Salt Clinic eases Coughing

The Salt Clinic offers a Natural Cough Remedy with Salt Therapy.

In order to help you choose evidence-based complementary/alternative treatment we would like you to get a better understanding of cough symptoms and the treatments options available. A cough is a forceful release of air from the lungs that can be heard. Coughing protects the respiratory system by clearing it of irritants and secretions.

In the majority of cases, coughs are caused by respiratory infections, including:

• colds or influenza, the most common causes of coughs

• bronchitis, an inflammation of the mucous membranes of the bronchial tubes

• croup, a viral inflammation of the larynx, windpipe, and bronchial passages that produces a bark-like cough in children

• whooping cough, a bacterial infection accompanied by the high-pitched cough for which it is named

• pneumonia, a potentially serious bacterial infection that produces discolored or bloody mucus

Environmental pollutants, such as cigarette smoke, dust, or smog, can also cause a cough. In the case of cigarette smokers, the nicotine present in the smoke paralyzes the hairs (cilia) that regularly flush mucus from the respiratory system. The mucus then builds up, forcing the body to remove it by coughing. Post-nasal drip, the irritating trickle of mucus from the nasal passages into the throat caused by allergies or sinusitis, can also result in a cough. Some chronic conditions, such as asthma, chronic bronchitis, emphysema, and cystic fibrosis, are characterized in part by a cough. A condition in which stomach acid backs up into the esophagus (gastroesophageal reflux) can cause coughing, especially when a person is lying down. A cough can also be a side-effect of medications that are administered via an inhaler. It can also be a side-effect of beta-blockers and ACE inhibitors, which are drugs used for treating high blood pressure.

Pharmacologic Treatments

Nowadays powerful development of pharmacology and industrial production of medicines encourages growth of treatment by medication. Simplicity of application, availability and rapid effect give priority to pharmacotherapy. However, along with their therapeutic effect, medicines can cause pathologic conditions that are associated with side effects.

Many allergic conditions and autoimmune processes are caused by medicines. Furthermore, treatment by medication does not restore our own body's defense mechanisms.  This point of view makes physicians turn back to the experience of natural healing factors and carry out investigations in order to find medication-free treatment methods.

Drug-Free Salt Therapy

Clinically proven complementary/alternative treatment which appears to successfully address the needs of a person diagnosed with sinusitis is dry saline aerosol inhalation, also known as Salt Therapy performed in an our artificial salt cave in our Salt Clinic.