NAMAK-E-SIYAH
English : Black Salt
Urdu : Namak-e-siyah/Kala Namak
Telugu : Swarchala Lavanamu
Description :
It is an artificially prepared salt in dark-red shining granules.It consists mainly of Sodium chloride with traces of sodium sulphate,Alumina, Magnesium,Ferric oxide and Sulphide of iron.It also contains minute quantities of Sulphuretted hydrogen.
Action and Uses:
Black salt is carminative,stomachic and mild purgative.Hence it is used in flatulent abdomen and colic,dyspepsia,indigestion and bowel complaints.
It is also included in the composition of purgative formule e.g Sufoof-e-Arab or S.M Capsule to remove gases and enhance the action of purgatives.
Ibn sina’s View:
It is hot and dry. It is resolvent,cleaning and carminative.It checks putrifaction and useful in thickend humours.Also useful in cold stomachache. It is used with purgatives to enhance their action in excreting black humour and viscous substances.