{"id":18973,"date":"2020-06-05T17:50:28","date_gmt":"2020-06-05T21:50:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/globalwellnessinstitute.org\/wellnessevidence\/art-therapy-copy\/"},"modified":"2025-07-18T10:52:46","modified_gmt":"2025-07-18T14:52:46","slug":"halotherapy","status":"publish","type":"modality","link":"https:\/\/globalwellnessinstitute.org\/wellnessevidence\/halotherapy\/","title":{"rendered":"Halotherapy\/Salt Therapy"},"content":{"rendered":"

Definition of Halotherapy\/Salt Therapy<\/h2>\n
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Halotherapy\/Salt therapy<\/strong>\u00a0refers to various treatments that involve being immersed in salt environments, including active and passive experiences. Salt therapy originated in Eastern Europe in the 12th<\/sup> century, and involved spending time in naturally occurring salt caves (speleotherapy). The dry, \u201cactive\u201d method of halotherapy in our modern era is conducted in man-made, humidity-free salt rooms\/caves where precise micro-particles of… Read more<\/a><\/p>\n

Explore Halotherapy\/Salt Therapy research in the following databases:\u00a0
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*The Cochrane database requires users to enter the search term manually. Enter \u201chalotherapy\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

AI Search:<\/span><\/b> Access Semantic Scholar\u2019s results on halotherapy\/salt therapy.
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Learn more about our\u00a0<\/span>3 research databases and AI search platform\u00a0HERE<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Research Spotlight<\/h3>\n

The databases often return hundreds of medical studies for a single wellness approach. This section summarizes a sampling of five studies \u2013 providing just a taste of the available research.\u00a0<\/p>\n