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During WW II asthmatics, using a salt cave as an air raid shelter, near the German town of Ennepetal, experienced an unexpected and dramatic improvement in their health condition. ”Later on it was confirmed by scientists that many of those using the cave as a bomb shelter were indeed cured of their asthma, chronic bronchitis, and other diseases of the respiratory tract. The healthy individuals hiding in that cave had strengthened their immunity and stopped catching colds.”
Since the days of Dr. Bochkowsky salt therapy has been practiced for generations in the salt mines and salt caves of Europe and Central Asia, as a drug free, alternative / complementary approach, without the negative side effects associated with drug therapies. 
However because of the inconvenience and expense of travelling to these regions, salt cave & mine therapies are not readily available for people with respiratory complaints. Overcoming these problems researchers, initially the Russians in the 1980s, built halochambers (artificial salt-chambers), where they recreated the microclimate of salt mines. The halochamber is a special room, whose walls and floor is lined with halite rock salt and where the size of the salt micro particles, floating in the air, the temperature, humidity, etc. is regulated. Patients stay in the halochamber for a certain time, about an hour per session. ( |
Video interview: Video on Salt therapy treatment in Australian salt rooms.. |
Today there are many examples of artificial salt chambers found in various Western countries, imitating the microclimate of salt mines and caves. (Germany, UK, Canada, USA, and elsewhere) Video on Salt thearapy treatment in Australian salt rooms: http://aca.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx?id=7956834). Salt rooms are Frequently attached to saunas, swimming pools and other sports facilities. Britain’s first ‘salt cave’ treatment opened in Bath in 2007, using salt imported from Poland’s Wieliczka mine. (“A 45-minute session costs £15”)
(www.saltcaveltd.co.uk, http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-)
Due to the expensive nature of setting up these chambers, simpler, yet just as effective halotherapy (HT) devices:
Salt pipes or salt inhalers were invented in Europe by two Hungarians, a country surrounded by the Carpathian Mts. salt mines. The halite salt from Central Europe is the same or of a better quality than the Himalayan salt and the use of these salt crystals in salt pipes/inhalers for over a decade has helped to spread the recognition of salt therapy as a natural/alternative treatment for respiratory problems whereas the use of Himalayan salt pipes is a largely recent development. In reality the use of a salt inhaler has additional benefits for the patient. A “modest daily dosing with a handheld inhaler might provide reliable freedom from exacerbations and superior long-term disease outcomes.”, in contrast to a possible short term relief, achieved by the use of a halochamber or a trip to the salt mine. (K. J. Dillon, Close-to- Nature Medicine, Aerosol Salt Treatment of Respiratory Diseases. 2003) 
Such a 'handheld inhaler' - ‘Nature’s Simple Answer’ - is the Dry Salt Inhaler/Pocket Saltpipe for respiratory problems. Salt inhalers or saltpipes have been manufactured in a number of countries for nearly a decade and they are sold under different brand names with “saltpipe” often used as the common /generic term.
The Pocket Saltpipe or Pocket DSI (Dry Salt Inhaler) is the latest and unique innovation within the family of salt inhalers. With its small and ergonomic design you can use it anytime, anywhere. The Pocket Saltpipe was specially designed with a nasal adapter to clear the sinuses and upper respiratory tract.
