Sodium chloride is an important condiment. Most of the sodium chloride in the human body exists in body fluids in the form of ions.
Sodium ions play a major role in maintaining normal water distribution inside and outside cells and promoting material exchange inside and outside cells; chloride ions are the main component in gastric juice and have the effects of promoting hydrochloric acid, helping digestion and increasing appetite.
Normal needs of the human body (approximately 3~5g of salt per person per day)
Medical normal saline (100ml normal saline contains 0.9g medical sodium chloride)
Sodium chloride solution is used for seed selection in agriculture
Industrially, sodium chloride can be used as raw material to produce sodium carbonate, sodium hydroxide, chlorine and hydrochloric acid.
It can also be used for salted vegetables, fish, meat, eggs, etc.