Tao Salt is produced using an ancient Taoist alchemical process. According to the Taoist Laws of Nature, all material nature can be explained by the five elements - wood, fire, earth, metal, and water. In a strong healthy system, all of these five elements are in equilibrium.

Water has the energy to calm fire. Fire is considered toxic when it is in greater abundance than the other elements. Salt, especially eastern sea salt is energetically water element. The below process of super heating earth clay, metal cauldron, fire heat, and bamboo wood containing waters' salt destroys all of the five elements except for water.

The water element, in the form of salt, become highly "gravitational" since the other four elements it is naturally balanced by are destroyed. So, when this salt is placed in the body, it instantly bonds with the excessive fire, earth, metal, and wood in your body. Basically, this is Oriental Medicine terminology to mean that the salt binds with and flushes out toxins.

Bear in mind that while the resultant super-heated cauldron is filled with all five elements, only the very finest foam that rises to the top is tao salt. The remaining salt that makes up over 99% of the rest of the cauldron is called bamboo salt. It can be used in common food preparation or to bathe with and shampoo with to promote hair growth. Tao salt, the fine foam at the end of the 9th burn is only available through one source and is not available via Insan due to an exclusive agreement.

The use of normal iodized table salt is highly discouraged due to it's tendancy to create lumps in your fatty tissues especially breasts and lymph system.