speleotherapy

Etymology

From speleo- + therapy.

speleotherapy means The use of the microclimate of salt caves and mines for the treatment of asthma. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 89 out of 100.

noun

The use of the microclimate of salt caves and mines for the treatment of asthma.“The beneficial effect of salt (speleotherapy) was reported by the Polish doctor F. Bochkowsky in 1843. Speleotherapy is based on the in-patient treatment in salt caves possessing a specific microclimate.”