When your husband leaves on a Sunday for a few days to build the salt room for your wellness center than your 8 year old might say he is bored all morning until he comes up with an amazing question, "Why are we building a salt room and what is it for?" A few documentaries later and a couple research papers and I am so excited to be providing this space for the South of the River community in Burnsville that I thought I might as well blog about it. I have been very impressed with Salt Chamber salt panels that Taylor is using to build the lighted wall and decor, the salt blocks for the floor and the salt beach with draping and relaxing music and landscape video options or even choose a yoga session or guided meditation to follow. As if that isn't enough to put your mind right it isn't salt therapy without the halogenerator from Salt Chamber as well. I am lucky to have a mechanically inclined husband who can follow schematics and knows HVAC. The halo generator will be up and running by the end of the week! And with finishing touches to the floor coming in later next week we may have pictures of the room done by the end of this month!!
Nothing feels better than building something that has been tried and true when addressing respiratory health with continuous scientific testing for nearly 50 years concurring that halotherapy is a part of holistic health therapies that work. Within 3-5 treatments at 60 minutes each 85% of participants suffering from COVID respiratory "long-haul" symptoms show increased respiratory volume, reported improvement in sputum removal, and improved breath stamina during exertion. When addressing difficult to manage symptoms for improved lung health nothing is as safe and effective as utilizing a halo generator to provide microscopic medical grade salt particles into the air. These particles enter through the skin and are breathed deep into the lungs to assist in eradicating toxins and build up.
Information provided by the Salt Therapy Association
"There has been lots of science about hypertonic saline solutions in terms of nebulizer treatments, wet salt therapy solutions and saline, so utilizing salt and saline in medical environments is not something that is foreign.
This is a dry salt application designed through a delivery mechanism of inhalation, and due to the particle size, it’s able to penetrate the epidermis at the surface level. Super Absorbent - Dry salt acts like a sponge attracting foreign substances along its path through the respiratory tract. The dry salt can be imagined behaving like a toothbrush that cleans the respiratory system removing the build-up of foreign elements that cause various respiratory ailments and conditions. Dry salt aerosol is also very hygroscopic. As quickly as it can, it attracts as much moisture as possible. When salt particles are inhaled and deposited on the mucus on the bronchial tree, the mucus is liquefied, which facilitates its easy expectoration. Sputum is loosened and can then be removed by coughing. The obvious advantage of this is that any blocking of the airways caused by the mucus is removed. Dry salt aerosol also works as a mucokinetic agent and can increase the effectiveness of a cough, either by increasing expiratory cough airflow or by unsticking highly adhesive secretions from the airway walls. Salt stimulates the bronchial self-cleaning mechanism and can, therefore, act as an expectorant. This slight stimulation removes the mucus faster.
Anti-Inflammatory - Inhaled dry salt particles may help to reduce inflammation in the entire respiratory tract and widen the airway passages. Clinical studies have found that the inhalation of dry salt aerosol results in decreased colonization of pathogenic bacteria flora. A clean respiratory system naturally results in higher oxygen intake, increased energy, and an improved immune system. Anti-Bacterial - The dry salt particles act as an anti-bacterial agent, dissolving bacteria and pollutants lodged in the respiratory tract. These are then either coughed up or naturally expelled by the body."
Uysal, Burhanettin et al. "The Importance of Halotherapy in the Treatment of COVID-19 Related Diseases". Journal of Clinical and Experimental Investigations, vol. 11, no. 4, 2020, em00754. https://doi.org/10.29333/jcei/8486
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