Hayfever? Allergies? General Respiratory difficulties? Well, you’ve come to the right place. Let’s learn about the benefits of Salt Therapy.
There’s no end of respiratory illnesses that effect countless people. Even children as young as two can be susceptible to the awful symptoms that come with allergies. Many feel the only way they can get relief is through antihistamines or other drug related treatments.
It can be a daunting thought to try something else. Especially when these treatments have always worked for you, and you may desperately not want to experience those symptoms again or see your child experience them.
But what is actually happening to the body when we see these symptoms?
If you’re experiencing hay fever, then your body is experiencing an allergic reaction. Meaning the immune system treats a harmless substance (such as pollen or pet dander) as if it is dangerous, and launches an ‘attack’, releasing histamines. Resulting in but not limited to symptoms such as itchy eyes, throat, tiredness, nasal passages becoming inflamed, and more mucus being produced.
As we’ve said above, a common treatment to help deal with these symptoms is antihistamines.
Antihistamines work by reducing or blocking histamines, in effect stopping the allergy symptoms.
Ah, sweet relief, or is it? Common side effects of antihistamines include and are not limited to;
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- sleepiness (drowsiness) and reduced co-ordination, reaction speed and judgement
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- dry mouth.
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- blurred vision.
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- difficulty peeing.
Not exactly the result you may have hoped for.
What other options can you try though?
How about a treatment that is all natural, offers fast relief and can reduce dependency on drug related treatments? AND doesn’t have any of those side effects!
Sounds like its worth its salt, but what could be that good?
Let me introduce you to Halo therapy, also known as dry salt therapy.
Dry Salt Therapy; AKA Halotherapy
Here’s how it helps.
As you sit back and relax pharmaceutical grade salt is ground up into tiny particles and dispersed into the room. The tiny salt particles land on your skin and travel deep into your sinus and respiratory system while you breathe. As these particles travel they help to reduce the migration of inflammatory cells to the area, lowering your symptoms and calming the bodies response system. Calming down the effects of those histamines running about the place!
The salt also soothes your airways and absorbs irritants and allergens, which can help to reduce inflammation in the respiratory tract and widen the airway passages. Easing and bringing relief to your breathing.
Restoring the regular transport of mucous secretion and freeing blockages in your airways means that awful stuffy feeling starts to dissipate as your body leaves that ‘attack’ stage.
So in a nutshell, salt therapy has natural antihistamine, anti-inflammatory, anti- bacterial and anti-fungal properties all of which help relieve inflammation and congestion of the sinuses. Which for those of you who suffer from allergies, know all too well the pain of.
It’s suitable for all ages and has many other health benefits too! You could say it’s certainly worth it’s salt.
Why not try it out?
Book in at Seomra Salainn and see for yourself the amazing effects of Halotherapy.
