Witnessed by: Ayurveda
Audbhida (earth) salt, of the halide salt (saline earth efflorescence) family. A whitish to grey saline efflorescence and crust of alkaline earth; native range: swept as a saline efflorescence from alkaline earth and saline soils (usara); one of the classical lavanas. Globally recognized as audbhida lavana in Sanskrit, and earth salt in English. The part used is the refined saline earth. Whitish-grey, powdery to crusty, salty and slightly pungent-alkaline, dissolving in water.
In this cross-tradition database, we analyze how this substance operates across world medicine systems — tracking its traditional tastes, temperatures, tissue affinities, post-digestive effects, and planetary correspondences across Ayurveda, Unani, and Western herbalism.
EARTH SALT
IDENTITY
Name
- Common
- audbhida (earth) salt
- Family
- halide salt (saline earth efflorescence)
Form
- Part used
- the refined saline earth
PROPERTIES
Nature
Taste
how the plant declares itself on the tongue
- Ayurveda
- salty (lavana) · pungent (katu)
Temperature
- Ayurveda
- heating (ushna)
PRACTICE
Virtue
Actions
- Ayurveda
- deepana (kindles digestion), pachana (digestive), bhedana (mild purgative) and kaphavatahara
Cautions
- Contraindications
- hyperacidity, bleeding tendency, pitta excess and oedema; not in excess
- Toxicity
- as with all salts, excess disturbs the blood and the fluid balance and aggravates pitta
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