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Amazing Benefits of Salt

 
  • Kitchen
 
 
    • Removes coffee stains from mugs
    • Removes odor from a thermos or closed container.  (Sprinkle with salt, cover, and let it sit overnight.)
    • Cleans copper-bottom pans when added with white vinegar.
    • Mix with vinegar and baking soda to open up a slow-draining kitchen sink.  Let it sit for one hour, and then pour boiling water down drain.
 
 
  • Grooming and Health
 

 

    • Get rid of puffy eyes by mixing 1 teaspoon of salt into 1 pint of hot water.  Dip cotton balls into the solution, then lie down and apply to eyelids.
    • To cleanse and tone skin, mix 1 teaspoon salt with olive oil and massage into face and neck.  Then wash as usual.
    • Great toothpaste is made from mixing pulverized salt with two parts baking soda.  Keep in airtight container.
    • Minor sore throat can be relieved with a warm saltwater gargle.  One teaspoon of salt to 8 ounces water.
 
 
  • Laundry
 
 
    • Add ½ cup salt to wash cycle to prevent colored fabrics from running.
    • Clean a sticky iron by turning to low and running it over a piece of paper covered with salt.
    • Remove a fresh grease stain on fabric by covering it with salt.  After it is absorbed, then brush away the salt.  Repeat until spot is gone, then launder.
    • To remove a rust stain from fabric, make a paste of vinegar and salt and spread on item.  Lay out in the sun to bleach it.
 
  Interesting Bible Facts About Salt:  
 
  • The Bible contains 32 salt references
  • Salt was once a symbol of honesty and integrity; therefore, a covenant of salt was a binding agreement thought to last forever.
  • We are instructed to be the salt of the earth.
 
   

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