Have you ever heard of dry salt therapy? Also known as Halotherapy, dry salt therapy is an alternative medicine which makes use of the natural benefits of salt, either in a sauna environment or a natural cave. The benefits are hard to dispute, especially when you see the difference the therapy makes to clients of Seomra Salainn, an award-winning salt room therapy and wellness centre located in Ballyboughal County Dublin. If you’re interested in learning more about this fascinating beneficial practice or trying it out for yourself, we welcome you to contact our friendly professional team or book a session on our website.
What is a Salt Room?
A salt room is a dedicated space, usually within a wellness centre, where both adults and children enjoy the benefits of salt therapy. Salt rooms deliver a dry salt therapy experience, where the air inside the room exposes you to microscopic salt particles. A halogenerator sends micro-particles, less than 0.5 microns, of salt into the room allowing it to be inhaled & contact affected areas of your skin and respiratory system. There are two types of halotherapy rooms. Active rooms which have halogenerators which break the salt particles down and circulate them to allow them to be breathed in, and passive rooms which are simply filled with large amounts of salt are usually more meditative settings. Seomra Salainn offers active salt therapy.
Benefits of Salt Therapy
The benefits of salt therapy are many and varied and it can affect different people in different ways. During a salt therapy session, clients breathe in dry, salt-enriched air into the lungs. The salt is so fine it reaches deep into the lungs and begins to kill bacteria, reducing inflammation and loosening phlegm, leading to increasing lung capacity. The salt has a similar effect on the skin as it has an anti-inflammatory and anti-bacterial effect on it and assists in reducing your IgE levels which lessens your skin’s sensitivity to allergies.
- Salt is anti-bacterial and anti-viral in nature, that’s why it’s used so often in medicine and for disinfection. Salt inhibits and can destroy bacteria in the respiratory tract removing pathogens and irritants and allowing for better self-cleaning recovery of the respiratory area.
- Salt has antimicrobial properties that have been found to boost the immune system while stabilising and normalising measurements of reduced immunity.
- Salt’s anti-inflammatory properties helps to remove the root cause of many diseases. The anti-infection resistance of the body was noted by the detection of phagocytes in blood composition.
- Salt Therapy loosens excessive mucus and speeds up mucociliary transport. it also eliminates pathogen agents and lessens IgE levels which can cause immune system oversensitivity.
Salt Therapy for Children
Salt therapy can be hugely beneficial for both children and adults. Halotherapy can help to reduce the effect of allergies in children or ease symptoms of mild respiratory illnesses like common colds or asthma. At Seomra Salainn, we offer a family room as well as an individual space. You can book our family room for up to six people. We provide buckets, spades & wheelbarrows to play in over 1 tonne of natural dry sea salt along with a 50-inch flat-screen TV, connected to Netflix or YouTube. The space is booked exclusively for your family for one hour and you are welcome to bring toys, books or anything else you’d like to use within the comfortable space.
