S alt is something we take for granted as an essential seasoning for dishes. Meanwhile, this important substance in cooking is a healer, a magical protector and an assistant in the household.
For treatment, s alt is more often used in dissolved form. The methods have a number of nuances that you definitely need to know about. For example, how do you make a 10% saline solution if you don't have chemical measuring spoons and beakers at home? How much s alt and water should be taken? Consider simple options for preparing medicinal solutions.
What kind of s alt is needed to prepare medicine?
Before you prepare a 10% saline solution, you need to carefully study the recipe. What substance is mentioned in it? If table s alt, then packages are suitable, which indicate:
- kitchen s alt;
- sodium chloride;
- edible s alt;
- rock s alt.
Used in everyday lifethe word "s alt", although this term refers to many complex substances formed by metal ions or atoms and acidic residues. In addition to sodium chloride, Epsom s alt - magnesium sulfate is used for medicinal purposes. Substances are mined during the development of deposits in the earth's crust.
If you evaporate sea water, you get sea s alt, which contains sodium, magnesium, iodine, chloride, sulfate ions and other components. The properties of such a mixture are somewhat different from individual substances. Usually, for the treatment of wounds, a sore throat, and teeth, a 1–10% saline solution of sodium chloride is prepared. The chemical formula of the compound that has amazing properties is NaCl.
How clean should the ingredients be?
How to make a 10% saline solution at home so that the medicine will benefit, not harm the body? S alt should also be as pure as possible, but the s alt purchased from the Stone store is often contaminated with impurities. There is a cleaner product of fine grinding.
Some recipes recommend using snow or rain water, but this is a bad idea from the point of view of modern ecology. The purity of the liquid that flows in drinking water supply systems also causes a lot of criticism. It, like snow and rain, can be polluted with chlorine, iron, phenol, oil products, nitrates. Let us clarify that distilled or demineralized water is used as a solvent in medicine. At home for the preparation of the solution, you can takefiltered or boiled water.
If you put plastic molds with water in the freezer, pure water will freeze first, and impurities will accumulate at the bottom. Without waiting for complete freezing, it is necessary to collect ice from the surface and melt it. You will get very clean and he althy water.
How to measure the mass of s alt and the volume of water to prepare a solution?
Everything you need should be collected in advance, before making a 10% saline solution. You will need water, a beaker, a bag of s alt, scales, a glass and a spoon (table, dessert or tea) for work. The photo below will help determine the mass of s alt contained in a dessert and a teaspoon.
Then you need to decide on the units of measure for the liquid. It is believed that the mass of 100 ml of pure fresh water is 100 g (the density of fresh water is 1 g/ml). Liquids can be measured with a beaker, if it is not available, then an ordinary glass of those called “faceted” will do. Filled to the mark, it contains 200 ml of water (or g). Pour all the way to the top for 250ml (250g).
What does the expression "10% solution" mean?
Concentration of substances is usually expressed in several ways. Most often in medicine and everyday life, such a value as a weight percentage is used. It shows how many grams of a substance are contained in 100 g of a solution. For example, if a prescription says a 10% saline solution is used, then every 100 g of this preparation contains 10 g of the solute.
Let's say you need to prepare 200 g of 10% s alt solution. Let's carry out simple calculations that do not take much time:
100 g of solution contains 10 g of substance; 200 g solution contains x g substance.
x=200 g x 10 g: 100 g=20 g (s alt).
200 g - 20 g=180 g (water). 180 g x 1 g/ml=180 ml (water).
How to make a 10% saline solution?
If the house has scales and a beaker, then it is better to measure the mass of s alt and the volume of water with their help. You can also pick up a teaspoon "with a top" and pour a glass of water up to the risks, but such measurements are inaccurate.
How to make a 10% saline solution to make 100 g of the drug? You should weigh 10 g of solid sodium chloride, pour 90 ml of water into a glass and pour s alt into the water, stirring with a spoon until dissolved. S alt is mixed with warm water or cold, and then the dishes with the components are heated. For better purification, the finished solution is passed through a ball of cotton wool (filtered).
You can prepare 50 g of a 10% solution from 45 ml of water and 5 g of s alt. Hypertonic saline solution is made from 1 liter of water and 100 g of sodium chloride (4 tablespoons without top).
Treatment with 10% saline solution
In medicine, fresh distilled water is used to prepare a 0.9% s alt solution, which is called "physiological". This fluid is isotonic with respect to the internal environment of the human body (has the same concentration). It is used during various medical procedures, in particular, as a blood substitute, to eliminate the effects of dehydration, intoxication.
Hypertonic solution contains more s alt, in contact with isotonic or hypotonic liquid, it attracts water until concentrations equalize. Such an osmotic effect is used in folk recipes to cleanse wounds from pus. S alt has antiseptic, antimicrobial properties, its hypertonic solutions are used in alternative medicine:
- for diseases of internal organs - in the form of a s alt bandage on the focus of pain;
- as lotions, compresses and applications for skin and other infections;
- like s alt baths for fatigue and pain in the hands and feet;
- for cleansing festering wounds.
Treatment with hypertonic 10% saline will take time, may take several days or weeks. The minimum number of procedures is 4–7. For sore throats, use 3-5% hypertonic saline gargles in the morning and evening. The nasal cavity is washed with isotonic saline. To prepare it, add 1.2 g of sodium chloride and 2.5 g of baking soda to 237 ml of boiled water.
