Tag: Chinen salt

Traditional Chinese Medicine has utilized compounds from the *Coptis chinensis* plant for centuries. It is from this plant that the herbal supplement known as Chinen salt is derived, and it is a source of much public confusion, often mistaken for a culinary ingredient.

Despite a superficial resemblance and shared geographical origins in the Himalayan region, chinen salt and Himalayan salt are not the same product. One is a culinary rock salt, while the other is an herbal supplement containing berberine, and they should never be confused.