salt lamps

This is a hollowed out chunk of mined salt fitted with a light bulb or a tiny candle. From these salt lamps, the light glows through the medium of the salt crystal. This can range in color from a dark salmon pink to a pale orange. Salt crystals for salt lamps are mined in Russia and central Europe as well as in the Himalayas. Salt lamps make attractive accent lights. Their main attraction, however, is that the heating of the salt causes the crystal to release negative ions (often called simply ‘ions’).

Negative ions have long been considered healthy; the sea air, mountain air and the air around swiftly running water is high in negative ions. Indoor air, re-circulated air, and air around electronic equipment is very low in negative ions. Many office workers who suffer health complaints around fluorescent lighting and computer monitors report considerably less fatigue and headaches if the concentration of negative ions in the air is increased. It is the negative Ion of oxygen that affects us the most. They create an effect on human biochemistry.

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