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Speleotherapy And Asthma, Allergy And Other Respiratory Diseases
By LTiba, Fri Dec 9th
Speleotherapy or underground climatotherapy is an alternative orcomplementary method of therapy for and other respiratorydiseases that is used in Eastern and Central Europe for many,many years. This involve spending 2-4 hours a day underground, in salt cavesor mines for over 2-3 months period, but the results areimpressive. The salt micro particles, salt dust, reach the lungalveoli, bronchi, bronchioles and clear all the airway passages,in upper and lower respiratory tract. Due to the fact that theinhaled saline has mucokinetic, bactericide, hydrophilic andanti inflammatory properties, will help to reduce inflammationleading to widening of the airway passages, kill bacteria andrestore the normal transport of the mucus and unclog theblockages. Although not known in North America, salt therapy is an old andvery popular method of therapy in the Balkans, Europe. There aremany salt sanatoriums in the heart of the salt mountain anddoctors are involved in clinical researches, in some countriesthe treatment being covered by the health minister.
An old study describes a speleotherapy course which was 4 hoursa day for 6-8 weeks, with 100 COPD (Chronic ObstructivePulmonary Disease) and patients and reported improvementwhich lasted 6 months to 7 years (Skulimowski, 1965). Similarstudies are published in Pub Med (MEDLINE) from Poland, Hungary,Czechoslovakia, and Russia. Recent clinical study at Pulmonary Clinic, Ambulatory Section,Timisoara, Romania, on a lot of 30 patients (19 Asthma, 11Chronic Bronchitis) revealed that use of a speleotherapy device(also called Halotherapy device) for a time period of one yearsignificantly reduced the sore throat, nasal obstruction,snoring, cough, sputum secretion, associated rhinitis, annualhospitalization and the symptomatic medication intake. Also haveshown significant improvement of sputum elimination,
olfactorysense recovery (smell, taste), sleep at night, morning conditionand clinical state. Another clinical study at Cystic Fibrosis Center, Timisoara,Romania, on a lot of 18 patients with Cystic Fibrosis using thesame device showed a significant reduction of sputum secretionand crackles at auscultation and improvement of respiratoryfunctional syndrome, sputum elimination and general clinicalstate. Allergic rhinopathy study, 22 patients poly-allergic with housedust as main allergen - it shown significantly reduction ofnasal obstruction, sneezing, headache, cough and significantimprovement in quality of sleep, serous-mucus rhinorea, sputumconsistence and elimination, general clinical state. A clinical study on a lot of 63 patients with Otitis Media inchildren - ear infection - for more then one year shownsignificant reduction of moderate and severe clinical symptoms,drug intake, serous-mucus secretion after tympanotomy.Significant improvement in easy breathing, effort capacity,intellectual capacity, tube tympanic drainage and generalclinical state. Speleotherapy could be an alternative method of therapy as wellas a complementary method of therapy. “Alternative” should imply“instead of” western medical procedures, conventional treatmentsand “complementary” should be “in addition to”, in both cases,with very good results leading to a reduction of antibiotics andcorticoids intake and decreasing the rate of annualhospitalization and attacks. You can find more information by visiting our web site. The salttherapy device could also be available in some health stores. LTiba www.salinetherapy.com +1 / 519.641.SALT NB: The author grants reprint permission to opt-in publicationsand websites so long as the copyright and by-line are includedintact and the article is not used in spam.
About the author:Educated and motivated person, having a multicultural backgroundwith extensive knowledge about European health products andpractices.
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