatremia, which happens when your blood sodium level is too low. In addition to its nutritional value, salt has medicinal characteristics that can apply to some unexpected daily emergencies.
Dr. Shu Rong, a veteran British traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) physician, explained in the program “Health 1+1” how to use salt as a “pseudo” first aid component to treat daily diseases.
Shu said that TCM believes the salty taste of salt enters the kidneys, so salt was often used to solve kidney problems in ancient China….