Jukyeom is a Korean folk remedy consisting of bamboo salt. Sea salt is stuffed into bamboo tubes, and the ends plugged with mud; the assembly is roasted one or more times. The trace elements in the mud and bamboo are thought to make this form of salt more healthy. Historically, jukyeom has been used as a digestive aid, styptic, disinfectant, or dentifrice

Dentifrice

Dentifrice is a paste, liquid or powder used to help maintain oral hygiene. There have been many dentifrices produced over the years, many focusing on marketing strategies to sell products, such as offering whitening capabilities. The most essential dentifrice recommended by dentists is toothpaste...

.

No systematic methodology of jukyeom manufacture, nor any analysis of its ingredients or effectiveness for any particular purpose was carried out until the publication of the book The Universe and God's Medicine by Il-hoon (In-san) Kim in 1981.

Disease treatment

According to Kim's book, jukyeom can be used to treat

1. Inflammation

   Esophagus, Stomach, Spleen, Duodenum, Small & Large Intestines, Rectum, etc.

2. Ulcer

   Stomach, Duodenum, Small & Large Intestines, Rectum, etc.

3. Others

   Chronic Dyspepsia, Dyspeptic Ailment Attributed to the Eating of meat, Acute Gastroenteritis (Vomititng & 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

1. Inflammation

   Pneumonia, Bronchitis, Nephritis, Bladder, Liver, Meningitis, etc.

2. Cancer

   Lung, Bronchus, Bladder, Liver, Ozena(Empyema), Tympanitis, Gallbadder, etc.

3. Others

   Heart Disease, Tuberculosis, Liver Cirrhosis, etc.