[The use of halotherapy for the health improvement in children at institutions of general education].

The objective of the present study was to estimate the influence of halotherapy performed in a specialized salt room on the health status of the children frequently ill with acute respiratory diseases. The application of halotherapy was shown to produce well-apparent antiinflammatory, draining, and sanogenic effects. Observations during 1, 3, 5, and 12 month follow-up periods confirmed the persistence of prophylactic and therapeutic effects of salt therapy.

[Haloinhalation therapy of patients with allergic and vasomotor rhinitis].

The results of placebo-controlled randomized trial of effectiveness of haloinhalation treatment with application of individual inhaler Haloneb in 125 patients with allergic and vasomotor rhinitis demonstrated high efficacy of the method. A positive effect was achieved in 90.4% patients with allergic and 92.

[Aeroionotherapy in prevention of acute respiratory diseases in children].

Our studies show pathogenetic validity of using biocontrolled aeroionotherapy in children often having acute respiratory infections. A course impact of negative aeroions corrected functional disorders in children, reduced frequency of acute respiratory infections, durations of the illness.

[Aromaphytotherapy in prevention of acute respiratory diseases in children].

The authors' studies show pathogenetic validity of using aromaphytotherapy in children predisposed to acute respiratory diseases. Courses of essential oils aromaphytotherapy produce a wide spectrum of physiological changes reducing frequency of the respiratory diseases, exacerbations of chronic ENT diseases in children.

[New approaches to dosimetry of ions in air].

The authors considered contemporary methods of air ions dosimetry, suggested new approaches to dosimetry of ions in air, set new concepts for exposure and absorbed dose rate. The article covers experimental results and method determining absorbed dose rate under exposure to air ions.