ORSaline-N from Social Marketing Company (SMC) is Bangladesh's most familiar oral rehydration salt. It replaces the water and salts the body loses through diarrhoea and vomiting, helping to prevent and treat dehydration in children and adults. It uses the reduced-osmolarity formula, and each 10.25 g sachet makes half a litre of solution.
Composition (per 10.25 g sachet)
Glucose anhydrous: 6.75 g
Sodium chloride: 1.30 g
Trisodium citrate dihydrate: 1.45 g
Potassium chloride: 0.75 g
How to Prepare
Wash your hands and use a clean container
Pour the whole sachet into exactly half a litre (500 ml) of safe drinking water — boiled and cooled, or bottled
Stir until fully dissolved; do not add sugar or salt, and do not boil the solution
Throw away any leftover solution after 12 hours and make a fresh one
Always use the full amount of water: too little water makes the solution too salty and can be harmful. Keep breastfeeding babies during diarrhoea. Get medical help right away for blood in the stool, repeated vomiting, inability to drink, very little urine, unusual sleepiness, or diarrhoea lasting more than 2 days. People with kidney disease or diabetes should ask a doctor before use.