Asthma treatment

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Speleotherapy and asthma, allergy and other respiratory dise

 


 

  LTiba

Speleotherapy or underground climatotherapy is an alternative or
complementary method of therapy for asthma and other respiratory diseases
that is used in Eastern and Central Europe for many, many years.

This involve spending 2-4 hours a day underground, in salt caves or mines
for over 2-3 months period, but the results are impressive. The salt
micro particles, salt dust, reach the lung alveoli, bronchi, bronchioles
and clear all the airway passages, in upper and lower respiratory tract.
Due to the fact that the inhaled saline has mucokinetic, bactericide,
hydrophilic and anti inflammatory properties, will help to reduce
inflammation leading to widening of the airway passages, kill bacteria
and restore the normal transport of the mucus and unclog the blockages.

Although not known in North America, salt therapy is an old and very
popular method of therapy in the Balkans, Europe. There are many salt
sanatoriums in the heart of the salt mountain and doctors are involved in
clinical researches, in some countries the treatment being covered by the
health minister.

An old study describes a speleotherapy course which was 4 hours a day for
6-8 weeks, with 100 COPD (Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease) and
asthma patients and reported improvement which lasted 6 months to 7 years
(Skulimowski, 1965). Similar studies 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, 11 Chronic Bronchitis)
revealed that use of a speleotherapy device (also called Halotherapy
device) for a time period of one year significantly reduced the sore
throat, nasal obstruction, snoring, cough, sputum secretion, associated
rhinitis, annual hospitalization and the symptomatic medication intake.
Also have shown significant improvement of sputum elimination, olfactory
sense recovery (smell, taste), sleep at night, morning condition and
clinical state.

Another clinical study at Cystic Fibrosis Center, Timisoara, Romania, on
a lot of 18 patients with Cystic Fibrosis using the same device showed a
significant reduction of sputum secretion and crackles at auscultation
and improvement of respiratory functional syndrome, sputum elimination
and general clinical state.

Allergic rhinopathy study, 22 patients poly-allergic with house dust as
main allergen – it shown significantly reduction of nasal obstruction,
sneezing, headache, cough and significant improvement in quality of
sleep, serous-mucus rhinorea, sputum consistence and elimination, general
clinical state.

A clinical study on a lot of 63 patients with Otitis Media in children -
ear infection – for more then one year shown significant 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
general clinical state.

Speleotherapy could be an alternative method of therapy as well as a
complementary method of therapy. “Alternative” should imply “instead of”
western medical procedures, conventional treatments and “complementary”
should be “in addition to”, in both cases, with very good results leading
to a reduction of antibiotics and corticoids intake and decreasing the
rate of annual hospitalization and asthma attacks.

You can find more information by visiting our web site. The salt therapy
device could also be available in some health stores.

LTiba
www.salinetherapy
+1 / 519.641.SALT

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About the Author

Educated and motivated person, having a multicultural background with
extensive knowledge about European health products and practices.

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Speleotherapy and asthma, allergy and other respiratory dise