Jugyeom

Jugyeom
Hangul 죽염
Hanja 竹鹽
Revised Romanization jugyeom
McCune–Reischauer chugyŏm
IPA [tɕu.ɡjʌm]

Jugyeom (Korean: 죽염), also known as bamboo salt, is a traditional Korean salt made of roasted sea salt that is packed and baked in bamboo canisters.[1]

Production

To make Jugyeom, sea salt is packed into bamboo canisters then sealed with yellow clay. The mixture is baked in an iron oven and roasted in a pine fire.[1]

Medical claims

In Korean folk medicine, the trace elements in the yellow clay and bamboo are thought to make this form of salt more healthy.[2] Historically, jugyeom has been used as a digestive aid, styptic, disinfectant, or dentifrice.

Medical study

Several studies have reported in vitro and in vivo anti-cancer effects.[3][4]

Results of a study published in Experimental and Therapeutic Medicine suggests that Purple Bamboo Salt may prevent growth of oral cancers in mice.[5]

Traditional use in disease treatment

According to the book The Universe and God's Medicine by Il-hoon (In-san) Kim in 1981.[6], jugyeom can be used to treat

  • Inflammation: Esophagus, Stomach, Spleen, Duodenum, Small & Large Intestines, Rectum, etc.
  • Ulcer: Stomach, Duodenum, Small & Large Intestines, Rectum, etc.
  • Others: Chronic Dyspepsia, Dyspeptic Ailment Attributed to the Eating of meat, Acute Gastroenteritis (Vomiting & Diarrhea), Food Poisoning, Indigestion, Esophagus Tumour, Gastroptosis, Mouth Tumour, Tongue Tumour, Skin(Cutaneous) Disease, Eczema, Athlete's Foot, External Wound, Dysentery (Bloody Flux), Dysentery with Diarrhea (that becomes white with mucus), Diarrhea, Various Eye Diseases, Various Symptoms from Pollution.

Secondary applications

  • Inflammation: Pneumonia, Bronchitis, Nephritis, Bladder, Liver, Meningitis, etc.
  • Cancer: Lung, Bronchus, Bladder, Liver, Ozena(Empyema), Tympanitis, Gallbadder, etc.
  • Others: Heart Disease, Tuberculosis, Liver Cirrhosis, etc.

In Popular Culture

In the 2012 film Masquerade, it is said that Bamboo Salt caused a silver spoon in a bowl of soup to turn black, but before this explanation was discovered, the event caused the King to believe people were trying to poison him. The film itself involves a body double being set up to impersonate the King - along the same lines as Prisoner of Zenda and Dave.

References

  1. 1 2 Bitterman, Mark (2016). Bitterman's Craft Salt Cooking. Kansas City, Missouri: Andrews McMeel Publishing. p. 47. ISBN 978-1-4494-8377-7. Retrieved 19 September 2018.
  2. ↑ John Shi, Chi-Tang Ho, Fereidoon Shahidi (ed) Asian functional foods, CRC Press, 2005 ISBN 0-8247-5855-2 pages 574-575
  3. ↑ Acton, Q. Ashton, ed. (2013). Issues in Food and Health (2013 ed.). Atlanta, Georgia: ScholarlyEditions. p. 558. ISBN 978-1-490-10944-2. Retrieved 19 September 2018.
  4. ↑ Kim, Hyung-Min; Ju, Jaehyun; Moon, Phil-Dong; Han, Na-Ra; Jeong, Hyun-Ja; Park, Kun-Young (2018). "13. Health Benefit Effects of Jukyeom (Bamboo Salt)". In Park, Kun-Young; Kwon, Dae Young; Lee, Ki Won; Park, Sunmin. Korean Functional Foods: Composition, Processing and Health Benefits. CRC Press. ISBN 978-1-3516-4369-6. Retrieved 19 September 2018.
  5. ↑ Zhao X, Deng X, Park KY, Qiu L, Pang L. "Purple bamboo salt has anticancer activity in TCA8113 cells in vitro and preventive effects on buccal mucosa cancer in mice in vivo". Exp Ther Med. 5: 549–554. doi:10.3892/etm.2012.848. PMC 3570125. PMID 23403521.
  6. ↑ In-san Kim. The Universe and God's Medicine.
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