The Irish Times recently published a story about the Salt Cave Climatherapy Clinic, Ireland’s first salt treatment facility which opened about six months ago in a small shopping center in Maynooth, Co Kildare. What perhaps makes this Salt Cave stand out from many of the others that have opened recently is the fact that there is no visible salt: no salt on the walls, no salt on the floor — no salt anywhere to be seen.
Until you turn on a laser. Then it becomes readily apparent that the air is filled with tiny pharmaceutical grade salt particles floating in the air.
The new facility was opened by Dr. Tamas Bakonyi who moved to Ireland and started the Salt Cave after seeing how one of their children was able to recover from a persistent cough after spending time after spending time in a salt cave on a trip back to his home country of Hungary. He believes that his salt cave will help many people with respiratory conditions including sinusitis, bronchitis, and asthma and he offers them as an alternative to antibiotics, inhalers, and over-the-counter medications which he thinks are over prescribed.
The Salt Room in Orlando operates under many of the same principles as the Salt Cave in Ireland, except in addition to the airborne salt we go one step further by filling the environment with salt — which in addition to its clinical benefits also provides a relaxing, soothing peaceful environment.