How Do Salt Lamps Work and What Health Benefits Do a So Well Salt Lamp Provide?

Learn About Himalayan Salt Lamp Benefits and How our So Well Fair Trade Salt Crystal Lamps Can Help You in SO many ways!

Since 2004, we have been importing these beautiful salt crystal lamps and the number one questions we get is how do salt lamps work and what are Himalayan salt health benefits?

Our salt crystal lamps are natural pieces of Salt crystal that have been hand excavated from ancient primordial salt rock that has crystallized at the foothills of the Himalayan mountains.

Salt Crystal comes from many places in the world. Many resources online will have you believe that only Himalayan salt is “real” and “authentic” but this is false information and most of the “sources” don’t actually own salt lamps or sell them. We have imported Salt lamps from Poland (the birth place of salt lamps) and even Iran and have tested them with countless devices all proven to work the way salt lamps work.

Lets start with the basics of how salt lamps work…

Salt Crystal is naturally hygroscopic absorbing water molecules from the air. You will notice if your salt lamp remains unlit for long periods of time, it will begin to “cry” The heat from a small light bulb keeps these beautiful crystals dry and in turn releases a negative ions (the healthy ones found in abundance in places like oceans, waterfalls, even your shower) into the air.

What Is An Ion?

Very simply, an ion is an atom or molecule that has gained or lost an electron. Both positive and negative ions exist in the air: positive air ions are generally molecules of carbon dioxide that have lost an electron, whereas a negative air ion is generally a molecule of oxygen that has gained an electron. Negative ions in the air attract particles of pollution and give them a negative charge, making them seek an electrical “ground,” and causing them to fall harmlessly to the floor. It stands to reason that we want to be surrounded by negative ions as a way of protecting our health.

Ions cannot be produced without an energy source. An “energy source” means heat or flame, radioactivity, frictional rubbing, electricity, evaporation, etc. Ions can also be produced by high-energy events, such as an open flame or a glowing hot object. Evaporating water will produce negative ions in the air and, as a consequence, leave the damaging positive charges behind in the water that hasn’t yet evaporated.

So Well Himalayan Salt Crystal Lamps, naturally are hygroscopic (absorbing moisture molecules) are heated gently by a 15 watt bulb.

Do Negative Ions Really Work and What Are the Benefits of Salt Lamps & Negative Ions?

Nature is constantly producing negative ions to combat the pollution in the air. This is why the air feels so refreshing after a storm: lightening produces a high concentration of negative ions, which purifies the air and makes it so invigorating.

Water from a cascading waterfall also produces negative ions as the water thunders against the pool below, causing both friction and evaporation (both energy sources). For the same reason, the enormous amount of negative ions in the pure air at the seashore is caused by the constant rise and fall of the tides.

In 1966, a hospital in Jerusalem conducted a study of thirty-eight infants suffering from respiratory problems. They cared for half of the infants in a ward without any ion change, and cared for the other half in a ward where a negative-ion generator was in use. “The researchers reported that neg-ions without any other treatment “ that is, no drugs “ seemed to cure attacks of asthma and bronchitis more quickly than drugs, antibiotics included… children treated with neg-ions were less prone to ‘rebound attacks’ (relapses)… the scientific report said that the tests ‘demonstrated that atmospheric ions have an effect on infants, especially those suffering from asthmatic bronchitis. Less scientifically, they found that the babies didn’t cry as often and as loudly as they did in normal air.” The Ion Effect, by Fred Soyka, p. 57, 1991.

World renowned Dr. Albert P Krueger, microbiologist and experimental pathologist, “worked with bacteria of the kind that float in the air and spread diseases “ mostly colds, influenza, and other respiratory ills “ and found that an astonishingly small quantity of neg-ions could kill them and quickly take them out of the air so they were less likely to infect people.” The Ion Effect, by Fred Soyka, p. 57, 1991.

How Do Salt Lamps Work? Actually, How Do So Well Salt Lamps Work?

So Well Himalayan Salt lamps do not generate negative ions themselves. They are “hygroscopic,” which means that they attract moisture… humidity… airborne water molecules; it is a natural property of sodium chloride (hygroscopy). Since they do not generate the negative ions, they need a heat source (in this case, heat from an incandescent bulb) to accelerate evaporation, which does produce negative ions. In more humid regions, an unlit salt lamp will eventually “cry,” even creating puddles of water at its base. It is this evaporation that generates the negative ions, which are beneficial to our health.

Besides Ions, What Else are So Well Himalayan Salt Lamp Benefits?

Himalayan Salt Health Benefits # 2 Neutralizing EMF

Since we are constantly surrounded by modern day WIFI, CELL phone towers, Tv’s and other electrical appliances, these things give off a lot of Electro magnetic Radiation or EMFS for short.These EMF’s high in positive ions have been known to reduce our serotonin levels and can cause cancer, fatigue, lathery and a host of problems we face today. Saltcrystal lamps since they have the ability to generate negative ions neutralize these EMF’s .

Locate an one near your bed, computer, Digital TV, and wireless modem for starters to harmonize and neutralize all forms of harmful energy throughout your home.

Himalayan Salt Health Benefit # 3 Color and Light Therapy

Numerous customers have purchased our salt lamps as a beautiful light source “ they can be sold as living energy sources which emit a healthy glow, ranging in color light-waves of oranges, yellows, reds and apricot. The ambient light creates a soothing ambiance that helps with relaxation, stress, attention deficit, autism, sleep and more.

Physicians and other practitioners in the exploding field of complementary medicine use our lamps for Color Therapy (chromotherapy), a well-documented alternative method of diagnosing and treating various illnesses. They seek to balance a person’s “energy,” wherever it is lacking (physical, spiritual, emotional or mental).

Countless Ayurvedic and Energy medical professionals have found color therapy to be useful in positively influencing our mood, mental state, and energy level.

Himalayan Salt Health Benefits #4 Feng Shui

Our lamps are hand-carved from Himalayan salt that is 250 million years old and has a very high energetic quality, similar to any other crystal. Salt is excellent for clearing spaces of negative energy and can be used every where in the house and work environment to enhance the feng shui

Himalayan Salt Health Benefits # 5 Good Vibrations & Clearing Energy

Salt has been used through out the ages to clean energies from homes and people. You can use Salt to clear crystals, clear your body and clear your home.

Because Salt Crystals vibrate at a frequency closer to the earths magnetic frequency known as the shuman resonance frequency they can also help bring us back in balance. The more healthy, living, ionizing objects like plants & salt crystals in your home, the better you will feel.

Our Research On How Salt lamps Work and Health Benefits

Rose McClintick, a QXCI Practitioner and Biofeedback Analyst, who has been working in the holistic health field for seven years, tested our salt lamps and offered an enthusiastic endorsement in regard to their generation of negative ions: “Regarding the salt lamps, I can tell you that my test shows that it has improved the negative ions. (They) will be recommended to have in the bedrooms. You get both working for you, improved neg. ions and a better night’s sleep.” Zykoff Bodywork

+ Countless Testimonials…..

“I love your Himalayan salt lamps, I bought one for my six year old daughter Izabella who suffers from severe allergies. She had inner nose nodules and within three days of sleeping with her lamp they have shrunk in size. She has had her lamp for months, she has also had less allergy fevers. I love this product!!!! I also bought one for my mother Donna age 78, who has had asthma since she was a child. She also suffers from emphysema, so breathing and coughing is a normal in her everyday life. Since having the salt lamp in the family room where she spends most of her time, she has drastically stopped coughing so much. She is also down on how much she uses her inhaler a day, seriously down from 8 times to 2, that is amazing!!!!“ Gabriel Mollina

So Know That You Know How Do Salt Lamps Work and the Himalayan Salt Health Benefits, How Many So Well Salt Lamps Should You Have and are all Salt Lamps Equal?

Like plants, the more So Well Himalayan Salt lamp you can have in your home and office, the better.

Start with at least one or two per room and keep adding. The benefits of Himalayan Salt lamps are an investment in your health.

They last forever, are energy efficient and will change the air quality, your health and energy in every room of your house and office.

Most Salt crystal is excavated from the foothills of the Himalayan range. So Well imports ONLY the highest quality salt crystal from the Himalayan range that is hand crafted by FAIR trade artisans that work full time and take pride in their work.

Our lamps are beautifully carved and shaped, consistent in style and very unique to the market. Our shapes, colors & designs are ONLY available at SO WELL or the small retail stores we sell to.

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