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Salt is the most important mineral nutrient for the living of people.

It has several medicinal effects.

When you feel very cold and have a stomachache, you will feel better if you apply hot salt wrapped in poultice to the sore part.

When you have got a slight burn, wash the affected part with salty water to relieve pain.

Brushing your teeth with weak salty water two or three times a day prevents bleeding from the gums. 

Washing your feet in weak salty water every evening makes your skin soft and prevents athlete’s foot. 

Drinking some warm salty water may have a lapactic effect.

It also protects the functions of the gastrointestinal tract when you vomit and have loose bowels with acute gastroenteritis.