How does it work?

The Newmarket Equine Salt Therapy System allows microscopic particles of salt to be dispersed into the air. These tiny particles are then inhaled into the airways & deep into the lungs. This aids mucus release & reduces inflammation within the airways allowing these to widen for easier breathing.

During therapy the particles of salt cover the skin, this being the largest organ of elimination, the skin naturally absorbs the salt enabling it to assist with alleviating skin issues such as sweet itch, ringworm, general allergies. This reduces inflammation and reduces the aggravated areas where rubbing and itching may have taken place, your horse/dog/cat will feel less stressed, less moody and feel much calmer in themselves and new hair regrowth will occur where rub marks/irritation has been.

In the salt therapy sessions you may see discharge/drip from one or both nostrils, this means that the micro particles are reaching down into the airways. If the discharge is green or yellowish, this could be infection and white discharge could be caused through allergies such as pollen/dust/hay/a multitude of things. What we ideally want to see is a nice healthy clear drip.

In simple terms, when your animal receives dry salt therapy they inhale the dry salt enriched air deep into the lungs where the greatest healing can be achieved. The inhaled dry salt loosens the mucus which begins to clear over a period of sessions (strictly maximum one session per day per animal) and any inflammation is reduced which makes more room in the airways for the animal to breathe and reduces inflammation on the skin and improves the circulation of the skin surface.