Salt Therapy and the beneficial effects in asthma, allergy and other
respiratory diseases


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 Mstislav 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 focussed 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 much 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.
An internationally recognized Romanian invention, a Halotherapy
device Salin®, brings Speleotherapy to the comfort of your home in
an affordable and convenient way.

The Salin® device is 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. The salt microcrystals
are under 5 µm diameter and are able to penetrate deep into the
lung.
The device has 4 clinical studies:
• Asthma and Chronic Bronchitis
• Allergic Rhinopathy
• Ear Infection in Children
• Cystic Fibrosis.

Based on the 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.
Edema of the nasal mucosa and the oropharynx and soft palate,
causing nasal obstruction and snoring, will be 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, will be diminished, leading to widening of the airway
passages, better drainage and better aeration behind the tympanic
membrane.

Based on these, the Salin® device has 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 sinuses
• Humidifies the bronchial secretions reducing bronch-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, mold and mites, having
bactericide reduction properties.

It is a natural method of therapy adapted to the living space and it
does not involve any risk. The device is NOT a substitute for
medical treatment and should only be used as an adjuvant.

Testimonial :*(Used for Asthma and Sinusitis)
"Thank you for letting me trial the Salin Device. I have found it
beneficial to relieve sinus congestion and reduce asthmatic
episodes. Before I used the device I took Arius daily, Nasonex 2
sprays twice a day, and Symbicort 2 puffs twice per day.

I have used the Salin device for 3 months and I no longer take the
Arius. I take Nasonex only once per day, and Symbicort once or twice
a month. My husband has told me that I no longer snore as loud as I
did before.

Thank you again for this opportunity. I would recommend this device
to people
with breathing problems.
Sincerely,
Dr. Darien L-F, PT, PhD
The Downtown Clinic, London, Ontario"

Breathe better...Feel better! Your natural relief for respiratory
problems. Health from within the mountain of salt.





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