Halotherapy comes from the Greek „halos,” or salt. Spa treatment is a method of rapidly growing recognition in the world. Unfortunately, despite the fact that Poland is the birthplace, the more we hear about it abroad.
Halotherapy roots date back to the nineteenth century. Polish doctor of medicine and surgery, Feliks Boczkowski, he served as a doctor in Wieliczka function of a doctor, looking after the miners working in the mine. Based on many years of observation in 1843 as the world’s first confirmed the positive effects of salt on health. Conclusion wrote in his book, Fri „The Mine of history in terms of natural history and bath” published in 1843. In 1958 the Wieliczka created the world’s first salt sanatorium.
There are two basic ways in which the salt in the treatment of inhaled aerosol in the form of a salt and in the form of brining.
In relation to the problem of respiratory inhalation aerosols are used hydrochloric acid, like that used in the salt mine miners.
The respiratory system is one of the most important human system. Through it into the body is supplied oxygen, essential for the proper functioning of the trillions of cells in our body. The air we breathe contains various compounds, which can affect our health in different ways. These are such as gases, dust, corrosive substances and other harmful compounds.
The essence halotherapy inhalation is breathing air rich in dry salt aerosol in the salt cave. For aerosol particles can reach the deepest lung party must be sufficiently large. In the upper parts of our respiratory particles can accumulate larger than 8 microns, while the deeper parts of the lungs to reach a particle size of 2-5 microns. The smallest – of less than 2 microns reach the alveoli. Halotherapy To be effective it is necessary to fragmentation of the smallest micro particles of salt. Miners working in the mine with shredded salt mining tools. When their work was created hydrochloric fine dust that inhaled. Today, in order to produce an aerosol device is used hydrochloric salt grinder – salt aerosol generators. It is interesting to note that the aerosol microparticles retain their highest activity during the first 100 seconds after the grinding, so that the aerosol must be supplied continuously in salt cave.
In the case of dermatological diseases are recommended salt baths, which are also considered-a book by Dr. Boczkowski. Salt baths using an extremely important function of the skin as a carrier substance. Under the influence of the hot bath open pores which facilitate the exchange of ions between the interior of the body and the external environment. Through this exchange of our body are removed waste products, and precious minerals are accepted. This property of the skin is also used in the case of drugs in the form of patches.
Our body is equipped by nature with a number of defense mechanisms that make up the immune system. Methods Spa characterized by strengthening and developing these mechanisms. Strengthening stimulates the body defense mechanisms to combat, in contrast to the pharmacological treatment, which often inhibit the mechanisms using the path „shortcuts”.
Halotherapy spa treatment is a proven method for the first time in Poland. Unfortunately, in a country that is the cradle there is a faint knowledge of the subject, as opposed to other countries. May be appropriate here to say, „Other People’s praise, do not know her.” Polish perception of other countries depends to a large extent on us and whether we can boast that we have with our ancestors. It is worth remembering, by disseminating knowledge about these Polish beads, which is, among others halotherapy.
