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Salt caves are extremely dynamic structures built from naturally formed deposits of Himalayan or rock salt. They are mostly formed in areas with salt deposits such as the Atacama desert, on the Iranian island Qeshm, the Dead Sea region, Israel, Romania, Poland, Austria, Russia, and many other countries. The formation of salt mines consists of a slow and long-lasting process, and water is the main reason for their construction. When it rains, water pours through the cracks on the surface of the ground like a powerful river, opening new vertical shafts, dissolving the salt, and creating semi-horizontal channels along its...

26 April, 2023

Halotherapy is a method that has proven its benefits in the treatment of respiratory diseases over the last 50 years. Together with conventional pharmacological treatments, salt therapy is successfully used for treating bronchial asthma, bronchitis, infections of the respiratory system, etc. Since the outbreak of the pandemic, at the beginning of 2020, halotherapy has been increasingly considered a potential part of preventative, prophylactic, and healing measures in the fight against COVID-19.    In this article, our colleague here at metta, and future doctor Ilian lays out the scientific data to support the benefits of salt therapy. His research brings together data published...

26 April, 2023

The therapeutic role of salt has been known to mankind for centuries, but it was first documented in 1843 by the Polish therapist Felix Bochkowski. He noticed that the people working in the salt mines in Poland enjoyed excellent health and good spirits despite their harsh working conditions and meager diet.   This sparked Bochkowski’s interest, and after researching on salt caves, he found out the positive effects the miners were experiencing were due to the salt-saturated air they breathed daily. Thus, gradually, salt mines in Poland and Eastern Europe became popular sanatoriums, attracting visitors from around the world. But concerns about...

26 April, 2019