Monks in medieval times would take the sick down into the salt caves where the air was saturated with salt particles created by their crushing up of the stalactites. “Spelotherapy" (cavetherapy) goes back several centuries. Salt (NaCl) is either collected through evaporation or mined in caves created by long gone receding seas. From old English noun "wich" meaning a salt works, pit or source. Suffix "wich" was added to a name of a town designating it as a salt center. It could be said that salt is responsible for modern civilization as its food preserving quality allowed populations to settle instead of constantly wandering in search of fresh food. Money from taxes on salt was said to have financed Columbus' voyages, as well as the building of the Erie canal.ĥ) Hippocrates (460 BC) recommended salt inhalation as an effective treatment for respiratory issues.Ħ) Cities were built around salt sources. As such, it was held dear, regulated, and taxed by those in power for their gain. It is an electrolyte that can’t be produced by the body so is an “essential nutrient”. During the Revolutionary War, Loyalists intercepted the Revolutionists' salt shipments to interfere with their ability to preserve food.Ĥ) Salt is recognized to be necessary for life for all creatures. When one considers its importance in preserving food, in the making of gunpowder, in its use for medical purposes, and how it became a part of making Holy Water, we can better understand how it came to be such a valued commodity.ġ) The word "soldier" may have come from Latin "sal dare" meaning “to give salt” who were “paid in salt”.Ģ) "Salad" referring to a raw vegetable to which salt was added with "sal" being the root word for salt.ģ) Salt is used to preserve food (as well as mummy's) and improve it’s flavor. Salt has been considered precious and equal in value to gold since ancient times and was used as a currency and vehicle of trade. About Just Breathe Salt Spa So why salt? The when's, where's and how's.
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