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It's simple enough to learn how to make a 100% salt water (saline) solution (brine solution). Once you have a bottle of 100% salt water, you can take a portion of it and dilute it down with distilled water (or good quality bottles spring water) to any percentage ratio you desire and wind up with a saline solution that runs anywhere from 1% to 99%, but you need to start with 100% solution in order to mix an accurate dilution.
I prefer to use Sea Salt because it does not contain the additives that they add to refined, commercial salt and it contains a full compliment of minerals. Since I'm using my salt water solutions for different applications, including ingestion, I want to be sure it's totally organic and comes directly from Nature.
MAKING THE MASTER SALT SOLUTION - THE HEATING METHOD
Heat up enough water to fill the bottle that you plan on using to store your 100% Master Salt Solution. An 8 ounce, 12 ounce, or 16 ounce bottle will suffice. Beer bottles with a screw-on cap work very well, but any jar with a lid will do. Label the bottle or jar "100% Salt Solution". When you make dilutions, store them in a separate, marked bottle: E.g. "10% Salt Solution", "25% Salt Solution", etc.
You want to heat up your water substantially above room temperature, but it is not necessary to boil it. After the water is fairly hot, turn off the fire and start adding salt with a teaspoon. Stir the water with a wooden spoon as you sprinkle in the salt. Keep on observing the water as you stir. When the water approaches 100% saturation, the salt crystals will no longer dissolve in the water and you will see the crystals swirling around in the water. Let it sit for a few seconds and then check to see if the crystal can still be seen. If they have dissolved, then add a bit more salt until they remain as undissolved crystals sitting at the bottom of the pan. Now the solution is 100% saturated and cannot dissolve any more salt crystals.
Let the pan cool to room temperature. You will find even more salt crystals sitting at the bottom of the pan after it has cooled off. After it reaches room temperature, carefully pour off the liquid into your labeled, 100% master bottle, being careful not to allow the Undissolved crystals to go into the bottle. If you are really clumsy, then you can filter using a coffee filter first, but most people can just pour off the liquid portion and leave the undissolved salt crystals in the pan.
MASTER SALT SOLUTION INSTRUCTIONS - THE OVERNIGHT METHOD
To make a Master Salt Solution, loosely fill a closable glass container one-fourth to 1/3 full with sea salt crystals. I prefer sea salt. Do not use table salt since it often contains other ingredients that help it to pour smoother and may contain iodine. Un-iodized cooking salt without any added ingredients - should say only sodium chloride as an ingredient - may be used, if needed. Add good spring water or distilled water (depending on your use), completely filling the container. Let sit for approximately 24 hours and see if the salt crystals have completely dissolved. If so, add some more sea salt. Keep adding a little more salt until the water can no longer dissolve any more salt, the salt crystals will set on the bottom of the jar without dissolving. At this point, the solution will have become saturated at 26 percent, a satisfactory and ready to use Master Salt Solution. The 26 percent concentration now will remain stable. The glass can be refilled again with water and salt, continuing this process.
MAKING DILUTIONS
If you measure out exactly one cup of the 100% Master Salt Solution and add exactly one cup of distilled water to it, you now have a 50% solution of salt water. By adding the same amount of plain water to the 100% Master Salt Solution, you have cut its concentration in half (1/2 = 0.5 = 50%).
If you take 1/4 cup of the Master Salt solution and add 3/4 cup of distilled water to it, you now have a 25% salt water solution (1/4 =0.25 = 25%)
The mixing ratios could be expressed as:A) Percentages
B) Parts
or
C) Ratios (E.g. 1:1, 1:2. etc)
But ratios tend to confuse some people, so we can stay with the percentage and parts method of explaining the dilutions.
If you take 1/8 cup of the Master Salt Solution and add 7/8 cup of distilled water, you now have a 12.5% salt water solution (1/8 = 0.125 = 12.5 %).
Switching over to the milliliter system (ml): if you take 10 ml of the master solution and add 90 ml of distilled water, you now have a 10% salt water solution.
If you take 5 ml of the master solution and add 95 ml of distilled water, you now have a 5% solution. This can be done using ounces instead of milliliters: if you take 5 ounces of the Master Salt Solution and add 95 ounces of distilled water, you still have a 5% salt water solution. Using a base of "100", it's relatively easy to measure out the exact percentage of salt water concentration that you want.
Another way to figure the dilutions is using the "Parts" method, but it's slightly more abstract. The notion of "one part" refers to using the same measuring vessel for both the master solution and the distilled water. Let's say you are holding a 8 ounce drinking glass in your hand and you fill it with the Master Salt Solution, you now have "one part" of the Master Salt Solution. You dump that into a large jar and then you fill the same 8 ounce glass with distilled water and add it to the same large jar. You have now mixed "one part" master salt solution to "one part" distilled water (or 1:1 mixing ratio) and you wind up with a 50% reduction in salt water concentration, so you mark it as a 50% salt water solution.
If you take one part Master Salt Solution and add two parts distilled water, you will wind up with a 33.3% salt water solution (1:2 ratio). If you take one part of the master solution and add three parts of distilled water, you will have a 25% salt water solution (1:3 ratio). If you take one part master solution and add four parts of distilled water, you now have a 20% salt water solution (1:4 ratio).
Using the "Parts" method, if you merely add the two numbers of the "parts" ratio together and then divide that into 100, it will give you the final dilution percentage. For example, the 1:4 ratio adds up to "5". Five divided into 100 gives you 20% .
What if you want a 10% salt water solution? Simple. What two ratio numbers (beginning with "1" of course) add up to 10? One plus nine or 1:9 mixing ratio. One part Master Salt Solution plus 9 parts distilled water will give you a 10% salt water solution. If you are still not sure how to mix any desired percentage of dilution, just sit down and play with it on paper until the technique becomes clear to you. Once you have it clear in your mind, you won't have any trouble figuring any percentage dilution you want to mix.
1% Master Salt Solution is 1 part Master Salt Solution and 100 parts water.
5% Master Salt Solution is 5 parts Master Salt Solution and 100 parts water.
8% Master Salt Solution is 8 parts Master Salt Solution and 100 parts water.
How to Make Various Concentrations of Master Salt Solution For Various Applications
Percentage of Solution Amount of Sea Salt Amount of Water Application 1% Master Salt Solution 1/2 Teaspoon (2 g) 200 ml Water For Eyes & Nose 1% Master Salt Solution 2 Teaspoons (10 g) 1000 ml Water For Inhalation 1% Master Salt Solution 1 Kilo (2.2 lbs.) 100 Liters Water / Bath Tub For Bathing 2% Master Salt Solution 4 Teaspoons (20 g) 1000 ml Water For Inhalation 2% Master Salt Solution 2 Kilos (4.5 lbs.) 100 Liters Water/ Bath Tub For Bathing 3% Master Salt Solution 6 Teaspoons (30 g) 1000 ml Water For Inhalation 3% Master Salt Solution 3 Kilos (6.6 lbs) 100 Liters Water/ Bath Tub For Bathing 10% Master Salt Solution 100 g 1000 ml Water For Partial Bathing
USING SALT/SALINE SOLUTIONS
MASTER SALT SOLUTION - THE BENEFITS DRINKING BRINE MADE WITH CRYSTAL SALT
The Master Salt Solution, referred to here as "BRINE" supplies the body with the natural energy stored in the crystals and the body can hold this up to 24 hours. It can harmonize the alkaline/acidity balance in the body and normalize blood pressure. It can dissolve and eliminate sediments, which lead to stones and various forms of rheumatism like arthritis and kidney and gall bladder stones. It can lower the craving for addictive desires. It can help with skin diseases by cleaning from the inside out.
The brine mixture of water and crystallized salt is called "sole" (sol-lay). It is the primordial soup of life, and the most flexible physical representation of pure solar and light energy. When Water and this salt come together they create this new dimension, Sole (brine).
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In German, the word sole, which is derived from the Latin word "sol", which means sun. Sole is nothing but the fluid materialization of sunlight. Sole means fluid sunlight or fluid light energy. When water combines with salt the positive ions of the salt surround the negative ions of the water molecules and the negative ions of the salt surround the positive ions of the water molecules. The ions become hydrolyzed. In this process the geometrical structure of the salt and the water are changed and a totally new structure is formed, a third dimension. Water is no longer water and salt is not salt anymore.
The crystalline structure of the brine is so profound that its vibration pattern lasts over 24 hours in our bodies. With brine, you can have exactly that vibration pattern that the body is lacking when it is sick. But again, the quality of the salt is paramount for quality sole.
Every morning, take one teaspoon of brine mixed in a glass of good quality artesian or spring water. Drink this on an empty stomach before taking breakfast. The amount of water is up to you, but you only need one teaspoon of brine for your daily intake. The regularity is important. From a bio-chemical viewpoint, within minutes, the whole stomach and intestines are being stimulated. And this again stimulates the digestion and metabolism. The overall availability of electrolytes is built up and thus the conductivity in the body is increased, which in turn affects the circulation. The salt allows the current to flow once again.
All life started in this sea of water and salt, the primal sea. Every vital process in our universe, from the microcosms to the macrocosm is directly connected with the energy potential, which comes about when water and this salt combine.
BALANCE THE BODY'S pH FACTOR & GET RID OF HEAVY METALS
The brine is an excellent product for balancing the pH factor of your body. With the sole, one can also get rid of heavy metals such as lead, mercury, arsenic, amalgam and calcium because the crystal salt is able to break up their molecular structures. Treat your body to a sole therapy in order to get rid of the calcium build up and the heavy metal deposits. For the body to get rid of these deposits it has to first metabolize them Even animal proteins, which are difficult to break down and eliminate, will be eliminated through the urine due to the strong structural formation of the crystal salt.
BATHING BY THE LIGHT OF THE MOON - THE MOON'S RHYTHM
Observations with the moon rhythm have shown that the best results can be achieved when taking a brine bath at the time of the moon change. A brine bath is recommended for skin diseases, rheumatism, and joint disease, after operations, for gynecological diseases and for children with a tendency to recurring infections, to strengthen the immune system and to detoxify the body.
FULL MOON BATH - On the day of the full moon the healing process of the body is at it's peak as is its absorption potential. At full moon, the body will absorb the most minerals from the salt bath. The mineral materials penetrate and are absorbed into the skin in the form of ions. Bioenergetic weak points are harmonized and the bodies own energy flow is activated.
NEW MOON BATH - At the new moon, the body's capacity for detoxification is at its highest. This is a perfect time for a cleansing salt bath. The saltwater bath has a purifying effect, similar to a three day fast. Weight adjustment and decontamination of the body are supported.
APPLICATION: For both moon rhythm baths, and to get the full benefit of a therapeutic natural salt bath, the right salt concentration is mandatory. The salt concentration has to be at least the same as the one of our body fluids (approximately 1 percent) to activate the osmotic exchange ratio. Since full tub normally takes from 100 to 120 liters (27-32 gallons) of water, you need to add at least 1 kilogram (2.2 lbs) crystal or natural salts in a bathtub with enough water to dissolve the crystals, approximately 1 hour. After the salt crystals are dissolved, fill the tub with warm bath water (approximately body temperature - about 97-99°F, as close to 37°C as possible). Do not use any chemical substance in this special bath. Bathe 15 to 30 minutes in the brine. During this time, the body reaches the same salt concentration inside and outside as the one that can be compared to the prenatal state. You can experience this saltwater bath to be exactly as floating in the original embryonic solution. After the bath do not towel off or rub dry but let the skin air dry naturally.
From the brine bath, the minerals penetrate the skin in the form of ions. The stimulation will cause natural cell growth in the living cell layers. Bio-energetic weak points will be balanced and the body's own energy flow will be activated.
The natural regulating mechanisms of the body, the so-called homeostasis, is initiated. The detoxifying effect after the brine bath can be compared to a 3 day fast. Since salt is also a disinfectant, several people can use the same water, if necessary. Observations have shown that the applications of the therapeutic salt bath cure have the best effect at the change of the moon (at full moon - optimal assimilation; at new moon - optimal detoxification).
BODY PEELING
If you are feeling tired and lack energy, make some time and treat yourself to a full body peeling.
First take a shower with warm water to open the pores. A body peeling make from a mixture of pure Himalayan salt and a massage oil is ideal for de-toxing. You will achieve the same purifying effect as going on a several day fast. At the same time you will receive an energy boost due to the high concentrated minerals in the salt mixture. The peeling will also enhance the blood circulation of your skin.
DIRECTIONS: In a little bowl, mix 3.5 tablespoons of Himalayan Salt with 1 tablespoon of Macadamia Nut Oil and a quarter teaspoon of 100% Pure Lavender Essential Oil. The mixture needs to be stirred until smooth. Lie down on a bath towel and rub your whole body with this mixture. You can enjoy deeper relaxation if somebody else does this for you. Wrap yourself in the towel then cover yourself with a blanket. Keep the peeling on for about half an hour. You will experience a warm flow throughout your body, which shows that the body cells began their work. Rinse off the peeling with warm water and gently pat your skin dry. Do not rub it dry. The oil will remain on your skin and make it soft and velvety.
ARTHRITIS & GOUT
on an empty stomach, drink 1 teaspoon of brine with good quality water.
Continue drinking good quality water throughout the day, at least 2 to 3 quarts.
Make a cold brine poultice of pure, undiluted brine solution (salt content = 26%) and apply it to your infected areas. Wrap with a dry cloth bandage.
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OSTEOPOROSIS
On an empty stomach, drink 1 teaspoon of brine with good quality water. Continue drinking good quality water throughout the day, at least 2 to 3 quarts.
Make a warm water brine poultice, as warm as you feel comfortable with. The concentration of the sole would be at least 10 percent or 1/2 ounce salt to 4 ounces of water.
Fill a linen or cotton bag with salt crystals and heat it in the oven to 125-140°F. Put the heated bag directly on your aching joint or other sore body area for 20 minutes. If you have joint pains in your hands and feet, you can also bath them with a more concentrated brine solution, starting at 10 percent. Water at body temperature (98.6°F) is ideal for this bath.
ASTHMA / BRONCHITIS
On an empty stomach, drink 1 teaspoon of brine with good quality water. Continue drinking good quality water throughout the day, at least 2 to 3 quarts. Use Inhalation therapy once or twice a day with a 3 percent brine solution for 10 - 15 minutes (1 ounce salt for every quart of water).
DIRECTIONS FOR BRINE INHALATION THERAPY: Heat 4-8 quarts of water until boiling. Add the salt (1 ounce for each quart of water) and let it dissolve. Cover your head with a towel and inhale the vapors, keeping your face far enough away from the hot steam so as not to burn yourself.
OPEN WOUND CARE
A poultice made of brine can be used to treat open wounds. Open wound injuries should only be treated with a diluted solution of 1/2 ounce crystal salt diluted in 1/2 cup of water. If you use a higher ratio the injury will create a burning feeling. Use only quality, non-carbonated mineral water to treat open wounds. Take sterile gauze, soak it in the brine solution, rinse it and apply it on the wound. Then wrap a dry cloth around it.
FLU, FEVER RELIEF & DETOXIFICATION
Dip a clean cotton shirt in a 3 percent brine solution (3 tablespoons of crystal salt deluded in 1 quart of water). Rinse the shirt thoroughly and put it on. Cover (wrap) yourself in a dry towel and lay in bed (covered with your blanket). After about half an hour you will start sweating. You can support the effect by drinking a cup of Linden blossom tea. Stay in bed for 60 to 90 minutes. Take off your shirt and shower. Treat yourself to an hour rest.
This procedure is an excellent detoxification tool and activates the metabolism. The brine shirt shows excellent results with flues with high temperatures. In such cases it is better than the bring bath.
BRINE SOAKED SOCKS
This procedure has a similar effect as the shirt but is especially helpful when you suffer from cold feet and gout. Soak a pair of clean cotton socks in a 3-5 percent sole solution, 2-4 tablespoons of crystal salt diluted in 1 quart of water. Wring the socks thoroughly and put is on. Wrap your feet in a dry towel. Leave it on for about 60 minutes. Treat yourself to an hour rest.
DENTAL HYGIENE
Healthy teeth and gums are not only visually appealing but also very important for our overall health. Most common tooth problems derive from an over acidic condition in the mouth and throat. The salt will build up the pH neutral mouth flora and will help protect your tooth enamel.
INSTRUCTIONS: Brush your teeth every morning with concentrated sole. Press the brine through your teeth with the help of your tongue. Gargle with brine for about three minutes, and spit it out.
PSORIASIS
Psoriasis usually is inherited and appears mostly at adulthood. However, the disease does not have to be life long. An alkaline diet and the abstinence from animal proteins are the foundation for every treatment to follow. Especially good for psoriasis are fresh or frozen vegetables (not brussel sprouts or artichokes) salads, mushrooms fresh fruits, potatoes and all root vegetables, cold pressed olive oil, fresh fruit and vegetable juices, non carbonated water and herb teas.
But even without this suggested diet you can still experience the beneficial effects of salt therapy. Traditional medicine has recognized the healing power of salt for Psoriasis for quite a long time. Very often, for severe cases, the only cure for patients is a treatment in the Dead Sea, which contains the highest salt concentration in the world. But as one cannot indulge in such baths forever, after some time the symptoms return.
Treating your psoriasis at home - Every morning, on an empty stomach, drink a glass of water with 1 teaspoon of concentrated sole water. Drink 2-3 quarts of spring water during the day. Take a salt bath 2 times a week for 10-20 minutes. Start with a 3 percent brine solution concentrations (6 pounds of Himalayan Salt diluted in a full bath tub). Gradually increase the concentration up to 8 percent with your next baths. The brine bath will not only moisturize your skin but also help stop inflammations.
A highly concentrated brine bath is straining and gets more so with increasing temperature. Use a temperature that feels comfortable for you but not more than the body temperature of 98.6°F. You can achieve even greater effect by letting the sun dry you off. 5-10 percent will be sufficient. The parts of the body that are more infected than others, like elbows and knees, can be massaged with the concentrated 26 percent brine solution.
HERPES TREATMENT
Herpes sores are very painful, annoying and persistent. The herpes virus remains always in our nervous system. If our immune system is weakened, these viruses can multiply at an explosive rate and form these very well know blisters. Once they appear, the usual remedies offer little relief. Try some Himalayan Salt brine. The intake of the brine will strengthen your immune system.
On an empty stomach, drink 1 teaspoon of brine with good quality water. Continue drinking good quality water throughout the day, at least 2 to 3 quarts.
Apply some pure, concentrated brine solution (26%) directly to the infected blister with a cotton swab every hour.
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