CHLORIDE OF BODimL b5 



Presidency. It is called Jcarhach in the vernacular. Orthodox 

 natives, who consider common salt ay impure from thU circums- 

 tance of its having undergone the process of bulling, and who 

 take only lock salt, substitute karkack for rock salt, if the latter 

 is not available. Sun-dried sea-salt is described as somewhat 

 bitter and laxative. In other respects its properties are said to 

 resemble those of rock salt. 



fite^Ml Vit lavarta occurs in dark red shining granules some- 

 what resembling coarsely powdered lac in appearance. It has a 

 mild, saline and somewhat nauseous taste. Dr. Fleming saj's 

 "that the following process for making this salt was communicated 

 by a native druggist to Mr. Turnbull at Mirzapore and was 

 actually performed in his presence. Fifty six pounds of sambar 

 salt are mixed with twenty ounces of dried aonlas (emhlic mgro* 

 balans). One fourth of these materials is put into a round 

 earthen pot with a narrow mouth, which is pat in a fire-place 

 made of clay. The fire-place has a hole at the bottom for intro- 

 ducing the firewood. After the fire has been lighted about an 

 hour, and the materials, in the pot, appear to be heated, the rest 

 of the materials is added by degrees. The whole {s then exposed 

 to a strong red heat for about six hours. The fire is then allowed 

 to die away, and the pot to cool ; which upon being broken is 

 found to contain about forty-eight pounds of calanemuc or 

 Vitlaban."* 



Vit lauana, be^iduij poasebsing the properties of Lalts in gene- 

 ral, is said to be carminative and stomachic, and to be useful in 

 enlarged spleen, dyspepsia, indigestion, bowel complaints, etc. 



^W$ Sauvarchala called souchal or kdldnimak in Hindustani 

 is said to be aromatic, agreeable and digestive, and useful in 

 the same sort of cases as vitlavana. It is described in the Report 

 on Punjab Products as "a dark colored salt said to be made by 

 dissolving common salt in a solution of "sajimati" (crude soda) 

 and evaporating it ; this salt contains chloride of sodium, sulphate 

 of soda, caustic soda and a little sulphate of sodium, but no 

 carbonate of soda." Btmehal salt is not available in the drug 

 shops of Calcutta Some Bengali physicians give this name to a 



* Aaiatu, Kesuaichai Vol. XL ^age IU. 



