Himalayan Salt: A Fighting Agent for COPD

The month of November is recognized as National COPD Awareness Month. Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a debilitating, incurable disease that produces coughing and excessive amounts of mucus that clogs and restricts air passages and makes breathing very laborious and exhausting. COPD is caused by smoking, secondary smoke, a combination of bronchitis and emphysema or asthma, allergies and air pollutants.

Salt therapy is an all-natural way, with no side effects, to provide relief to those suffering with this terrible disease. Salt therapy has been proven to help control and/or lessen the severity of COPD as well as help with the symptoms of other respiratory diseases. Himalayan salt is antibacterial, antiviral and anti-inflammatory. As one breathes, the salt air acts like a little scrub brush cleaning the celli, bronchial tubes, brachia and the alveoli. It shrinks and opens the restricted airways so the exchange of oxygen and carbon dioxide can take place, making it easier to breathe, without any or with less corticosteroid. Himalayan salt therapy is 100 percent natural, safe and drug-free, and provides effective long-term relief. It can be used as a complementary treatment to prescribed medications—potentially increasing the effectiveness of prescribed medications while decreasing the amount necessary—or as an alternative treatment.

Location: Breath of Salt Spa, 1410 Colonial Life Blvd., Ste. 250, Columbia. For more information, call 803-772-7258.