Salt Therapy and its European well-known beneficial
effects in respiratory diseases
Salt Therapy and its European well-known beneficial
effects in respiratory diseases Copyright 2005
Livia TibaThe 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 andthe total cost is fairly
significant.
The effectiveness of speleotherapy
is not acknowledged inall 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
thatuses forced ionization of the indoor air by
saltsublimation 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 hasbactericide,
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 softpalate, causing nasal
obstruction and snoring isdiminished, leading
to widening of the airway passage inthe nose and
the tubes of the sinuses and improving thesinuses
drainage and reducing snoring.In the auditory
tube, edema of the Eustachian tube causingear
infection, is also diminished, leading to widening
ofthe airway passages, better drainage and better
aerationbehind the tympanic membrane.The salt
therapy was found to have beneficial effects inthe
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 theairway
passages in oropharyngeal region. Increased resistance
to Cold & Flu by opening andclearing the nasal
airway and improving the drainage of the sinuses.
Humidifies the bronchial secretions reducingbroncho-spasm
and facilitating elimination of the smoke residual
tar, phlegm expel and other allergens.
Improves
the quality of the indoor air by eliminating thedust,
cigarette smoke, bad odours, mould and mites,
having bactericide reduction properties.The salt
therapy is a natural method of therapy and doesnot
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 youcan visit
the web site.About the Author:Educated and motivated
person, having a multicultural background with
extensive knowledge about European health products
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