Salt Therapy
Salt Therapy (Halotherapy)
Breathe Deep. Detox Naturally.
At Carmen Care, our Salt Therapy room offers a relaxing, restorative experience designed to cleanse your respiratory system, calm inflammation, and support immune health—all while you sit back, breathe, and unwind.
Also known as Halotherapy, this natural treatment mimics the healing microclimate of a salt cave, delivering fine pharmaceutical-grade salt particles into the air for you to inhale.
How It Works
Inside our serene salt room, a halogenerator disperses microscopic salt particles into the air. As you breathe them in, these negatively charged salt particles help:
Break down mucus and congestion in the lungs and sinuses
Kill bacteria and reduce inflammation in the airways
Improve skin conditions like eczema, psoriasis, and acne
Clear environmental toxins and allergens from the respiratory system
Reduce stress and promote relaxation
Sessions are peaceful, spa-like, and suitable for both adults and children.
What Salt Therapy Supports
Asthma, allergies, and sinus infections
Chronic bronchitis or COPD
Post-viral recovery and lingering cough
Skin conditions (eczema, acne, rashes)
Immune support during flu season
Stress, anxiety, and fatigue
Why It’s Part of Our Protocols
Salt Therapy fits beautifully into our whole-body detox and immune-boosting programs. It amplifies results when combined with red light therapy, laser energetic detox, and lymphatic treatments—especially for patients dealing with mold exposure, chronic inflammation, or long-term congestion.
Just breathe… and let your body do the rest.
Book your Salt Therapy session today and experience the purifying power of nature.
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Disclaimer
Numerous clinical and scientific studies have been conducted worldwide on Salt Therapy, also known as halotherapy or Dry Salt Therapy. It is important to note that the statements made throughout this material, content, and website have not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). Salt Therapy is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease.
Salty Session Care Tips for an Enhanced Relaxation Experience
Hydration Preparation: Drink 16-36 oz of water before your session to stay hydrated; water will be provided during your visit.
Mindful Caffeine Consumption: Avoid caffeinated beverages 1-2 hours before the session, as caffeine can be a strong stimulant, and individual reactions may vary.
Comfortable Attire: Dress casually and comfortably; salt poses no harm to clothing, hair, or shoes. Disposable hair nets and booties are available, and you can bring socks for added comfort.
Optimal Skin Exposure: The more skin exposed, the better. Inform us of any specific concerns and note that the antibacterial properties of salt can aid in skin healing.
Jewelry-Free Zone: Remove jewelry before entering the Salt booth for safety.
Disconnect Electronically: Refrain from using electronic devices during the session; focus 100% on yourself for complete relaxation and rejuvenation.
Protect Personal Items: The small salt particles can enter devices and jewelry. Leaving them outside can prevent potential damage due to humidity.
Clean and Sterile Environment: We clean and disinfect the Salt Booth between sessions, with disposable medical tissue paper lining the seat for added
hygiene.
Antibacterial Sanctuary: The Salt Booth’s antibacterial and antimicrobial properties ensure a sterile environment.
Post-Session Hydration: Drink water immediately after the session and twice more within an hour. Continue this hydration routine for the next three days.
Relaxation Techniques: Embrace the soft music backdrop and color light therapy. Breathe deeply through your nose, quiet your mind, and unwind, setting a positive tone for your day.
Post-Session Reflection: Share your feelings after the session and be aware that common after-effects may occur over the next 3-5 days, such as reduced inflammation and toxin purging.
We thank you for choosing Carmen Care Health & Wellness Institute as your Dry Salt Therapy provider. Your overall wellness is our priority for body-building health!
How Salt Therapy Works
Halotherapy, or Dry Salt Therapy, stands as a non-invasive, drug-free, and chemical-free natural solution.
The process involves the utilization of pure pharmaceutical-grade sodium chloride (99.999%), which is subjected to heating and grinding/crushing through a specialized device known as a Halogenerator.
This procedure transforms the salt into exceedingly fine micro-particles.
During a typical 10 minutes session, these dry aerosol micro-particles of salt are released into the salt booth.
As individuals relax in this environment, they inhale the micro-particles, and the particles also settle onto the skin. The minute salt particles reach deep into the respiratory system, including the lungs, bronchi, bronchioles, and alveoli, as well as penetrating the deeper layers of the skin.
This unique process is at the core of the therapeutic effects associated with Salt Therapy.
The Benefits of Salt Therapy
Halotherapy treatments offer benefits to individuals of all ages and contribute to overall wellness, respiratory health, and skin well-being. Specifically, Salt Therapy provides advantages for those experiencing the following conditions:
Respiratory Conditions:
Allergies
Asthma
Bronchitis
Bronchial infections
Chronic ENT illnesses
Cold and flu
Cystic Fibrosis
Emphysema
Pneumonia
Rhinitis
Sinus infections
Smoker’s cough
Wheezing
Skin Conditions:
Dermatitis
Ear infections
Eczema
Psoriasis
Salt Therapy for Athletes
Salt Therapy has demonstrated positive effects in the realm of sports performance.
Athletes can benefit from the natural, safe, and effective aspects of Salt Therapy, leading to improvements in lung function and normalization of breathing patterns.
The therapy has been shown to enhance breathing efficiency, increasing oxygen intake through nose breathing, and enabling athletes to achieve their maximum potential.
This, in turn, results in stronger performance with reduced breath requirements, better concentration, and a reserve of air for enhanced stamina and endurance.
Notably, athletes exposed to environments with pollutants, such as chlorine compounds in pools, may find Salt Therapy particularly beneficial in addressing Exercise-Induced Bronchoconstriction (EIB).
Why Salt Therapy is Effective
Salt Therapy derives its effectiveness from three key characteristics inherent in dry salt: super absorbency, anti-inflammatory properties, and antibacterial qualities.
As microscopic salt particles penetrate deep into the respiratory system during a session, these characteristics come into play.
Super Absorbent: Dry salt’s remarkable absorbent nature allows it to attract and absorb excess mucus, allergens, and foreign elements within the respiratory system. This process serves to open constricted airways, providing relief.
Anti-Inflammatory: The anti-inflammatory properties of dry salt contribute to reducing inflammation within the respiratory system. This anti-inflammatory effect can alleviate symptoms associated with various respiratory conditions.
Antibacterial: Dry salt’s antibacterial properties play a role in hindering the spread of bacteria and viruses within the respiratory system. By targeting and neutralizing these harmful agents, Salt Therapy supports a healthier respiratory environment.
Additionally, the larger salt particles that land on the skin during a session absorb bacterial and foreign substances, contributing to skin health.
Simultaneously, smaller particles can reach beneath the skin surface, absorbing moisture and promoting skin wellness.
Collectively, these characteristics make Salt Therapy a comprehensive and effective natural approach to respiratory and skin health.
The History of Salt Therapy
Salt therapy, alternatively referred to as Halotherapy and Dry Salt Therapy, originated in the mid-1800s in Poland. Remarkably, salt mine workers in this region rarely suffered from colds, respiratory ailments, or lung diseases.
This observation led health official Felix Bochkovsky to champion the therapeutic benefits of salt, laying the foundation for the development of salt therapy as we know it today.The essence of our existence in the field can be traced back to this historical perspective.
Salt therapy remains a singularly natural alternative, offering a 100% natural means to purify the body of antigens and toxins. Its inherent anti-inflammatory, antibacterial, and highly absorbent properties contribute to its efficacy. The primary focus of salt therapy revolves around enhancing respiratory system and skin health.
About Salt Therapy
Salt, a fundamental element crucial to life, has historically found application in various therapeutic, healing, and medicinal contexts.
From saline solutions and nebulizers to skin scrubs and salt baths, as well as the use of Nettie pots, salt has been harnessed in what is commonly known as “wet” Salt Therapy.
In our contemporary society, a new dimension of Salt Therapy has emerged, emphasizing the unique ability of salt to absorb moisture.
Referred to as Dry Salt Therapy or Halotherapy, with “Halo” derived from the Greek word for salt, this approach has gained prominence for its potential health benefits.
Modern Halotherapy focuses on harnessing the inherent qualities of salt in a dry form.
Today, Halotherapy has gained global recognition and is practiced in Europe, Australia,
the United Kingdom, Canada, the United States, and various other regions.
Positioned as a natural and complementary approach, it aims to enhance general wellness, address respiratory issues, alleviate skin conditions, facilitate detoxification, optimize athletic performance, and more.
Salt Therapy Wellness Director
René Stern knew she found her passion when she entered the health and wellness field. Leveraging her diverse, professional, and philanthropic background, she has become one of South Florida’s leading Advocates for Holistic wellness and Humanitarian social causes. To name a few, René is the Founder & President Emeritus Advisor for The Boca Raton Chapter of Holistic Chamber of Commerce (since 2018) and board seated/third party volunteer for the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation of South Florida (since 2016), Alzheimer’s Association and American Cancer Society.
As a native Floridian and BS graduate in Social Psychology and Industrial Relations from University of Florida, René is further skilled as a Medical Aesthetician, Medical Electrologist, Certified Aesthetic Consultant and Salt Therapy Specialist.
While René has witnessed many people’s lives change in meaningful and measurable ways after they incorporated Salt Therapy in their wellness journey, she is continuing her mission to educate and impact others in their emotional and mindful fitness through skin and respiratory health.
Examples of improved conditions: COVID, COPD, Cystic Fibrosis, coughs, headaches, allergies, postnasal drip, skin, inflammation and swelling, or just mental fatigue. Her active leadership remains in purposefully empowering others to effortlessly maintain clear respiratory and total body building health to contribute to the greater good.
Rene’s mother passed at an early age of 64 (over 20 years ago) from a very rare lung cancer which started with a lingering cough borne from a Tuberculosis scar.
The x-rays did not catch it in time. If Salt Therapy had not been around back then, René believes her mother would have had a greater chance of beating the odds.
Just like spending routine time in the gym, Salt Therapy is essential as it will increase stamina and strengthen endurance by maintaining clear lungs. With only 10 minutes, time will be on your side.
Preventative self-care health can be yours with Salt Therapy.
Salt Therapy Resources
Salt Therapy Education
SALT-Ed – Salt Therapy Education https://www.salttherapyassociation.org/salt-therapy-education?utm_source=sta-website&utm_medium=website&utm_campaign=Salt%20Therapy%20Association%20-%20Education
Research Articles
The Importance of Halotherapy in the Treatment of COVID-19 Related Disease: https://www.jceionline.org/article/the-importance-of-halotherapy-in-the-treatment-of-covid-19-related-diseases-8486
The use of Halotherapy for the rehabilitation of patients with acute bronchitis and a protracted and recurrent course. (Borisenko LV, Chervinskaia AV, Stepanova NG, Luk’ian VS, Goncharova VA, Pokhodzeĭ IV, Krivitskaia VZ, Vishniakova LA, Pokhaznikova MA, Faustova ME,) 1995 Russia http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/7785211
The use of an artificial microclimate chamber in the treatment of patients with chronic obstructive lung diseases (Chernenkov RA, Chernenkova EA, Zhukov GV.) 1997 Russia http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/9424823
Halotherapy in the combined treatment of chronic bronchitis patients (Maev EZ, Vinogradov NV.) 1999 Russia http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10439712
The scientific validation and outlook for the practical use of halo-aerosol therapy (Chervinskaia AV.) 2000 Russia http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11094875
Halotherapy for treatment of respiratory diseases. (Chervinskaya AV1, Zilber NA). 2000 Russia https://www.salttherapyassociation.org/images/Halotherapy-for-Treatment-of-Respiratory-Diseases.pdf
Effectiveness of Halotherapy of chronic bronchitis patients (Abdrakhmanova LM, Farkhutdinov UR, Farkhutdinov RR.) 2000 Russia http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11197648
Effects of Halotherapy on free radical oxidation in patients with chronic bronchitis (Farkhutdinov UR, Abdrakhmanova LM, Farkhutdinov RR.) 2000 Russia
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11210350
Efficacy of therapeutic use of ultrasound and sinusoidal modulated currents combed with Halotherapy in patient with occupational toxic-dust bronchitis (Roslaia NA, Likhacheva EI, Shchekoldin PI) 2001 Russia
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11530404
The effect of salt chamber treatment on bronchial hyperresponsiveness in asthmatics. (Hedman J1, Hugg T, Sandell J, Haahtela T.) 2006 Finland
https://www.salttherapyassociation.org/images/Asthma-Salt-Therapy-Study.pdf
The use of Halotherapy for the health improvement in children at institutions of general education (Khan MA, Chervinskaia AV, Mikitchenko NA) 2012 Russia
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22908472
Double-blind placebo-controlled randomized clinical trial on the efficacy of Aerosal in the treatment of sub-obstructive adenotonsillar hypertrophy and related diseases. (Gelardi M1, Iannuzzi L, Greco Miani A, Cazzaniga S, Naldi L, De Luca C, Quaranta N) 2013 Italy
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24041858
Salt caves as simulation of natural environment and significance of Halotherapy. (Zajac J1, Bojar I2, Helbin J1, Kolarzyk E1, Owoc A3) 2014 Poland
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24738510
A review of halotherapy for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (International Journal of COPD, Rachael Rashleigh Sheree MS Smith, and Nicola J Roberts) 2014
Halotherapy in the combined treatment of chronic bronchitis patients
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10439712
SALTMED: The Therapy with Sodium Chloride Dry Aerosols. (B. Opriţa, C. Pandrea, B. Dinu, B. Aignătoaie) 2010 Romania
https://www.salttherapyassociation.org/sta_pdf/HTstudyCOPD_ASthma2010.pdf
Halotherapy in Controlled Salt Chamber Microclimate for Recovering Medicine (Chervinskaya Alina V.) 2007 https://www.salttherapyassociation.org/sta_pdf/Halotherapy_in_Controlled_Salt_Chamber_Microclimate_for_Recovering_Medicine.pdf
Halotherapy History and Experience of Clinical Application (A.V. Chervinskaya, A.N. Alexandrov, S.I. Konovalov)
PROSPECTS OF HALOTHERAPY IN SANATORIUM-AND-SPA DERMATOLOGY AND COSMETOLOGY (Chervinskaya A. V. 2006)
https://www.salttherapyassociation.org/sta_pdf/halotherapy_in_dermatology.pdf
Halotherapy as asthma treatment in children: A randomized, controlled, prospective pilot study. (Bar-Yoseph R, et al. Pediatr Pulmonol. 2016.) https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27723955
Halotherapy (Dr. Daniel T. Layish, 2015)
https://www.salttherapyassociation.org/images/DrLayishArticle—Pulmonary-and-Sleep-Disorders.pdf
Halotherapy of Respiratory Diseases. (Chervinskaya A.) 2003 Russia
https://www.salttherapyassociation.org/images/Halotherapy_of_Respiratory_Diseases1.pdf
Halotherapy in Patients with Cystic Fibrosis: A Pilot Study (Morhaf Al Achkar, David E. Geller, Amanshe Perera Slaney and Daniel T Layish – 2015)
Halotherapy History and Experience of Clinical Application (A.V. Chervinskaya, A.N. Alexandrov, S.I. Konovalov)
Effect of Dry Sodium Chloride Aerosol on the Respiratory Tract of Tobacco Smokers (Alina V. Chervinskaya. 2006)
The role of non-medicamental technologies in the rehabilitation of the children presenting with acute rhinosinusitis. (Khan MA , Khoruzhenko OV , Vakhova EL , Lyan NA , Radetskaya LI)
http://europepmc.org/abstract/MED/26595967
Theoretical basis and clinical benefits of dry salt inhalation therapy. (Endre L. 2015)
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26551167
Bronchial hyperreactivity to the inhalation of hypo- and hyperosmolar aerosols and its correction by halotherapy. (Gorbenko PP, Adamova IV, Sinitsyna TM) 1996
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/9019826
Salt Halo Therapy and Saline Inhalation Administered to Patients with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease: A Pilot Study (Ulla Møller Weinreich, Tove Nilsson, Lone Mylund, Helle Thaarup Christiansen and Birgitte Schantz Laursen – 2014)
Impact assessment of saline aerosols on exercise capacity of athletes (Stirbu Catalina, Stirbu Catalin, Sandu Ion – 2012)
Surveys on therapeutic effects of “halotherapy chamber with artificial saltmine environment” on patients with certain chronic allergenic respiratory pathologies and infectious-inflammatory pathologies (Lazarescu H, Simionca I, Hoteteu M, Munteanu A, Rizea I, Iliuta A, Dumitrascu D, Dumitrescu E – 2014)
https://www.salttherapyassociation.org/images/Surveys-on-therapeutic-effects-of-halotherapy.pdf
Halotherapy and Buteyko Breathing Technique – a possible successful combination in relieving respiratory symptoms (Radu CRIȘANDABIJA, Traian MIHĂESCU – 2017)
HALOTHERAPY – AN ALTERNATIVE METHOD FOR THE TREATMENT OF RESPIRATORY DISEASES (Evgeniya Vladeva)
Halotherapy – Benefits and Risks (Evgeniya Vladeva, Liliya Panajotova)
https://www.salttherapyassociation.org/images/Halotherapy-Benefits-and-Risks-Research.pdf
Dry sodium chloride aerosol against acute respiratory infections (Alina Chervinskaya – 2009)
Halotherapy as asthma treatment in children: A randomized, controlled, prospective pilot study
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/ppul.23621
Salt Therapy as a Complementary Method for the Treatment of Respiratory Tract Diseases, With a Focus on Mold-Related Illness
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34726628/
Halotherapy relieves chronic obstructive pulmonary disease by alleviating NLRP3 inflammasome-mediated pyroptosis https://atm.amegroups.com/article/view/106298/pdf
The Importance of Halotherapy in the Treatment of COVID-19 Related Diseases https://www.jceionline.org/article/the-importance-of-halotherapy-in-the-treatment-of-covid-19-related-diseases-8486
According to the STA, spending time in a salt therapy environment can help:
Cleanse the respiratory system
Improve lung function
Stimulate skin cell regeneration and exfoliation
Boost the immune system
Recent evidence and new research indicate that Salt Therapy positively impacts people with certain respiratory and skin conditions. Inhaling dry salt particles may reduce inflammation of the entire respiratory tract and widen airway passages. Dry salt particles are also known to accelerate mucus transportation and eliminate residual tar and foreign allergens.
Salt Therapy helps cleanse and detox the lungs and invigorate the entire
body with increased lung capacity and oxygen intake.Benefits include enhanced lung capacity, a boosted immune system, reduced stress and better sleep.
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