Salt lamps are very useful on a daily basis to improve our health and psyche. They not only make for pleasurable surrounding and notable conversation pieces, they help improve our health.

Here are some notes on Ionization, Light Therapy and Aroma Therapy.

Ions And Your Health

We spend most of our lives in enclosed places. Our frame of mind and physical condition depend on the air composition, we breath. The air is electrically charged, which means it contains in definite proportion, positive molecules (plus-ions) and negative (minus-ions). Scientific research proves that their balance is required to create a good mood. Computers screens, air-conditioning, and TV sets are sources of surplus plus-ions in the air. These devices make an electrical smog, which leads to bad mood, weakness and sleeplessness. We need to make additional minus-ions to achieve a balance in the air and neutralize the electrical smog effect in our places.

The environment we live in, is full of positive ions which makes the Air more pullulated. These positive ions are being discharged by Electrical Appliances, Spreading of High Voltage Network, Heating and Big Cooling Plants, Transmitters of Radio and Television Boosters, Big Radar System Functions, Huge use of Tobacco, working on Computer and watching of T.V Sets. The Crystal of Rock Salt are known to be one of the most Efficient Emitters of Negative Ions., to improve the air quality.

Salt lamps create a microclimate that is similar to the air after a light spring storm.

In the high country and near the water falls, fresh air carries around 4000 negative ions per cubic centimeter whereas in big cities, during rush hours and traffic jams, the negative ions do not exceed more than 100 to 120 ions per cubic centimeter. The presence of negative ions in the atmosphere create a state of well-being.

Salt crystal, thanks to its chemical composition, is an ideal source of negative ions.

Negative ions clean the air of:

· Dust
· Pollen (grass, weed and tree pollen)
· Dust mites
· Animal dander
· Smoke
· Odor
· Mold spores

Negative Ions help relieve symptoms of:

· Hay fever
· Asthma
· Seasonal affective disorder
· Depression
· Chronic fatigue

The impact of negative ions is powerful. Originally they were found to help asthma patients. Later they were discovered to effect Serotonin levels in the bloodstream, stabilize alpha rhythms and to positively affect reactions to sensory stimuli. The attendant greater level of alertness can translate into improved learning, improved well being and enhanced performance of mental tasks.

Dr. Albert P. Krueger, a Microbiologist and experimental Pathologist at the University of California, found that an astonishing small quantity of negative ions could kill bacteria and quickly take them out of the air so they were less likely to infect people".

Rock Salt Crystal Lamps are highly suitable for daily use near Televisions, and Computers around smokers, in office with air-conditioning, during massage therapy, in mediation rooms and anywhere else you want to restore or preserve the natural air quality.

Aroma Therapy

Alternative medical techniques can avoid the discomfort and side effects that come with prescription drugs. And depending on the technique used, psychiatrists say that they can be very well tolerated by elderly patients.

"People with dementia are among the most vulnerable in our society. Symptoms often need to be treated expediently, and drugs, although moderately effective, can be hazardous," according to Professor Alistair Burns, a professor of psychiatry at the University of Manchester, England. Burns added.

According to Professor Burns, "Aromatherapy and bright light treatment seem to be safe and effective and may have an important role in managing behavioral problems in people with dementia".

Light therapy entails sitting in front of bright and colored lights in order to alleviate restlessness, behavioral and sleeping problems.

Mister Burns and other psychiatrists said in an editorial in The British Medical that three trials done in the past year (2002) have shown the benefit of aromatherapy. Notable benefit for dementia patients resulted from the use of lemon balm and lavender oil. It seems that the oils contain compounds that are absorbed by body and that seem to cause relief from the normally expected symptoms.

And salt lamps are particularly effective for aroma therapy. Not only do these aromatic dispensers disperse the compounds that help your body, they give triple benefits. They give off light that is necessary to avoid depression and create a pleasant surroundings, they give off ions that create a healthy microclimate and they disperse healthy aromas into the atmosphere.

Light Therapy

Light is important to mental well being. Light therapy is a common treatment in the North Countries where one finds high rates of depression that doctors have found are related to the long winter nights experienced by the people who live there.

Salt lamps can be used for light therapy and they can be used to adjust our emotional conditions.

Salt comes in a very useful spectrum of colors that create different moods. So you can choose one or more to fit your current condition.

Red is the provocative color that boosts your vital forces and gives you an energetic outlook on life.

Apricot is said to help you overcome over come emotional blocks, improve open mindedness and increase vital energy.

Orange is supposed to aid relaxation and improve body harmony. It is also said to be very helpful in overcoming stress, and nervous shock. It also is supposed to increase creativity and your outlook on life.

White brightens your outlook and has a calming effect that helps you concentrate and enrich your emotional life.

You can choose between the electric or candle aromatic dispensers. There is no doubt that for power applications where you need maximum effect, the electric model is best.

But if you use your aromatic dispenser as a preventative measure and atmosphere enhancing decoration, there is no doubt that a candle model fits the bill.

What do we do? We are not waiting for problems. We use an electric aromatic dispenser in our family area. And when it is time to turn down the lights and entertain, we set up our candle unit.

For any information about these products, please contact saltlamps@lampbank.nl

Also see:

Salt Crystal Lamps (for health)

Quality of Polish Salt Lamps

Quality Comparison of Polish Salt Lamps

Speleotherapy