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Post by SpringRain🕊️ on Jan 11, 2020 14:25:29 GMT -5
An acquaintance on a caregiving forum is daughter to a 71 year old mother who has COPD and emphysema (and perhaps other co-morbidities but these were all that were mentioned) and is currently fighting pneumonia.
Apparently a hospital doctor has advised the daughter that longevity isn't on the horizon but has suggested salt therapy, something with which the daughter is unfamiliar.
I did some research but also thought of those here with experience and knowledge of nontraditional medicine. Apparently salt therapy has origins back in the 12th Century. Other than that, I'd never heard of salt therapy or halotherapy as it's apparently also known.
The daughter is wondering whether the cost is worth the treatment, and what can be expected. Salt therapy doesn't seem to be well known, or perhaps used as much in traditional medicine as it could be, so information on effectiveness is varied.
If anyone has any suggestions, or has used salt therapy, I'd appreciate being able to share them with my friend.
Thanks especially, for taking the time to help this very concerned and worried daughter.
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Post by gardendmpls on Jan 12, 2020 3:52:27 GMT -5
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Post by pepperhead212 on Jan 12, 2020 11:34:51 GMT -5
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Post by gardendmpls on Jan 12, 2020 11:44:48 GMT -5
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Post by tom 🕊 on Jan 12, 2020 11:46:45 GMT -5
Sniffing salt.
Sounds like another New Age placebo remedy.
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Post by gardendmpls on Jan 12, 2020 12:03:19 GMT -5
This is an "old" age therapy. There was a study done in 2007, but although they saw improvement in a walking test and in the Saint George Respiratory Questionnaire, they could not rule out the placebo effect, as the study was small- 35 subjects, and short- asked to use the salt for two weeks, and there was no improvement noted in the spirometer testing. It is listed in the NIH Library of Medicine site. www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18019972
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Post by SpringRain🕊️ on Jan 12, 2020 12:13:05 GMT -5
gardendmpls, no worries about initialing omitting the site: I know you're thorough and would add it when you could! I'll bet you were up late planting?? And thanks to both of you for good information, from common and different perspectives. gardendmpls, this is in part what I was hoping to find but got bogged down in a lot of peripheral issues. I was so completely unaware of the benefits of salt. The blog is concise and to the point. tom 🕊,apparently salt has been used since the 12th century, so it might in fact be a resurrection as part of a New Age alternative remedy. But both sides are supportive of the use of salt for curative action. tom 🕊's site emphasized pharmaceutical grade salt. This is the first time I've become aware that salt is available in that form. This will make a difference in the site my friend selects, if she goes forward with the treatment, which she is tentatively planning to do. Thanks to each of you for taking the time to help; I appreciate it and I know my friend will as well.
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Post by SpringRain🕊️ on Jan 12, 2020 12:18:42 GMT -5
Update, I posted just as gardendmpls added more information. The NIH article cites use of inhalers, as opposed to a more immersion focused salt therapy event. I wonder if that would affect the results, as it seems that salt in the air would penetrate more pores than an inhaler would. As I read the articles, I began wondering if pharmaceutical grade salt could be used for a condition such as lymphedema, perhaps applied directly to the skin to help remove the excess liquid. My aunt died from this condition. I remember the "hockey player" pads as she called them, huge pads wrapped to her legs, which made walking very difficult. I'm not sure how effective they were, but lymphedema can be a terminal condition I understand it. Thanks again for taking the time to help out.
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Post by tom 🕊 on Jan 12, 2020 12:54:50 GMT -5
www.lung.org/about-us/blog/2016/06/promising-placebo-salt-halotherapy.htmlBeyond the psychological effect, there is no evidence that it works. If it did work, there would be home salt inhalers. Inhalers are old tech. I have one from my childhood -- if I haven't discarded it. I was born with lung damage (finally outgrew it) and had to inhale penicillin fog in early childhood. I remember the fragrance of penicillin. Anyway, one can inhale salt spray just by going to a beach. gardendmpls is on an island surrounded by salty water. The air there should hold much salt.
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Post by binnylou on Jan 12, 2020 13:20:40 GMT -5
I began wondering if pharmaceutical grade salt could be used for a condition such as lymphedema, perhaps applied directly to the skin to help remove the excess liquid. SpringRain🕊️, there is no way that I would consider applying salt to my skin. The skin of a person with lymphodema is thinned and dry from the skin stretching caused by swelling. The best thing to do is learn the manual drainage method, moisturize the skin, eat clean and drink water, and keep moving. Or see a therapist who specializes in the treatment of lymphodema and can teach the patient the massage method.
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Post by binnylou on Jan 12, 2020 13:46:47 GMT -5
tom 🕊, the salt of the earth link that you provided woke up my internet security provider.
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Post by tom 🕊 on Jan 12, 2020 13:56:53 GMT -5
the salt of the earth link that you provided woke up my internet security provider Thanks, I have deleted it. Window's Defender did not respond to it.
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Post by tom 🕊 on Jan 12, 2020 14:05:18 GMT -5
In the one case I have dealt with, elevation alone was sufficient to eliminate it.
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Post by SpringRain🕊️ on Jan 12, 2020 18:20:10 GMT -5
binnylou , good points. I hadn't even thought about the issue of salt directly on the skin, but I probably wouldn't done it anyway if I did think about it.
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Post by datgirl on Jan 12, 2020 18:56:48 GMT -5
Is this what those Himalayan Salt lamps are supposed to be for? I guess maybe a google search is in order.
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