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Thank you for your interest in Halotherapy.
Accepted in Europe for over 50 years, Halotherapy is still a new treatment in Canada, so we would like to answer some of your frequently asked questions.

WHAT is Halotherapy?
HOW does microclimate aerosol treatment (Halotherapy) work?
WHAT does the clinic look like?
WHAT advantages does Halotherapy (Microclimate dry saline aerosol treatment) have over the original cave/salt mine clinic environment?
WHAT results can I expect?
WHAT about using Halotherapy for children?
CAN the treatment help breathing and skin problems?
WHY should I consider Halotherapy?
HOW safe is Halotherapy?
WHAT do other people say?

Q: WHAT is Halotherapy?

A: It is a therapeutic method based on Speleotherapy, which is prolonged exposure to the specific microclimate of caves, salt mines, grottos. Many countries, including Austria, Armenia, Belarus, Bulgaria, Georgia, Germany, Hungary, Kirgizia, Romania, Russia, Slovenia, and Ukraine, have Speleotherapy clinics. Salt aerosol plays an important role in the relief of health problems, and is used for patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary diseases, and other respiratory problems.

Q: HOW does microclimate aerosol treatment (Halotherapy) work?

A:The modern Microclimate Aerosol Chamber uses state of the art technology to reproduce the atmosphere of the clinics located in salt caves or in special mines, and it has a monitored therapeutic microclimate. Air is ionized and saturated with a natural substance - low concentration of curative highly dispersed aerosol of NaCl (or salt). The therapeutic parameters (such as concentration, dimensions, and speed of salt aerosol particles and other remedial factors) are customized by medical professionals according to the individual needs of the patients. These curative parameters are preset, and then controlled and maintained by a microprocessor.

Q: WHAT does the clinic look like?

A: The clinic recreates a microclimate similar to an underground salt mine. The halo-chamber walls and floors are covered with the salt layer, and dry salt aerosol (NaCl) is blown into the chamber, creating a curative environment identical to the microclimate of salt caves.

Q: WHAT advantages does Halotherapy (Microclimate dry saline aerosol treatment) have over the original cave/salt mine clinic environment?

A:Unlike the cave/salt mine clinic, the Halotherapy (Microclimate aerosol treatment) can control the environment, with four separate modes to change the amount of concentration of salt in the air, humidity levels and temperature range. The specific mode is recommended by the doctor and is set to the optimum level to help that particular patient.

Q:WHAT results can I expect?

A: Doctors have noted that thousands of patients have been successfully treated by this method. After taking the Halotherapy treatments, their breathing becomes easier, symptoms such as sneezing, coughing, and shortness of breath are alleviated, and patients no longer have to take large amounts of prescription medications.
Patients feel that Halochamber treatment has turned their lives around - most of the patients report positive result of Halotherapy as soon as in 7-15 days.

Q: WHAT about using Halotherapy for children?

A: Halotherapy is most effective for children as they respond exceptionally well to any kind of natural treatment. Doctors recommend parents to try this natural remedy before putting children on medications or at least alongside medications.
Children treated by powerful hormones are far more at risk of bone fractures and cracks. This alternative treatment's efficacy is estimated at 75 - 98%.

Q:CAN the treatment help breathing and skin problems?

A: If you have:
- chronic bronchitis, sinusitis,
- breathlessness, chest tightness,
- coughs (particularly at night or after exercise),
- mucus plugs, wheezing,
- colds and respiratory allergies,
- mucosal edema,
- bronchitis, adenoids, rhinitis, tonsillitis,
- pharyngitis, pneumonia after acute stage,
- bronchiectatic disease, respiratory infections,
- influenza, rhinosinusopathy,
- smoker's cough (secondary smoke related symptoms),
- frequent acute disorders of respiratory tract,
- multi chemical sensitivity syndrome,
- allergies to industrial and household pollutants,
- eczema, psoriasis, and neurodermatitis...
you will feel relief after Halotherapy treatment*.

*Efficacy is estimated up to 98%

Q: WHY should I consider Halotherapy?

A: While modern pharmaceuticals provide effective relief from chronic diseases, there are some side effects associated with repeated or prolonged use. Continuous drug therapy is associated with the possible development of allergic or toxic reactions, development of antibiotic tolerant species of microorganisms, spreading of dysbiosis and other side effects.

Q: HOW safe is Halotherapy?

A: Halotherapy is 100% natural, safe and drug-free, providing effective long-term relief. It can be used as a complementary treatment to prescribed medications or as a sole treatment. When Halotherapy is used as a complimentary treatment, it can increase the effectiveness of prescribed medications, and decrease the amount prescribed *.

*Curative effects of dry salt aerosol for patients with bronchial asthma.
Military academy, Government science centre pulmonology St.- Peterburg.

WHAT do other people say?

Halo-aerosol therapy represents a new trend in aerosol medicine. It includes two methods: halotherapy and halo-inhalation. There are clinical reasons for the application of halo-aerosol therapy for prevention, treatment and rehabilitation of patients with respiratory diseases.

Vopr Kurortol Fizioter Lech Fiz Kult 2000 Jan-Feb;(1):21-4
[The scientific validation and outlook for the practical use of halo-aerosol therapy]

Halotherapy proved to be a highly effective method in a complex sanatorium treatment of patients with chronic bronchitis.

Voen Med Zh 1999 Jun;320(6):34-7, 96
[Halotherapy in the combined treatment of chronic bronchitis patients]

HT resulted in improvements of clinical state in most of the patients.

J Aerosol Med 1995 Fall;8(3):221-32
Halotherapy for treatment of respiratory diseases.
Saint-Petersburg Pavlov National Medical University, Russia.

A course of speleotherapy given to children with bronchial asthma contributed to normalization of free radical oxidation and reestablishment of molecular structure in red cell membranes.

Vopr Kurortol Fizioter Lech Fiz Kult 2001 Jul-Aug;(4):17-8
[Study of molecular damage in bronchial asthma and cerebrovascular disorders during the course of rehabilitation ]

Medical experts have noted that "the Halochamber works even better than a natural cave clinic. It has all the advantages without the level of radiation and radon gas presented in natural caves." Speleo/Halo therapy has been medically recognized to treat the breathing problems of Europeans for over 50 years.
It is used for bronchial conditions, chronic bronchitis, bronchiectasis, sinusitis, pharyngitis, tonsilitis, psoriasis, atopic dermatitis, fatty seborrhea, and other diseases.
The treatment is also recommended for sufferers of breathlessness, chest tightness, coughs (particularly at night or after exercise), mucosal edema, mucus plugs, wheezing, and other disorders of respiratory tract like rhinitis, sinusitis, tonsillitis, pharyngitis. Of course, it is also good for people who suffer often from colds and respiratory allergies. Smokers can also benefit from Halotherapy, finding relief from coughs connected to tobacco use.

World Pediatric Congress in Jerusalem in July 1997 presented the achievements of speleotherapy as a curative method for chronic and allergic diseases of respiratory organs.