Nicola at Edible Geography recently published a fairly long, fairly detailed blog posting about salt therapy, salt caves, and halotherapy. Like many similar articles, details the history of salt caves and mines, speleotherapy, and even points out that in some countries salt cave sessions are even available on prescription.
The article talks about the growing number of salt caves in the United States, the different kinds of salt that they are using, and offers a variety of pictures from around the world of different salt-related caves and mines.
The Salt Room is Orlando, Florida's newest, most advanced respiratory treatment center.
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The Salt Room in Orlando, Florida has been developed specifically to help emphysema sufferers relieve their symptoms and feel better in a safe, peaceful environment that feels more like a spa than a high tech treatment facility.
Every year, around two million people in the United States are victims of emphysema. According to the National Health Interview Survey, 18 out of every 1,000 people are affected by this disease. Chronic Emphysema can be very dangerous as it can become fatal because there is no cure. Fortunately, salt therapy is a drug free treatment that can help you overcome the disease and give you long term benefits as well
Salt Therapy at The Salt Room Will Make Your Lungs Feel Better
Salt therapy at The Salt Room in Orlando, Florida will bring relief to emphysema symptoms by improving the function of the lungs. The salt particles absorb edema from the mucosa lining the airway passages. The airway passage widens and inflammation is reduced. Blockages in the bronchi and bronchioles are unclogged and the normal transport of mucus is restored making breathing easier. Salt therapy also clears your respiratory tract from allergens like pollen and tobacco smoke. It reduces infection in the lungs by destroying bacteria and germs. Salt therapy also strengthens your immune system and builds up your resistance to disease. After you have undergone 7-12 sessions, you will enjoy its benefits for 6-12 months.
Clinical Studies Support The Effectiveness of Salt Therapy for Emphysema
Clinical studies published in the New England Journal of Medicine (2006) report: “Inhalation of hypertonic saline produces a sustained acceleration of mucus clearance and improved lung function. This treatment may protect the lung from insults that reduces mucus clearance and reduces lung disease”. Salt therapy which is an ideal blend of science and nature helps to reduce lung infection and improve your breathing.
How Salt Therapy at The Salt Room Helps Emphysema Sufferers
Salt therapy at The Salt Room in Orlando, Florida replicates the natural microclimate prevalent in salt caves and mines in a controlled atmosphere. Salt therapy provides a pleasant experience as the environment is extremely relaxing and similar to a spa. The patient is asked to relax in a comfortable armchair in the halochamber. It has salt coated walls and floor which functions like a buffer for air moisture and maintains the aseptic properties in the environment. The room is equipped with a halogenerator which ensures a constant supply of clean dry air saturated with particles of sodium chloride.
These crushed particles contain kinetic energy which is responsible for healing. For emphysema treatment, dry sodium chloride aerosol at a mass concentration varying from 1-16 mg/m3 with a particle size of 1-5 um are ideal. A microprocessor in the halogenerator is responsible for monitoring the temperature, relative humidity and mass concentration of aerosol in the chamber. Highly skilled halospecialists are at hand to guide you. Very few side effects are reported by patients undergoing salt therapy. Some have complained of mild skin irritation and a slight throat tickle which can easily be remedied with the help of saline water gargles.
Symptoms of Emphysema Salt Therapy Can Help With
Emphysema is a disease affecting the lungs. It is considered a part of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease or COPD. In pulmonary emphysema patients, the tissues of the lungs are destroyed gradually leading to failure of the lungs and eventually death. One of the primary causes of emphysema is cigarette smoking. It can also be caused by enzyme deficiency and exposure to pollution.
The most prominent symptom of emphysema is difficulty in breathing which gets worse with the passage of time. Other symptoms include loose cough and tightness of chest. Another type of emphysema is subcutaneous emphysema which occurs when gas or air is present in the subcutaneous layer of the skin. Emphysema symptoms include sore throat, neck pain, difficulty in swallowing, wheezing and difficulty in breathing. Anticholinergics, bronchodilators, steroid medication (inhaled or oral), and supplemental oxygen are used to treat the disease. However, many of these medications have harmful side effects. If you are suffering from emphysema symptoms, contact The Salt Room in Orlando, Florida today and we will help you feel better again.
The Salt Room is Orlando, Florida's newest, most advanced respiratory treatment center.
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CNN reporter Monita Rajpal recently did a piece on how salt therapy treatments are being used in London to help patients dealing with respiratory and sinus related issues. She gives a thorough overview of salt therapy, it’s history, and shows pictures of some of the other salt therapy treatment facilities around the world.
Salt therapy is a scientifically-proven treatment for respiratory and skin conditions.
For more than 20 years dry salt aerosol, administered in specially-designed halochambers, has been used to treat upper and lower respiratory conditions such as cold and flu, allergy, asthma, bronchitis, cystic fibrosis, sinus infection, sinusitis, rhinitis, hay fever and emphysema.
In addition, the anti-bacterial and anti-inflammatory properties of dry sodium chloride aerosol has been show to effectively treat ear infection and conditions of the skin such as eczema, dermatitis and psoriasis.
Some of the many benefits you’ll receive from The Salt Room halotherapy include…
Abatement of bronchial inflammation
Removal of airborne pollen particles from airways
Strengthening of immune system that decreases allergic reaction to pollens
Cleansing and sanitation of the airways
Prevention and treatment of common cold and flu
Improvement of dermatological disorders such as acne, dermatitis and psoriasis
Reduction of snoring
Better sleep
We’ll soon be posting more details as to exactly how it works for each condition, click here to sign up and we’ll let you know when the site is updated.
100% drug free, scientists and researchers developed halotherapy as a means of concentrating the positive effects of salt observed in nature.
It was in 1843 that the concept on which halotherapy is based was first published by a physician. After observing the remarkably low incidence of respiratory conditions in salt mine workers who were regularly exposed to air saturated with saline dust, the concept of speleotherapy (salt cave therapy) was born.
More recently, research published in the New England Journal of Medicine concluded that salt inhalation was a highly effective treatment for cystic fibrosis after observations among surfers led to clinical trials.
Our rooms bring the natural benefits of salt treatment to you and take them one step further by providing the ideal concentration of dry sodium chloride aerosol to treat your specific condition.
The Salt Room has the equipment and staff to tailor your treatment
Our rooms use the newest top-of-the-line halogenerators to crush pharmaceutical grade salt grains into small particles the size of 1 to 10 micrometers. Particles bigger than 5 micrometers are caught in the nose and throat, while the smaller particles can penetrate deep into the lungs.
Rooms are supplied with fresh air filtered by HEPA air filters that capture and remove up to 99.97 percent of all airborne particles and activated carbon filters that further remove volatile organic compounds (VOCs) that can have a negative effect on health.
Surface areas in the salt rooms are are covered with natural sea salt which creates a sterilized and negative ion environment.
The Salt Room is Orlando, Florida's newest, most advanced respiratory treatment center.
This item was posted on Sunday, November 1st, 2009
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Welcome to The Salt Room — Orlando’s most advanced salt therapy respiratory treatment center. Now for the first time you can control the symptoms, inflammation and discomfort of a variety of respiratory ailments in a sophisticated spa-like environment.
Relax in our computer-controlled, state-of-the-art treatment rooms while pure salt crystals flow through your lungs and sinuses — providing natural relief from your allergy attacks and other respiratory ailments to help you breathe better. Salt therapy at The Salt Room can help you feel good whether you come on your own or on your doctor’s advice as the compliment to a prescribed treatment regimen. It’s clean…it’s absolutely safe…and you’ll feel great!
Is Treatment at The Salt Room Right for You?
The Salt Room was specifically designed for people suffering from respiratory and skin issues ranging from asthma to allergies to eczema. Consider the following reasons you may want to give The Salt Room a try:
You’ll feel better after just an hour.
If you’ve ever breathed easier after spending a few days at the beach, you know first hand the relief salt air can provide. The difference is our salt air is highly-controlled and concentrated, so symptoms frequently improve after only one session.
Three comfortable spa-like treatment chambers.
Each has been meticulously designed to enhance the treatment experience. Learn more about our quiet Relaxation Room, our fun Children/Family room and our one-of-a-kind Yoga Room.
It’s an all-natural compliment to your doctor’s prescribed regimen.
Dry salt aerosol therapy is 100% drug free and can be used safely in combination with your current medications and treatments to provide relief like you’ve never experienced before.
Salt therapy has been proven effective in multiple clinical trials.
In clinical tests salt therapy (also known as “halotherapy”) has proven effective at relieving symptoms of a variety of respiratory and skin ailments. Learn more about how salt therapy works including its background and the conditions it treats.
“Inexpensive, safe, and effective additional therapy
for patients with cystic fibrosis.”
A recent paper published in the New England Journal of Medicine found that long-term salt treatment had a positive impact on lung function and reduced pulmonary exacerbations and did not have any negative side effects.
The Salt Room’s Orlando location is now open and accepting appointments! Sign up here to receive updates, special offers and other notices as the information becomes available.
The Salt Room is Orlando, Florida's newest, most advanced respiratory treatment center.
This item was posted on Tuesday, October 20th, 2009
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In the fall issue of Vital Link Respiratory Conditions, Sussanna Czeranko published an article about the role Halotherapy (salt therapy) can play in the treatment of asthma. She describes the history of salt therapy, as well as the even older “Speleotherapy” (which is similar to halotherapy, except it is focused on the medicinal value of salt caves instead of just salt), and specifically the history and effectiveness of salt therapy as a treatment for a variety of respiratory ailments.
Much of what she writes is technical, although for those of you who are clinically minded the article does go on to describe the different salt solutions tested and used in halotherapy, as well as a description of why and how the salt solution is effective on conditions including chronic asthma, bronchitis, pneumonia, bronchiectasis, coughs, sinusitus, seasonal allergies, atopic dermatitis, eczema, psoriasis, and others.
For more than 20 years dry salt aerosol, administered in specially-designed halochambers, has been used to treat upper and lower respiratory conditions such as cold and flu, allergy, asthma, bronchitis, cystic fibrosis, sinus infection, sinusitis, rhinitis, hay fever and emphysema.
It was in 1843 that the concept on which halotherapy is based was first published by a physician. After observing the remarkably low incidence of respiratory conditions in salt mine workers who were regularly exposed to air saturated with saline dust, the concept of speleotherapy (salt cave therapy) was born.
Our rooms use the newest top-of-the-line halogenerators to crush pharmaceutical grade salt grains into small particles the size of 1 to 10 micrometers. Particles bigger than 5 micrometers are caught in the nose and throat, while the smaller particles can penetrate deep into the lungs.
