Salt Therapy and its European well-known beneficial effects in
respiratory diseases
by grant
Published on this site: May 27th , 2005 - See
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The benefits of salt therapy (also called Halotherapy) or
speleotherapy are well known and documented in Europe. Halotherapy
uses dry aerosol micro particles of salt and minerals to treat
respiratory diseases and seeks to replicate the conditions
of speleotherapy (from Greek speleos=cave), a treatment that
has been practiced in old salt mines of Eastern Europe since
the early 19th century.
In the mid 18th Century a Polish health official Felix Botchkowski,
noticed that the workers of salt mines did not get ill with lung
diseases. He wrote a book about the effects of salt dust in 1843.
His successor M. Poljakowski founded a Salt Spa in Velicko near
Krakow, which is still in operation. During the Second World War
salt mines were often used as bombproof shelters. After spending
time there many people who suffered from asthma felt that their
health had gotten better! Today there are many salt sanatoriums
in Europe (Austria, Hungary, Poland, Romania, Russia .
The Halotherapy belongs to the category of the physical therapies
non-drug and non invasive treatments of diseases. In the former
Soviet Union, medical researchers engaged in a concerted effort
to develop physical therapies in order to avoid the costs and side
effects of drug therapy as well as microbial and tumour resistance.
Russia has become the world leader in developing and testing new
and increasingly effective physical therapies. Many of the clinical
trials have focused on Halotherapy as a treatment of asthma and
chronic bronchitis and also very effective as a main or adjuvant
therapy across the entire range of upper and lower respiratory tract
diseases.
Respiratory diseases are a major cause of morbidity and mortality
worldwide. Most drug therapies of respiratory diseases have only
palliative effects, and many have significant side effects, especially
those with corticoids or steroids. So, a physical therapy like Halotherapy
is greatly needed.
Speleotherapy also makes a great demand on patients' time. The
mines are not conveniently located for most people and the total
cost is fairly significant.
The effectiveness of speleotherapy is not acknowledged in all countries
of the world, but in countries like Romania (Praid, Tg.Ocna, Seiged,
Sovata, Slanic, Ocna), Poland (Wieliczka), Germany (Teufelshöhle),
Austria (Hallen, Solzbad-Salzeman), Armenia, Belarus, Bulgaria,
Hungary, Russia, Slovenia, Ukraine, Nakhichevan mines in Azerbaijan,
the salt aerosol plays an important role in the treatment of chronic
respiratory diseases, working well with or without medical treatment
and without any known side effects. Because of these, pregnant women
with asthma or other respiratory diseases could use this therapy
without any harm to the child. Very well known and appreciated in
these middle-eastern European countries, this therapy is covered
by the public health care system. In Romania there are also many
salt lakes - Sovata with 7 salt lakes, Ocna Sibiului with 52 salt
lakes in S-W of Transilvania, very well known in the treatment of
infertility, metabolic diseases, skin diseases. These salt lakes
were usually formed by collapsing of salt caves ceilings. All these
salt lakes have different salinity, increasing with deepness –
from 9g/l to 320g/l.
This salt therapy being very well known for its beneficial
effects, a Romanian inventor put his mind at work and developed
a device that is able to reproduce a speleotherapy micro environment
in your home in an affordable and convenient way. Internationally
recognized, with Gold and Silver medal at "Salon International
des Inventions", Geneva and "World Exhibition of
Innovation, Research and New Technology", Brussels, this
Romanian invention brings new hopes in the natural treatment
of chronic respiratory diseases.
The inventor thought this device as an air salinizer that uses
forced ionization of the indoor air by salt sublimation creating
a micro climate of dry aerosol salt therapy in your living space.
He used a natural process of salt crystallization to obtain salt
micro crystals under 5µm in diameter, invisible to human eyes,
being able to penetrate deep into the lung. The device uses only
natural salt from within the mountain of salt, untreated or touched
by the human processing technology.
Based on clinical studies, the inhaled saline has bactericide,
mucokinetic, hydrophilic, anti inflammatory properties, reducing
inflammation in the whole respiratory tract, absorbing edema
from the mucosa lining the airway passages leading to widening
of the airway passages, restoring the normal transport of
mucus and unclog blockages in the bronchi and bronchioles
leading to rapid elimination of the residual tar and foreign
allergens, all of these in a natural process. Edema of the
nasal mucosa and the oropharynx and soft palate, causing nasal
obstruction and snoring is diminished, leading to widening
of the airway passage in the nose and the tubes of the sinuses
and improving the sinuses drainage and reducing snoring.In
the auditory tube, edema of the Eustachian tube causing ear
infection, is also diminished, leading to widening of the
airway passages, better drainage and better aeration behind
the tympanic membrane.
The salt therapy was found to have beneficial effects in the
treatment of:
- Asthma and Chronic Bronchitis
- COPD (Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease)
- Allergic Rhinopathy or Hay Fever
- Cystic Fibrosis
- Sinusitis
- Ear Infections
- Smoking Cough
- Various acute or chronic respiratory disease
- Reduce snoring and activates better sleep by clearing
the airway passages in oropharyngeal region
- Increased resistance to Cold & Flu by opening and
clearing the nasal airway and improving the drainage of
the sinuse
- Humidifies the bronchial secretions reducing broncho-spasm
and facilitating elimination of the smoke residual tar,
phlegm expel and other allergens
- Improves the quality of the indoor air by eliminating
the dust, cigarette smoke, bad odours, mould and mites,
having bactericide reduction properties.
The salt therapy is a natural method of therapy and does not involve
any risk and is finally adapted to the living space. However,
this is NOT a substitute for medical treatment and should
only be used as an adjuvant helping to improve the quality
of patients' life, reducing the antibiotics and corticoids
or steroids intake, reducing the rate of annual hospitalizations
and decrease the frequency of respiratory diseases attacks.
For more information, clinical studies and testimonials you
can visit the web site. LTiba WebSite: www.salinetherapy.com
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