how to check shilajit purity?

shilajit purity test

Shilajit is a potent natural substance found at high altitude mountains; it contains fulvic acids, humic, carbon-60, amino acid, plant-based antioxidants, more than 85 minerals, and many more beneficial organic acids that offers enormous health benefits.

It is not a common supplement that can found easily; shilajit is very precious. Today in the market, 99% vendor either selling fake shilajit or mixing some chemicals to make it look like shilajit.

You must make sure to buy a genuine shilajit, and you should fully aware of the testing method which can use to check the authenticity of shilajit.

There is a different and most common testing method all over the world, which is using to check the purity of shilajit.

With the help of these tests, you will be able to identify the purity of shilajit yourself. These tests will determine if the resin is 100% genuine shilajit or not.

1. Pliability

This is the most common test that is using to identify the purity of shilajit around the world. In this test, the resin of shilajit melts in your hands due to warmness and becomes sticky and gooey.

And if you put the resin in the freezer, it will become solid due to low temperature and will shatter like glasses if you stuck with the hammer.

If you are choosing a hammer option, first make sure to encase the shilajit in a plastic bag to keep it safe. This is for not to lose a bit of this precious herb. The pure and genuine shilajit always holds its form and doesn’t separate in clumps.

2. Solubility

Pure and genuine shilajit is highly soluble as it dissolves completely in the warm water. It also can dissolve in warm milk. Either you are mixing in the warm water or milk, you will observe the black-golden or black-reddish liquid, or it considers as a purity sign of shilajit. This is the most natural and easiest way to determine the genuineness and purity of shilajit.

3. Flame

It is also another method to check the purity and authenticity of shilajit. Pure shilajit never burns or light on fire, such as a candle. If you heat the pure shilajit using a small flame of fire, you will observe it bubbling and becomes ash, which emanates externally. But pure shilajit never burns in any case.

4. Form

It is highly recommended that only use liquid, resin form of shilajit, avoid taking powder shilajit. Because the seller most often mix other chemicals in the powder form, and it is hard to find you whether its shilajit powder or not. Powder shilajit contains only 2-30% of shilajit, and rest has fillers and additives. So it is best to avoid the powder shilajit.

5. Ozokerite

It is a smilier look substance to shilajit but has no health benefits at all. You can found effortless, it is also very cheap, and most vendors sell this as shilajit, but it is not pure shilajit. You must check the shilajit by the above tests before using it. Use a shilajit only after passing the above criteria, if not try to avoid taking it.

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