Salt Show 'n Tell

Ever been in a salt store?  I can't say I've been in any salt stores in the U.S., however, I took a day trip to Hallstadtt and St. Wolfgang in the Saltzkammergutz region of Austria and I found many salt stores. 

So, I bought salt. Hey, when you visit the oldest continuously mined salt mine in the world (7,000 years), you want a momento to remember those special moments when you're inside a mountain surrounded by history.....and salt.  Lot of it. 

In one of the salt shops, I saw pink salt candleholders, salt Christmas ornaments, flavored salt, course salt (see the little pile above), fine salt and more.  Then I picked up a cellophane bag with odd looking rocks. Yep, salt rocks.   The shopkeeper told me these rocks came from the mine I had just visited; the pink salt came from the Himalayas.  Each has a different mineral content, thus, the difference in appearance.  I was hunting for local salt so was thrilled to find these rocks. 

And what do you do with salt rocks?  The instructions told me to place them in a liter of water for an hour.  Drinking 1 teaspoon of the liquid every day would cure all sorts of ailments and ills.  This certainly piqued my curiosity.  

Once I returned home, I did just that.  The glass in the photo above shows my "salt solution" and I add a good teaspoon to my morning smoothie.  I also decided to add a teaspoon to my WaterPik and use it on my teeth and gums. 

I can't say I had any ailments and ills that needed curing, however, I'm glad I'm using this solution on my gums which have occasionally bled.  The bleeding increased for about a week once I started using the salt solution in my WaterPik; I figured some deep healing was taking place.  Then it stopped and I've gone a month without any bleeding.  Nice!!