Halotherapy
- Gloss
- the therapeutic use of salt usually by inhalation of an aerosol composed chiefly of fine salt particles and circulated in an enclosed area
- Usage
- Halotherapy—from the Greek "halos," which means "salt"—uses dry aerosol micro-particles of salt or minerals inside of a large, arid space to simulate the microclimate of salt mines, says Dr. Niket Sonpal, assistant professor at Touro College of Medicine. Salt exposure as a therapeutic treatment developed after 1843, when Polish physician Feliks Boczowski noticed that his patients, who worked in salt mines, had no respiratory or lung problems compared to other miners.
- Reference
- merriam-webster.com
Sanskrit equivalent
लवणवाष्पचिकित्सा
- Synonyms
- हालो थेरपि, लवणचिकित्सा
- Context
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