单词	halotherapy
释义	halotherapy noun ha·​lo·​ther·​a·​py ˌhā-(ˌ)lō-ˈther-ə-pē  : the therapeutic use of salt usually by inhalation of an aerosol composed chiefly of fine salt particles and circulated in an enclosed area 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. Sarah Watts … halotherapy is typically offered as a dry treatment using … pharmaceutical-grade particles of salt for inhalation in an environment which mimics a salt cave microclimate with dry, cold conditions and no humidity. Megan Whitby Dr. Mark Lebwohl, chairman of the dermatology department at Mount Sinai School of Medicine in New York, agrees that the benefits of salt room therapy are as yet unproved, but adds that he understands how halotherapy has become popular. Jessie Schiewe Word History Etymology halo- + therapy First Known Use 1995, in the meaning defined above
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