It seems too simple to be true—salt as therapy for asthma, allergies, eczema and stress. Ancient texts—including the Bible—document the therapeutic uses of salt for thousands of years. Even Hippocrates used salt to treat his patients. Now you can get salt therapy—right in your own neighborhood. Salt therapy (also known as halotherapy) is administered in…
Salt therapy is performed in a special spa-like room with salt-coated walls and floor. During a session, pharmaceutical-grade salt is pulverized into microscopic particles and propelled into the room. Salt therapy involves lounging in this cozy room and passively breathing in the particles while listening to soothing music, reading or just relaxing in a zero-gravity…
Do you ever think about your summer nutrition? If you’re like most of us, probably not. We aren’t as likely to get colds, our schedules aren’t as regimented, and we have different activities with which to amuse ourselves. Here are a few tips that will help you stay healthy during the summer months. We all…
When inflammation becomes “runaway,” we see chronic inflammatory conditions occur like asthma, allergies, chronic ear infections and sinusitis. When low-level inflammation goes on for years, chronic degenerative diseases can develop. We generally equate a healthy immune system with “not getting sick,” but did you know that your immune system controls your body’s defenses against both…
According to the National Eczema Association, over 30 million Americans are afflicted with eczema, or atopic dermatitis. It is an allergic inflammation of the skin, often beginning in infancy and appearing after a baby stops breastfeeding. The affected skin has raised, red eruptions that form scaling crusts with itching as a principle symptom. Eczema has…
Have you ever thought of spring cleaning for your health? We pay a lot of attention to our house and surroundings. Spring is an appropriate time (and a gentle reminder) to clean up the “house” we carry around—our bodily temple! In the spring, we’re a couple months removed from New Year’s resolutions and perhaps have…
Holistic medicine has always shown up in the headlines, but now it’s even more important to consider your alternatives. Even before COVID, we had a pre-existing health crisis in the U.S.—a chronic complex disease epidemic. Years ago, it was infectious disease and before that—way back in the 1800s—it was vitamin deficiency. Now it’s cancer, heart…