Hello Halotherapy! By Cassie Johnson
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alt therapy has been used throughout history in all sorts of ways. Salt is a common cooking ingredient, used on snowy and icy roads, as a preservative, and even as currency in centuries past. Salt has also been used in many healing, therapeutic, and medicinal ways including saline solutions, nebulizers, skin scrubs, salt baths, and Nettie pots, mostly known as wet salt therapy. Salt’s quality to absorb moisture is one of the main health benefits. Halotherapy is also called Dry Salt Therapy. As a natural alternative, Halotherapy is being provided throughout Europe, Australia, the United Kingdom, Canada, and the United States. It’s a complementary way of improving general wellness, respiratory issues, skin conditions, detoxification, athletic performance, and more! Halotherapy is now available in our area.
History of Salt Therapy (Halotherapy)
In the mid-1800s, Felix Bochkovsky, a health official in Poland, observed salt mine workers rarely suffered from any colds, respiratory ailments, or lung diseases. Bochkovsky attributed this to the salt miners inhaled daily. When people with asthma, allergies, emphysema, and other respiratory problems began heading to the salt mines, Speleotherapy (salt cave therapy) was born. Dry sodium chloride’s antibacterial and anti-inflammatory properties help in treating ear infections and certain skin conditions such as psoriasis, dermatitis, and eczema. Salt therapy is a non-invasive, drug-free, chemical-free, all-natural solution.
How does Salt Therapy work?
A machine called a halogenerator grinds and crushes pure sodium
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