ABOUT SALT THERAPY TREATMENT

Salt inhalation was recommended by Hippocrates, the father of modern medicine, who applied the age-old method of inhaling the steam from boiling saltwater.

Salt crystals have been used for decades in the treatment of respiratory ailments such as asthma, bronchitis and other chronic breathing disorders, to help strengthen the immune system.

 

• Sea Breeze therapy

Peoples with respiratory problems who’s choice are natural alternative therapy found the benefits from spending time at seaside. The fresh sea breeze can revitalize the breathing system and alleviate the symptoms of respiratory illnesses.

 

• Speleo/ Salt mine therapy (Speleos=Cave in Greek).

Peoples goes underground to breath in clear salty air (100% allergen free fresh air) 4 hours a day, 10 days long, therapy which involve considerable costs and takes long time.
Presently, there is a growing recognition of the benefits of the salt mine therapy for respiratory diseases overseas with more and more people find salt mine therapy curative and reducing their respiratory symptoms.
The unique microclimate of the salt caves or the salt mines has shown to help people suffering asthma, rhinitis, bronchities and COPD.

 

• Halo-therapy (Halos =Salt in Greek)

In this kind of therapy we can mention the halo chamber, salt lamp therapy etc. Salt chamber is a special room with walls and floors coated in salt rocks and crystals from different salt mines. Nebulised dry salt aerosols is released into the halo-chamber during the therapy sessions.

• Salt Inhaler Therapy

The cheapest and cost effective treatment for persons who suffer from respiratory disorders are the new innovative, ergonomic and portable salt mine named Dry-Salt-Inhaler which simulates the natural microclimate conditions of an underground salt cave, salt mine or salt chamber with almost the same results as in any salt caves. Dry-Salt-Inhaler utilizes the simple curative principles of breathing salty air, but without the inconvenience and expense of trips to salt therapy centres.

 

 

The Dry-salt-Inhaler is a convenient, drug-free and non-invasive device and fall under the category of physical therapy.

The salt antiseptic and detoxifying properties, not only kill germs and bacteria but help the absorption of oxygen and users have found a marked improvement in their general state of health simply by breathing through the new inhaler for just 15-20 minutes a day, whenever you need it or wherever you are.

The device is made by bio-compatible medical grade plastic and contains unprocessed rock salt crystals from the famous Transylvanian Praid salt mine.

 

 

ABOUT SALT MINE

The main attraction of the region is the Salt Mine what was known since the roman's. Praid Salt Mine is one of the biggest salt mines in Romania and in Europe. The name of Praid as a concept is closely related to salt and everything concerning it. This place is situated at 6 km from Sovata City. Praid is in the West Side of Harghita district in the Gurghiului Mountains. The huge salt mass, which is 1,2 times 1.4 km in diameter, is slightly elliptic and it has its roots at an astonishing depth – 2.7 km.

This countryside is a real paradise for all those nature lovers who don’t limit only to sightseeing from their cars or coaches.
The salt yard from Praid holds more kinds of geological, historical, mineral and therapeutic secrets. One of this secret lies in the formation of salt in Transylvania. The range of Korond – Praid – Szovata - Gorgeny is the trace of salt uprush, and the salt yard from Praid rises from it like an immense mushroom. The formation of the salt in Transylvania – and the pleat from Praid it includes – can be traced back to the geological age of Lower – Baden (Middle-Miocene age), 20-22 million years ago. The sediments of the following geological ages deposited on the condensed salt layers and under their pressure the salt moved to the edges of the Transylvanian Basin. The movement of the salt was furthered by the fact that its specific weight is smaller than that of its environment and it uprushed on the line of the existing ruptures forming diaper pleats and a huge salt strata. The salt treasure of Praid hides an amount of salt that can be extracted in hundreds of years and it is one of the bottomless treasure troves in Transylvania.

 

In Praid underground mining began in 1762 when they opened the bell (“high cap”) shaped Jozsef (Joseph) mine, under the leadership of the Austrian mine officer Johann Frendl. The extracted salt was drawn to the surface by four horses in buff leather but in 1765 they could still see extractions on the surface. The year 1787 is the beginning of systematic mining, when the salt mine in Praid became the propriety of the Viennese Treasury. According to Balazs Orban the whole region of the Szeklers and Saxons was using salt from Praid. In 1864 they opened the trapezoid shaped Parallel–mine simultaneously with widening the Nandor – mine. In 1898 they began exploiting the Erzsebet (Elisabeth) search site in the northwestern part of the salt back.

 

As far as the therapeutic effect of the salt mine from Praid is concerned, here the climato and speleotherapy began in the 1960s in the old chambers of the enlarged Gyorgy Dozsa mine. Since 1980 they have equipped the therapy section for visitors at the +402m level and a depth of 120m from the surface of the ground. From the entrance of the mine a 1250 m long underground bus road leads to the speleo and climatotherapic salt chambers. The large mine chambers are provided with electricity and constant aeration. The air is highly ionized, very effective in what the respiratory diseases treatment is concerned.

 

Physiotherapy lead by a specialist, badminton, renting toys for children, a little historic museum, photo exhibitions, countless works of art and a mini library make this special underground world more homelike. Physical safety is ensured by a constantly present medical supervision, moral comfort is provided by the underground ecumenical chapel that was dedicated to Nepomuki Szent Janos (Saint John from Nepomuk) in 1993.

 

The Salt Region possesses significant scenic beauties and several geological rarities.

 

One of these rarities is the Salt Strait and the Salt Back that has been declared a natural reservation on an area of 60 acres. The Salt Strait is in fact the valley where the Korond stream breaks through the salt range that once connected Sohat (“Salt Back”) and the Gyilkos (Killer) side. This way a smaller hill was detached (the Kishollo “Small Crow”).

Another geological sight is the Csigadomb (“Snail Hill”) or Rakodo hegy (“Loading Mountain”) in Korond and its aragonite rock. It lies at the southern edge of the Basin of Parajd, right next to the road towards Korond.

Other sights of Sovidek (“Salt Region”) are: the fortress of Rapsonne (Mrs. Rapson), the Medveto (Lake Bear) from Sovata, the Likasko (Punched Stone) from Korond and numerous mineral – and salty – water springs.

The salt from Praid has been called “Szekler salt” since XV century, that provided the Transylvanian region and its people with a name, a right (the salt right), work and living possibilities for long centuries. Last but not least it provides the taste and soul of famous Szekler and Transylvanian food. The huge salt region from Praid has a last carefully kept secret: the magic of timelessness. The one who unravels this, will gain eternity, might be petrified.

 

Those who have once stopped in Praid, have been enchanted by the beauties of nature and overwhelmed by the hospitality of the local people being now richer in memories for life.

 

www.tv5.org - Praid Salt Mine

 

“Breathe Easier Naturally!”