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Title: Speleotherapy and asthma, allergy and other respiratory diseases
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Author: Livia Tiba
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Speleotherapy and asthma, allergy and other respiratory diseases
Copyright 2005 Livia Tiba

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.

About the Author:

Educated and motivated person, having a multicultural
background with extensive knowledge about European health
products and practices.
LTiba
www.salinetherapy.com
+1 / 519.641.SALT

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