Halotherapy is the procedure during which a person is in a microclimate of salt caves. Today this method of treatment is available not only in sanatoriums, but also in medical institutions equipped with a special room where patients can breathe air with salt ions. Usually the rooms where this procedure is performed are called:
- halochamber;
- speleo-chamber;
- salt cave.
The course of halotherapy consists of 10-20 sessions of 60 minutes (for adults).
Indications for halotherapy
Most often in halotherapy, women who are suffering from respiratory diseases need them. But in some cases, it is prescribed for the prevention of respiratory organs. This is necessary for people living in large megacities, industrial cities or working in harmful work. But there are other, more explicit indicators:
- weakened immunity;
- repeated respiratory infections;
- predisposition to an allergic reaction to food and medications;
- disturbance of the cardiovascular system;
- unstable blood pressure;
- increased sweating ;
- dermatospiratory syndrome;
- tonsillitis;
- rhinitis;
- adenoiditis .
If you suffer from any of the above, then you can safely go to the doctor and demand a referral for halotherapy based on the available evidence.
Contraindications for treatment with halotherapy
Despite the fact that the procedure at first glance seems harmless, its passage still has limitations. Regardless of whether you are taking therapy in the natural environment or in the office of a medical institution, it is worth considering the contraindications to halotherapy, namely:
- FLU;
- rhinovirus infection and other varieties of ARVI;
- acute form of chronic diseases;
- kidney disease in the chronic stage;
- bronchial asthma;
- bleeding from the nose;
- pulmonary tuberculosis;
- infectious diseases in acute form.
Also, contra-indications include general limitations to the passage of climatic treatment.
Halotherapy at home - is it possible?
It is not always possible to afford a lot of time for prevention or for a long course of therapy, so many are wondering whether it is possible to conduct halotherapy in the home. The answer to this question is ambiguous, since
So, to increase the immunity or prevent the work of the respiratory tract, you can buy a salt lamp. It is made of a salt crystal, inside it is placed a light bulb that, when turned on, heats the stone, and the crystal saturates the air with salt ions.
There is a more complicated option for halotherapy at home - this is the arrangement of the speleocamera. But this will require not only a large cost, but also a spacious room. In addition, the creation of a good halochamber is the work of specialists, and therefore it is quite expensive.