Patent ID: 6929809

Claim:
A process for the preparation of nutrient containing herbal salt from halophytic plant selected from the group consisting of Salicornia spp. and Suaeda spp., wherein said plant is edible, salt accumulating, salt tolerant, and oil bearing, said process comprising the steps of: a. growing the halophytic plant on saline soils with irrigation with a mixture of seawater and waste bitterns; b. co-irrigating the plant of step (a) with a source material containing iodine; c. harvesting, washing and solar drying the plant of step (b) to obtain a dry biomass, and removing spike or husk from the dry biomass to obtain a remaining biomass; d. separating seed from the spike or husk; e. mixing the spike or husk of step (d) with the remaining biomass of step (c) to obtain a mixed biomass; f. charring the mixed biomass of step (e) in an open container to obtain a charred mass; g. incinerating the charred mass of step (f) in a furnace at a temperature ranging between 300 and 600° C. to obtain crude herbal salt; and h. dissolving the crude herbal salt of step (g) in water to obtain a solution, and filtering and evaporating the solution to obtain fine white crystalline and free flowing refined herbal salt.