HALOTHERAPY METHOD

摘要

The invention relates to a convenient yet efficacious method of alleviating the severity or reducing the duration of respiratory ailments, especially the common cold or influenza. The method comprises administering to a person, over a period of from 1 to 14 days, by inhalation from a portable dispenser, one or more doses of sodium chloride, wherein the sodium chloride is in the form of an aerosol of 1 to 5 mu m particles and each dose consists essentially of from 50 to 5000 mu m sodium chloride, administered via from 2 to 200 inspirations. Suitable dispensers include self-milling dry powder dispensers and liquid nebulisers. Doses are preferably administered via a pulsed regimen comprising two or more periods of sodium chloride inhalation separated by periods of normal breathing. The invention further relates to the use of sodium chloride in the manufacture of a medicament for such methods.