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CLASSICAL SAUNA
SAUNA AND SALT THERAPY
Salt therapy among SPA therapies is used to clean the respiration system. Salt therapy is one of
the treatment methods which has been used as important treatment sources for centuries. It is
especially important in respiratory diseases. It gives great amount of release for asthma, sinusitis,
KOAH patients. Again, related with respiratory system, it is a method that significantly contributes
to the treatment of sleep disorders, sleep apnoea, waking up tired all deriving from not
breathing properly. Salt therapy is a process that was initiated by Dr. Felix Boczkowski in 1843
after he had noticed that the workers in the salt mines of Wieliczka city of Poland had not faced
with any respiratory diseases and examining the issue scientifically and reporting his findings.
Following this event, inside this mine in Poland, the first salt therapy center in world had been
opened. In the following years, similar therapy centres had been opened throughout the world
in salt mines and caves.
How is salt therapy applied in sauna?
Inside the sauna, walls/panels are constructed composed of salt bricks obtained from salt of
Himalayas. In the atmosphere of the sauna, with the effect of high temperature and humidity,
micro particulars are released from the salt bricks. This causes the effect of salt room inside the
sauna.
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