Halotherapy

Halotherapy (also known as speleotherapy when practiced inside caves) is a form of alternative medicine which makes use of salt.

[3] He speculates that inhaled salt particles might thin out mucus aiding patients in expelling sputum.

However, a recent review of the research supporting halotherapy determined that, out of 151 studies conducted on this topic, only 1 was a well-designed randomized control trial that met their inclusion criteria for a meta-analysis.

[4] The earliest known mention of spa resorts date back to 12th-century Poland, in which people were urged to bathe in mineral waters.

[5] Modern history of halotherapy dates back to 1843, when a Polish physician named Feliks Boczkowski promoted the idea of salt treatment after noticing that workers at salt mines, unlike other miners, did not have respiratory or lung problems.