If one considers what we have talked about so far, then the question must arise:

Why do we continue using this chemically refined salt that actually poisons our body?

The answer is very simple. Ninety-three percent (93%) of the world's salt is being used directly for industrial purposes and 6% used for preserving processes.

And for this, pure sodium chloride is necessary. For every chemical process, sodium chloride is needed.

The remaining, natural elements, are considered impurities and discarded as unwanted.

Only a very small part of the worldwide salt production finds its way to our kitchens as table salt.

With the help of intensive advertising campaigns, the Industry tries to convince the people of the health advantage to adding halogens, like highly toxic iodine (in the form of iodide) to the salt.

Fluoride is another substance they like to add to salt. But fluoride is the most reactive element.

Fluoride is a greenish-yellowish, piercingly sharp gas and also belongs to the halogen group. Iodine is artificially added in order to help the thyroid gland and fluoride is added because it is good for teeth.

But both elements actually make the sodium chloride even more toxic.

And further, table salt very often contains preservatives that don't have to be listed on the container like, calcium carbonate, magnesium carbonate, as well as aluminum hydroxide, which improved pour ability of the salt.

However aluminum is a light alloy that can be deposited in the brain and is known to be one of the causes of Alzheimer's disease.

One of the suspected reasons for the high incidents of Alzheimer in the U.S. is the high consumption of products and drinks packaged in aluminum cans.

After all, it's the natural salt in our bodies that allows our brain processes to even function.

Salts consisting of all the natural elements, are considered, in error, by the biochemical industry to be contaminated.

In reality, only the naturally occurring calcium, gallium and magnesium found in salt can be absorbed and used by the body.

We need salt in its holistic form, with all the natural elements, in order for our bodies to function perfectly.

But our consumption of salt is killing us. Why is that?

Life on Earth is not possible without salt.

Because our regular table salt no longer has anything in common with the original crystal salt. Salt nowadays is mainly sodium chloride and not salt.

Natural crystal salt consists not only of two, but also of all natural elements. These are exactly identical to the elements of which our bodies have been built and originally found existing in the "primal ocean" from where all life originated.

But in the long run, it poisons the system because those substances cannot be disposed of.

This brine water flows through more than 56,000 miles of waterways and blood vessels throughout our organism with the forces of gravity and levity and regulates and balances the functions of our body.

How Salt Became Sodium Chloride

With the advent of industrial development, our natural salt was "chemically cleaned" and reduced only to sodium and chloride.

Important minerals and trace elements were considered "impure" and removed. This remaining salt by itself however, is not a natural element and is poison to the body.

The body recognizes this chemically cleaned sodium chloride as an aggressive poison to its cells and wants to get rid of it as quickly as possible. This causes constant overburden for our excretive organs.

In almost every preserved product, salt is used as part of the preservation process. Therefore, by adding more salt to the already salted food, the body receives more salt than it can get rid of.

The body now tries to isolate the over dose of salt. In this process, water molecules surround the sodium chloride in order to ionize it into sodium and chloride to neutralize it.

For this process, the water is taken from our cells and the body has to sacrifice its most perfectly structured cell water in order to neutralize sodium chloride. In doing so, the dehydrated body cells die.

Arthritis, Kidney & Gall Stones and Cellulite Caused By Common SaltEating common table salt results in the formation of edema, or excess fluid in the body tissue, which is also the cause of cellulite.

That's why doctors tell us to avoid salt. For every gram of sodium chloride that the body cannot get rid of, the body uses twenty-three times the amount of cell water to neutralize the salt.

If the sodium chloride is still too high, the body re-crystallises the table salt by using available animal proteins, which also cannot be broken down and eliminated.

The body uses these proteins to produce uric acid in order to get rid of the excess salt. As the body cannot dispose of uric acid, it binds itself with the sodium chloride to form new crystals that are deposited directly in the bones and joints.

This is the cause of different kinds of rheumatisms such as arthritis, gout, and kidney and gall bladder stones.

The re-crystallizing is the body's band-aid solution for the cells and organs in order to protect the body from irreparable damage of irresponsible food intake.

Interesting enough, our blood contains the same salty solution or brine as that of the primal sea; that is, a fluid consisting of water and salt.It also has the same concentration as existed in those days when life left the primal sea.

Extracts from the Book

Water & Salt – the Essence of Life

by Dr Barbara Hendel, MD and Peter Ferreira

Facts About Salt

When we speak of Himalayan Crystal Salt, we are referring to only one specific crystal salt, the “Original” coming from one specific location in the East Karakoram range of the Himalayan Mountain in Pakistan. Himalayan Crystal Salt has been the subject of comprehensive medical research as written about in the book Water&Salt – The Essence of Life, by Dr Barbara Hendel, MD and Peter Ferreira. Original Himalayan Crystal Salt is more than sodium and chloride. Original Himalayan Crystal Salt can actually be viewed as food. When we speak of salt, and as we scrutinize its properties, we mean salt in its original form: holistic, wholesome, unaltered, natural salt, as it has crystallized in the Earth over millions of years.

The Meaning of the Word Salt

Original Himalayan crystal salt contains all the elements of which the human body is comprised. From the periodic table of elements we are familiar with 94 natural elements (stable as well as unstable). Apart from inert gases, all of the elements (84) can be found in crystal salt. Hence crystal salt contains all natural minerals and trace elements that are found in the human body. We perceive crystal salt as being the totality of all natural elements. This may not be entirely correct according to chemistry, however we will continue to use the term crystal salt in this context. The number of the respective elements contained in the crystal salt is biophysically irrelevant to this study.

The word salt comes from the Latin term sal, which again comes from the word sol. Sol is synonymous with the “Sole, the water and salt solution and is the Latin word from sun. Mythologically, and from its definition, sole means “liquid sunlight,” the liquid materialization of the sun’s energy, liquid light energy,, bound into a geometrical structure, capable of creating and sustaining life. This literally explains where life on Earth came from: from the sole of the primal oceans.

The Celtic word for salt, “hall” has the same roots as the German word heilig meaning “holy” which also comes from the word heil meaning “whole.” Further, hall also signifies sound (German schall). The schall is a sound with a long hall, which means echo or reverberation in German, involving vibration. If we knew of these correlations today, we would be asking our neighbour at the table to “Please pass me some vibration,” rather than “Please pass me some salt.” We have to ask, “Were the Celts conscious of the fact that salt contained all the frequency patterns of the elements?” And, that “hall” was the basic vibration for “heil” (German “health”)/”wholesomeness”? They definitely knew how to cure illnesses and rebalance the energy deficit in the body through “hall,” their salt.

From an energetic, as well as from the biophysical point of view, an energy deficit can be balanced with salt, regardless of the missing frequency pattern, or the missing information/energy/life-force. Pure crystal salt is still geologically defined as “halite,” in which we can recognize the Celtic words “hall” for salt and “lit” for light. Loosely translated, crystal salt or halite means, light vibration. Natural Himalayan crystal salt consists not only of two, but also of all natural elements. These are identical to the elements of which our bodies have been built and originally found existing in the “primal ocean” from where all life originated. Interesting enough, our blood is a sole, containing the same salty solution as that of the primal sea; that is, a fluid consisting of water and salt.

Salt – Mediator between Energy and Matter

Salt is that which remains after matter has dissolved and transformed into subtle matter. The founder of the Schüssler Salt Therapy, Dr. Wilhelm Schüssler, already proved, over 100 years ago, that the ashes remaining after a corpse is cremated are nothing but the salts of which the human body is made. The by-product of the modern waste burning plants is salt. Needless to say, no one would want to eat this salt, but the fact remains, it is salt. Our prehistoric ancestors were already aware of the crucial necessity of salt. Wherever they found salt they guarded it like a treasure. Later in history, salt was called “white gold” and was the subject of political power plays, which oftentimes resulted in war. Roman soldiers were actually paid with salt, which is reflected in the word “salary.” Salt was more important for survival than gold. Throughout Europe, the salt routes over which the white gold was transported emerged. The names of many German cities bear testimony to this time, with such names as: Salzgitter, Salzburg or Bad Salzuflen for instance. Also, names including the word “hall,” the Celtic word for salt, emerged, with city names like Bad Reichenhall, Friedrichshall and Hallein, indicating salt deposits at these locations.

The Structure of Salt

Similar to water, salt has its individual crystalline structure. In contrast to the structure of water, which is tetrahedral in shape, the grid structure of salt is cubic in form. This cube is constructed from light quanta, also called photons, which are pure light energy, The light/heat energy of the sun evaporated the primal oceans more than 250 million years ago and the energy expended for this dehydration is stored in the platonic body of the salt’s crystalline grid as potential energy. By adding water, the force of the grid can be overcome, so that the energy it holds is liberated. In this process, the elements within the crystal salt are ionized, allowing them to penetrate the body’s cells. This creates an ocean of energy, a powerful potential, waiting only to create and sustain life.

The Power of Salt to Transform

From a scientific point of view, salt has a very unique property. In contrast to all other crystalline structures, the atomic structure of salt is not molecular, but electrical. This fact is what makes salt so transformable. When we submerge a quartz crystal into water and remove it after 10 minutes, it is still the same quartz crystal. It did not change molecularly, though it has a crystalline structure. Although the crystal can give its energy, its frequency pattern into the surrounding water, which is effortlessly absorbed, the quartz crystal remains the same. The crystal is too rooted in matter to be dissolved or disassociated from its polarity. When we submerge a crystal of salt into water, it dissolves, and the (Brine) Sole is created. Sole is neither water nor salt. It is a higher energetic dimension than either the water or the salt alone. When the sole evaporates, the salt is left behind. This transformability of salt ensures that it does not have to be metabolized in our body. Starch is transformed into sugar, protein into amino acids and fat into glycerine and acid. But salt remains salt. It is directly available to the cells in its ionized form as sole (so-lay). All other foods must be separated into their components in order for the body to make use of them. But salt always remains in its original form. It even accesses our brain directly.

No Thoughts and No Actions Without Salt

impulses. In the beginning there is the thought. This thought is nothing but an electromagnetic frequency. The salt is responsible for enabling this frequency to transmit commands to the muscles and organs.

The Conductivity of Salt

Most of us are familiar with experimenting with the conductivity of salt from science class. We attach two ends of an electric current to a light bulb and submerge it into a glass with distilled water. Because this water is not conductive, the bulb does not light up. But when we add a little bit of salt into the water, the bulb slowly starts to glow. It is the same with our body. When we lack the natural elements of the salt, we are suffering from a chronic loss, a chronic energy deficit, or deficit of information. Salt cannot be labelled as a medication, because that would imply that apples too were a medication. Salt is a core essential nutrient with exceptional abilities and qualities fundamental for keeping us alive. And we can find that which we are lacking, the respective frequency pattern, as well as the necessary bio-chemicals, in natural crystal salt.

White Gold to White Poison

As common as salt shakers are to our kitchens, so are the numbers of diseases associated with salt’s daily use. Life is not possible without salt. But our consumption of salt is killing us. Why is that? Because our regular table salt no longer has anything in common with the original crystal salt of which we’re talking about here. Salt nowadays is mainly sodium chloride and not salt. Natural crystal salt consists not only of two, but also of all natural elements. These are identical to the elements of which our bodies have been built and originally found existing in the “primal ocean” from where all life originated. Interesting enough, our blood is a sole, containing the same salty solution as that of the primal sea; a fluid consisting of water and salt. It also has the same ratio of concentration as existed in the days when life left the primal sea. This sole flows through more than 56,000 miles of waterways and blood vessels throughout our organism with the forces of gravity and levity and regulates and balances the functions of our body.

How Salt Became Sodium Chloride

With the advent of industrial development, natural salt was “chemically cleaned” and reduced to the combination of sodium and chloride. Essential minerals and trace elements were removed as impurities. However, sodium chloride is an unnatural, isolated, unwholesome substance having nothing in common with salt. Similar to white, refined sugar, salt, once regarded as white gold, was converted into white poison. However, there is a higher reason for salt having been endowed with all the natural elements found in our bodies. Sodium chloride is an aggressive substance, which bio-chemically, is perpetually seeking an equalizing counterpart so that the body’s pH can always remain neutral. Sodium chloride needs its natural counterpart in order for it to produce its effect. The natural counterparts, such as potassium, calcium, magnesium and other minerals and trace elements, demonstrate, from a biophysical standpoint, specific frequency patterns. These patterns ensure the geometric structures in our body. When these structures are missing, we are without energy and are lifeless. Salt should not be used just to add flavour to our food, but for its vibration pattern, which is similar to our body.

How Table Salt Burdens the Body

While our body only requires the minute amount of 0.007 ounces of salt per day, most of us suffer from a lack of salt, even through we’re over-saturated with sodium chloride. When our consumption of salt is less than 0.007 ounces per day, salt craving kicks in. The average, per capita, daily consumption of table salt in the U.S. is between 0.4 ounces and 0.7 ounces. However, our body is only able to excrete 0.17 ounces to 0.25 ounces a day through our kidneys, depending on our age, constitution and sex. The body recognizes table salt as an aggressive cellular poison, an unnatural substance, and wants to eliminate it as quickly as possible in order to protect itself. This causes a constant overburden on our organs of excretion. In almost every preserved product, salt is used as part of the preservation process. So, by adding salt to the already-salted food, the body receives more salt than it can get rid of. The body now tries to isolate the over-dose of salt. In this process, water molecules surround the sodium chloride in order to ionize it into sodium and chloride to neutralize it. For this process, the water is taken from our cells as the body sacrifices its most perfectly structured cell water in order to neutralize sodium chloride. With this, the dehydrated body cells die.

The Consequences of Consuming Table Salt

The result of consuming common table salt is the formation of overly acidic edema, or excess fluid in the body tissue, which is also the cause of cellulite. That’s why doctors tell us to avoid salt. For every .035 ounces of sodium chloride that cannot be eliminated, the body used 23 times (23x) the amount of its own cell water to neutralize the salt. If the sodium chloride is still too high,, re-crystallization of the table salt occurs as the body uses available non-degradable animal proteins (as those found in milk), which also have no value and cannot be broken down and eliminated. The body uses these proteins to produce uric acid in order to get rid of the excess salt. As the body cannot dispose of uric acid, it binds itself with the sodium chloride to form new crystals that are deposited directly in the bones and joints. This is the cause of different kinds of rheumatism such as arthritis, gout, and kidney and gall bladder stones. This re-crystallization is the body’s band-aid solution for the cells and organs in order to protect the body from irreparable damage of irresponsible food intake. But in the long run, it poisons the system because those substances cannot be disposed of.

The Difference between Rock Salt and Crystal Salt

The elements in rock salt are not integrated into the salt’s crystal grid, but cling to the outside surface and crevices of the crystalline structure. This is the fundamental difference between rock salt and crystal salt. A salt crystal manifests a superior structure. Due to this sublime form, the elements are bio-chemically available for our cells as are the individual frequencies or vibration patterns. Rock salt is a cheap alternative to table salt, and is at least a natural and wholesome product. Bio-chemically and biophysically however, it is of little importance to our organism. We can only receive the resonant effects of the geometrical structure through the superior order or structure of a crystal and our cells can only absorb those elements that occur in an ional form. Only under considerable pressure considerable pressure can the elements be transformed into a specific size, making them ional, which enables them to pass through our cell wall. This is important because our cells can only absorb what is available organically or ionally. Therefore, we cannot absorb the minerals from mineral water as they’re not refined enough to penetrate our cell walls. And what doesn’t get into our cells cannot be metabolized. Therefore, the best calcium is useless if it cannot be available to the body’s cells. What we need is the organic, or ional state of an element, in perfect natural symbiosis with all its associated elements, in order for our organism to make any use of it.

Crystal Salt

Pure, natural crystal salt has been subjected to enormous pressure over millions of years. The pressure is responsible for creating the salt crystals. The higher the amount of pressure the more superior or excellent the state of order within the crystalline structure. Salt, for us, is foremost an information carrier and not a spice. For information to be absorbed into our cells, a crystalline structure is necessary. Chemically, a stone and a quartz crystal are both silicates. However, the vast difference in the amounts of pressure they were subjected to, distinguishes them. The quartz crystal embodies a perfect geometric form, a perfect state of order within its structure. The stone does not. Its elements are coarse, because it was not subjected to enough pressure to create a crystalline structure. Crystal salt layers wind through the mountain of salt, shimmering in transparent white, pinkish or reddish veins. Only with sufficient pressure was the salt of the salt mountain transformed into crystal salt. The elements trapped within the crystal salt are in particles small enough to be able to penetrate the human cells and be metabolized.

The Healing Effect of Salt

For thousands of years salt has been known as a panacea. Alchemists called it “the fifth element” – besides water, earth, air and fire – because its qualities were comparable only to ether, the actual fifth element. Why are we so drawn to the ocean? Because our subconscious mind instinctively wants to return to the specific vibrational state of the ocean from which we once emerged. This is where we can return to recharge our batteries and regenerate. It was only two-hundred-fifty years ago, with the advent of industrialization, that we initiated our disconnection from nature and her ways. Fortunately, we are witnessing a trend to return back to natural, holistic methods for living and caring for our body, including a shift back to utilizing natural salts in this process. People everywhere are reconsidering the healing effects of natural crystal salt. We can find it in skin care lotions and for use as bath salts, and it is even used in inhalation or cleansing treatments for illnesses of the respiratory system and for a variety of other indications.

The Neutralizing Effect of Salt

The healing properties of salt are also known in allopathic medicine. The largest and oldest salt works in Europe occupies the royal salt mine of Wieliczka, Poland, just 7.5 miles outside of Krakow. Here, a hospital was carved out of the expansive salt mountain, seven hundred forty feet below the surface, specifically for asthmatics and patients with lung disease and allergies. Several thousand patients have been successfully treated in this hospital. The healing rate is astonishingly over 90%. Recognition of the healing effects of salt chambers has influenced the construction of a similar underground spa located in the salt mine of Berchtesgaden in Germany. The therapeutic benefits of long-term residency inside the healing salt chambers are allopathically acknowledged. The healing effects were originally thought to be related to the purity of the air within the mine’s chambers. But if it was only a question of the purity of the air, why was the air in the cave so healthy, and the air above-surface so unhealthy? One cause has been determined. Our houses are charged with electromagnetic devices, such as TV’s, stereo’s, computers, microwave ovens and the basic electric currents running through our walls. And, when not at home, we hold cell phones to our ears while driving in our cars and walking through our daily lives. This electro-smog causes an excess of positively charged ions that disturb the balance between the positively and negatively charged particles. Further, it creates an excess positively charged, chemically unbound particles in the air. Only thirty seconds on a cell phone are enough to open up our blood-brain-barrier, a natural barrier that protects our brain from toxins, for eight hours. A Swedish study showed that ninety percent of the women who used a copper-T I.U.D. as their birth control method, while simultaneously using cell phones, developed uterine cancer; the cause being that the I.U.D. functioned as a transmitter and receiver of unnatural, dissonant vibrations.

Crystal Salt Promotes the Excretion of Animal Proteins

A further study showed some interesting allopathic results. All subjects in this study drank one-teaspoon of sole daily. After four weeks, the protein emission in the urine significantly increased for eighty percent of the one-hundred-twenty-three subjects. This shows that the energy pattern of the sole with its innate, natural antagonism towards the proteins, helps and supports the excretion of animal proteins that are difficult to break down. (This examination was done by Dr. med. Elisabeth Scherwitz-Josenhans.)

The Healing Power of Brine also called Sole (So-lay)

Sole Solution – When we speak of a Sole solution, this is when you take the fully concentrated Sole (26%) and add some amount of water to it in order to make a certain percentage of Sole solution. For example

A 1% sole solution is 1 part sole & 100 parts water. A 5% sole solution is 5 parts sole & 100 parts water. An 8% sole solution is 8 parts sole & 100 parts water, etc

The Water - When we speak of water for internal use in this book, we primarily mean water that is: Pure – No pollutants and no memory of pollutants.Matured – Fully developed, having come to the surface by its own force of levitation. Living Water – Water that has not been robbed of its life-force / its pristine crystalline structure, from being pressurized in water pipes.Spring Water – Water that comes from a naturally occurring spring or artesian well, not from a reservoir, from rain water, or from the tap, etc.Low in Minerals – The lower the content of minerals the better the cleansing effect of the water for flushing pollutants from our body.

Benefits of Drinking Sole

• The sole supplies the body with the natural energy stored in the crystals which the body can hold for up to 24 hours.
• Can neutralise the alkaline/acidity balance in the body and normalise blood pressure

Can dissolve and eliminate impurities and built up toxins which lead to stones and various forms of rheumatism like arthritis and kidney and gall bladder stones

• Can lower the craving for addictive desires.
• Can held with skin diseases by cleaning from inside out

The mixture of water and crystal salt, called “Sole” (so-lay), is the most flexible physical representation of pure solar and light energy. When water and this salt come together they become a different product, Sole

The word sole, is derived from the Latin word “sol”, which means sun. Sole is nothing but the fluid materialization of sunlight. Sole means fluid sunlight or fluid light energy. When water combines with salt the positive ions of the salt surround the negative ions of the water molecules and vice versa. The ions become hydrolyzed. In this process the geometrical structure of the salt and the water is changed and a totally new structure is formed, a third dimension. Water is no longer water and salt is not longer salt.The crystalline structure of the salt, which has formed from great pressure over millions of years makes the salt organic and absorbable for the body.The structure also contains nature’s resonant frequency that is very profound with the vibration patters lasting for over 24 hours in our bodies. The body required this energy and vibration pattern when disease is present.Every morning take one teaspoon of sole mixed in a glass of good quality artesian or spring water. Drink this on an empty stomach before taking breakfast. The amount of water is up to you, but you only need one teaspoon of sole for your daily intake. The regularity is important. From a bio-chemical viewpoint, within minutes, the whole stomach and intestines are being stimulated. This in turn encourages digestion and metabolism.The overall availability of electrolytes is built up and thus the conductivity in the body is increased, which in turn stimulates circulation and the nervous system.

Balance the Body’s pH Factor and Get Rid of Heavy Metals

The sole is an excellent product for balancing the pH environment of your body. Sole will break down the build up of heavy metals such as lead, mercury, arsenic, amalgam and calcium. For the body to get rid of these deposits it has to first metabolize them. Even animal proteins, which are difficult to break down and eliminate, will be eliminated through the urine due to the strong structural formation of the crystal salt. Always support this action.

with water intake of 8 to 10 glasses a day. Place several Himalayan Crystal Salt stones in a glass container and add high quality spring water until full. After approximately 24 hours, look to see if the salt crystals have completely dissolved. If so, add a few more crystals. When the water can no longer dissolve any more salt, the salt crystals will sit at the bottom of the jar without dissolving. At this point the solution becomes saturated at 26%, which is stable and ready for consumption. Take 1 teaspoon of the 26% solution in a glass of water every morning before breakfast. The glass container can be refilled again and again with water and salt, to continue the process.

Lamps that can change your Life

Light passing through salt creates large quantities of negative ions. These ions rid the air of bacteria, smoke, dust and pollen.

They charge the air with a healthy energy that speeds the healing of wounds and relieves many symptoms of asthma and allergies.

Spend a few moments breathing deeply near a salt lamp and you will feel the difference. Take one home and you will reap its benefits for a lifetime.

Where Does This Salt Come From

Our Lamps use salt that was formed 250 million years ago in the Himalayan Mountains.

There are actually spas located deep in the salt mines to take advantage of the health-giving qualities of the high saturation of Negative Ions.

The geographical location of the mine provides the unique mineral content that creates the inherent beautiful colour of the salt rock crystals in shades and hues of coral and melon.

No such colour can be found in any existing gemstone.

Each piece is a "natural" sculpture

In the body, negative ions increase our capacity to take up oxygen and enhance the ability of the respiratory tract to deal with airborne particles - allergens, dust, smoke etc.

Histamine, which triggers hay fever, is reduced by negative ions, which also have a beneficial effect on anyone suffering from bronchial complaints such as bronchitis, asthma, catarrh and the common cold.

The warm, peach glow gives one a feeling of warmth, security and serenity. Serenity is the first step on the road to well being.

Dr. Albert P. Krueger, a pathologist at the University of California, found that an astonishingly small quantity of negative ions kills many bacteria and quickly removes them from the air.

This is particularly useful to patients recovering from burns in particular.

(Krueger, A. P. "The Action of Air Ions on Bacteria." Journal of General Physiology. Berkeley: University of California, 1957.)

Research papers from St. Bartholomew's Hospital in London, Australia's National University (A.N.U), the Pavlov Institute in Russia, all showed that improved lung capacity and relief from asthma symptoms are achieved quite rapidly by exposure to small negative air ions.

Exposure to negative air ions affects serotonin levels.

Serotonin is a brain chemical related to mood and stress. Anti-depressant drugs, e.g. Prozac, alter brain metabolism of serotonin.

In 1985 a European research project exposed over 100 out patients at a mental health clinic to negative ionisation for just 40 minutes per day.

After only a few sessions. 50% of depressive patients reported a return to normal; 75% of headache patients had their pain disappear.

Negative ions substantially reduce airborne pollutants and are highly effective in eliminating airborne bacteria.

Ionic salt lamps improve physical and mental health and are well proven to provide relief from sinus problems, migraine headaches, allergies and hay fever, reduce the severity of asthma attacks, enhance immune system function, increase alertness, work productivity and concentration, as well as lung capacity and reduce our susceptibility to colds and flu.

We absorb about 68% of our energy each day from the air we breathe. That’s more energy than we get from the food we eat or the water we drink.

Summary

Negative ions accelerate the oxidative degradation of serotonin whereas positive ions have the opposite action and inactivate the enzymes which break down serotonin.

An increase in the serotonin level (5-hydroxytryptamine) produces:

• Tachycardia [fast heart rate]
• A rise in blood pressure,
• Bronchospasm going as far as asthma attack,
• Increased intestinal peristalsis (contractions and dilations of the intestines to move the contents onwards),
• Increased sensitivity to pain,
• Increased aggression

A decrease in the serotonin level is calming and increases defences against infection (as proven with influenza 'the flu')."

Ions are nothing more than atoms or molecules that have gained or lost an electron

Negative Ions are oxygen atoms with an extra electron.

Positive ions have lost an electron through the process of air pollution and other environmental causes.

Light passing through salt creates large quantities of negative ions.

These ions rid the air of bacteria, smoke, dust and pollen.

They charge the air with a healthy energy that speeds the healing of wounds and relieves many symptoms of asthma and allergies.

Negative Ions can help you feel better

In unspoiled natural settings, a balance of ions contributes to one's sensations and perceptions in "fresh country air".

Negative ions, the so-called "good ions" or "happy ions" because of their effects on mood, energy, libido and sense of well being, predominate near waterfalls, on mountaintops and at the seashore as well as after storms.

Negative ions are what we're after. They can improve sleep, recuperation and all affected areas.

Ions are charged particles in the air that are formed in nature when enough energy acts upon a molecule such as carbon dioxide, oxygen, water, or nitrogen to eject an electron from the molecule leaving a positively charged Ion.

The displaced electron attaches itself to a nearby molecule, which then becomes a negatively charged Ion. It is the negative ion of oxygen that affects us the most.

The quality of the air we breathe depends on the kind of electrical charge and concentration of the ions.

The environment we live in today has far more sources of positive ions than in the past, creating an electrical imbalance in the air.

These surplus Positive Ions are produced by various human activities and electrical appliances.

The 21st century places immense stresses on your body.

More than ever before, you have a real need for a natural and effortless way to enhance your well being. Just as we choose to drink bottled water because of it's purity, the quality of the air we breathe is essential to our health and well being.

Researchers from the former Soviet Union have noted that more than 5,000 scientific documents support the concept that high doses of negative ions have positive effects, while the opposite is true with exposure to high doses of positive ions.

They were among the first to become convinced of the benefits of negative ion treatment for individuals with various illnesses, especially asthma, bronchitis and upper respiratory problems. Ion therapy has also been used extensively in the Middle East - especially Israel, Europe and the Orient.

In the U.S. holistic health practitioners have used it primarily, although ion therapy did enjoy some popularity in the 1960s for the treatment of burn patients.

Its greatest use has been in the treatment of the roughly 25% of the population that is "weather sensitive," who without treatment can be very nearly incapacitated when pollutant, and particularly positive ion, levels rise.

IONIC CRYSTAL SALT LAMPS

Negative Ions | 2

Ions are nothing more than atoms or molecules that have gained or lost an electron.

Dr. Albert P. Krueger, a pathologist at the University of California, found that an astonishingly small quantity of negative ions kills many bacteria and quickly removes them from the air.

This is particularly useful to patients recovering from burns in particular. (Krueger, A. P. "The Action of Air Ions on Bacteria." Journal of General Physiology. Berkeley: University of California, 1957.)

The Soviets published numerous reports indicating that even brief periods of negative ion exposure (15 minutes a day for 25 days for example) resulted in improved responses to training in runners, boxers, swimmers and other athletes.

These responses included greater rates of gains. In both strength and endurance, as well as in improved psychological characteristics, sleep habits and appetite.

The greater the level of physical stress, such as from training overload, the greater the effect the ion treatments seemed to have.

This finding agrees with the beliefs of the leading ion researchers worldwide that those who benefit the most include the very young, the old, those most severely stressed and those with compromised immune systems.

Negative ions have been found to have a powerful impact on our environment and our health.

Negative ions speed the healing of burns and bring great relief to asthma patients.

They have been proven to balance serotonin levels in the bloodstream, stabilize alpha rhythms and positively impact reactions to sensory stimuli, increase levels of alertness and improve cognitive abilities such as thinking and learning, while improving one’s sense of well-being on many levels.

Negative ions are odourless, tasteless, and invisible molecules that we inhale in abundance in certain environments. Like mountains, waterfalls, and beaches.

Sensitivity to Negative Ions

A whopping one in three of us who are sensitive to their effects, negative ions can make us feel like we are walking on air.

You are one of them if you feel instantly refreshed the moment you open a window and breathe in fresh, humid air.

"Statistically it was found that 25% of the population [of 'weather sensitive' test subjects] are quite strongly affected by levels of ions in the air".

Of the remainder, 50% are affected considerably, although 25% do not appear sensitive at all." In fresh country air it is common to find up to 4000 negative ions per cubic centimetre.

That’s about the size of a sugar cube. Near strong surf or close to a waterfall or heavy downpour, up to 10,000 negative ions can be found.

On the other hand, the number of negative ions found in major cities during rush hour is less than 100, and this factor contributes to stress, irritability and a score of other physical and psychological disorders.

Effects on the Brain

Generally speaking, negative ions increase the flow of oxygen to the brain; resulting in higher alertness, decreased drowsiness, and more mental energy," says Pierce J. Howard, PhD, author of The Owners Manual for the Brain: Everyday Applications from Mind Brain Research and director of research at the Center for Applied Cognitive Sciences in Charlotte, N.C.

Ions are nothing more than atoms or molecules that have gained or lost an electron

Positive ions have lost an electron through the process of air pollution and other environmental causes.

The "airtight" (Hermetically Sealed) construction of today's homes and offices prevents the electrical nutrients of the outside air from treating the air inside our homes and workplaces.

Our modern convenience electrical appliances such as high-voltage networks, heating and cooling systems, cell phones, TVs, radios, transmitters, radar systems, computers, exhausts, fluorescent lighting, cigarette fumes, etc., produce large quantities of positive ions creating an electrical imbalance in the air and causing the deterioration of our physical and emotional well being.

When workplace Negative Ion concentration is lowered, workers complain of headaches, lethargy, dizziness, nausea, depression and irritability.

Beware "positive ion poisoning"!

Along with all the benefits modern technology has provided, unfortunately the 20th century industrial environment has drastically upset ion levels and the "natural" electrical quality of the air.

While very few human activities add the beneficial small negative ions to the atmosphere, many practices increase the levels of positive ions.

Positive ions are also produced by combustion, by electronic apparatus and by synthetic materials and fabrics - all of which are extensively used in urban societies. And outdoor air quality, while important, is not the major issue.

The problem is further compounded by central heating and cooling systems and by the effects of people crowded together and breathing in confined spaces.

Most indoor time is typically spent in relatively tightly sealed "energy efficient" buildings, where many pollutants - both gases and particulates - become concentrated and reach their highest levels.

It's also indoors - including inside cars, trucks, airplanes, etc. - where, as Albert Krueger, MD (the late UC Berkeley researcher and founder of the Air Ion Research laboratory) argued, most individuals are exposed to either ion depletion or a condition called "positive ion poisoning.

The Environmental Protection Agency estimates that average people spend 80-90% of their lives indoors, where the air is usually worse.

The Salt lamps create Negative Ions and the soft glow creates a wonderful atmosphere.

Evidence seems to be mounting that ion concentrations in the air do affect how people feel. Further, there is evidence that the new trend toward using computerized equipment in offices may be creating a special problem.

High ion concentrations do make people feel better. High ion concentrations also foster plant growth. The good effects seem to be attributed to high concentrations of negative ions rather than positive ones.

Now, a new problem arises when it appears that the ELF (extremely low-frequency) magnetic fields given off by many household appliances and computer monitors can be of sufficient strength to be considered potentially hazardous. The ion concentration is lowered by computer or any other means--air conditioning does it too - workers complain of headaches, lethargy, dizziness and nausea.

Computer Monitors. Concern over the radiation from televisions and computer monitors (which are closely related in operation and technology) is nothing new. A number of years ago there was concern as to whether radiation given off by colour televisions could have a negative impact on health. This concern was based primarily on ionizing radiation, (low-level X-rays) whose intensity fell off dramatically a few inches away from the TV screen, and turned out to be incidental. But more insidious than this overt threat is one that has passed unnoticed until quite recently: the low frequency magnetic fields generated by the coils on the TV's CRT (Cathode-Ray Tube).

The latest study on cluster miscarriages was performed in 1988 by doctors Marilyn Goldhaber, Michael Polen, and Robert Hiat of the Kaiser Permanente Health Group in Oakland, California. The study involved 1,583 pregnant women. The results of the study showed that female workers who used computers more than 20 hours a week had double the miscarriage rate as female workers who did similar work without computers.

POSITIVE EFFECT OF SALT LAMPS ON OUR ENVIRONMENT

Today, at the beginning of the 21st century we can hardly, if only, imagine living without many electric devices. They make it easier for us to work in the office, at home, they entertain us. However, we often do not realize that they are also a source of very harmful positive ions, the so-called electric smog. The harmful effect of electric smog, resulting in the concentration of positive ions, deteriorates the condition of air in rooms, what then negatively affects our physical and emotional state.

THE MOST IMPORTANT SOURCES OF HARMFUL POSITIVE IONS ARE:

• computer monitors
• TV sets and radio receivers
• electric heaters
• dryers, vacuum cleaners
• microwave ovens
• tobacco smoke
A cheap and attractive method of fighting against the positive ions generated by the electronic appliances is to use Salt lamp. Salt Lamp generate considerable amount of negative ions in the air, so these ions neutralize the environment by absorbing positive ions.
The cheapest and the simplest method of fighting against electric smog is to air rooms regularly, particularly those in which a few people stay together for some time, in which there are many electric machines, or where cigarettes are smoked. You can also use air ionizers, but these are quite expensive. To help you remove electric smog, we offer a SALT LAMP. Made of a salt crystal, it is a natural air ionizer that effectively boosts the number of negative ions in the room.

Health Benefits of Negative Ions Include:

Naturally produce negative ions without creating ozone
Although salt lamps are not medical devices, they produce negative ions which work to significantly improve physical and mental health and negative ions are well proven to provide relief

• from sinus problems,
• migraine headaches,
• allergies and hay fever,
• reduce the severity of asthma attacks,
• enhance immune system function,
• increase alertness,
• work productivity and concentration,
• as well as lung capacity and
• reduce our susceptibility to colds and flu.

We absorb about 68% of our energy each day from the air we breathe. That’s more energy than we get from the food we eat or the water we drink. A Negative Ion Generating Salt Lamp is an easy step towards a cleaner indoor environment.

Ionic Crystal Lamp

Wonderful Negative Ions for your Baby

It has been found that light passing through salt creates large quantities of negative ions.
The Salt Lamp will generate Negative ions in the room and pose a night light

In 1966 at a hospital in Jerusalem, doctors performed a series of tests on thirty- eight infants between two and twelve months old. All suffered to about the same degree from respiratory problems. They were divided into two groups of nineteen, one kept as a control group in a ward without any ion charge and the other where a negative ion generator was in use.

The researchers reported that negative ions without any other treatment - that is, no drugs - seemed to cure attacks of asthma and bronchitis more quickly than drugs, antibiotics included.
They also observed that there were none of the "adverse side effects" frequently found when treating such children with drugs. They concluded that the children treated with negative ions were less prone to "rebound attacks" (relapses). As to objectivity, the scientific report said that the tests "demonstrated that the atmospheric ions have an effect on infants, especially those suffering from asthmatic bronchitis." Less scientifically, they found that babies didn't cry as often and as loudly when they were breathing negative ions as they did in normal air. And there is nothing subjective about a bawling baby.

Brazilian hospitals now commonly use negative ion generators to treat breathing problems, after a test involving 36 children with asthmatic allergies. In each case, the problem was consistent or crippling. During the treatment, only one of them suffered an asthma attack. Afterward, no attacks were suffered by any of the children that sustained regular negative ion therapy (Soyka, 1991).

Negative Ions creates Positive Vibes
What a blessing this is in a home

All About Salt Lamps

Here is the general information about Salt Lamps, it's health benefits and beauty.
It has been researched scientifically that the amount of ions in the environment, that is acceptable by human is ca. 1000-1500/cm3. And normally in closed rooms were electronic appliances are utilized, this amount as low as 200/cm3.

A natural cheap and attractive method of fighting against the positive ions generated by the electronic appliances is to use the Salt lamp. The Salt Lamp generates considerable amount of negative ions in the air, so these ions neutralize the environment by absorbing positive ions.

In studies of children, negative ions have also demonstrated salutary effects. In one study, normal children and those with learning disabilities showed measurable improvements in brain function. The authors concluded: "Negative air ions are seen to be a tool with potential theoretical and remedial applications."

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