Surfers reap the benefits
SALT is effective in helping to ease a number of health complaints and has been used as a therapy for more than 200 years.
Breathing an aerosol of salt water can prevent the heavy build-up of mucus typical of cystic fibrosis.
The benefits of this were first noticed by sufferers who regularly surfed in Australia and were exposed to the salt spray.
The use of saline solution delivered by a nebuliser has also been used to treat bronchiolitis in children.
Salt therapy can also be used to ease asthma, chronic bronchitis, sinusitis, ear infections, psoriasis, rhinitis, hay fever,
respiratory allergies, cystic fibrosis, tonsillitis and eczema.
Salty air reduces inflammation and swelling in the airways.