This may be “out there” for some, but after reading about them in a natural cleaning book, I purchased a salt rock lamp from Salt Lamps for Less, a web outlet based here in San Jose.
I can’t vouch for all the health benefits that are claimed, though it does seem to me that in our “computer cave,” the air is fresher since I placed it there. The negative ions from the lamp are supposed to disperse especially electrical and electronic static, as well as absorb dust and allergens. I mostly appreciate the lamp’s soft natural glow. I’m sure it breaks all sorts of canonical regulations, but for now we even use one as a vigil lamp for our icons. The soft light doesn’t have the symbolism that a flame would, but still is calming, does the job of illuminating, and hopefully is less likely to burn the building down.
They use the sort of tiny bulb that you would put into a night light, so you’re not using much electricity. In fact a small one would make a good night light. Prices can sometimes be high for these, but the link above is a good outlet, either via their web store or through an Ebay auction.
P.S. I hear that the de-ionizing/cleansing effect can also be obtained by burning pure beeswax candles. So says the website of Quiet Light Candles (see links). Houseplants also clean internal air.
Oooooo. . .interesting. I’ve never heard of these. Thanks for introducing them. Will have to check it out.
There have been a lot of “scientific” claims about Salt Lamps and Natural Himalayan Salt products in the news of late. This is a phenomenon in our country that dates back only seven years when we first started selling Salt Lamps after we found them throughout Europe.
At SaltLampCreations.com you can find everything from Natural Salt Tea Lights to Hand Shaped Salt Spheres and Carved Salt Hearts, all of which are crafted from 250 Million Year old Salt mined by hand at the foothills of the Himalayas. Salt has been used throughout time not only for Seasoning and protecting food from spoiling but for its muscle soothing properties in bath water and for healing skin disorders such as eczema and psoriasis. They do generate negative ions but the jury is still out on whether enough are created by a single lamp to make a major difference in the air quality outside a small distance from the lamp.
Alexander the Great found the Salt in the Himalayan region on one of his conquests, and Salt was, at one time, a precious commodity, used as money for wages paid to soldiers (from which we derive the word “salary”)
Hi all!
I am the esporter of these products.
Once i saw them in market locally… It is the product of Pakistan. No other country is making them.
I, being pakistani and local redisent… had an interest… used this lamp… and was really amazed by the affects in my surrounding atomosphere while infront of My PC or while watching television……. I remained fresh for hours.
This is a God gifted natural product….. I wish every one must have one………
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i don’t care what salt lamps “do” or “don’t do.” they are super pretty, and i would love to have one at my desk at work without getting funny looks. we don’t have one at home because we’re short on outlets here.
we do have a couple ionic air purifiers and i would recommend one to anybody, we have a smoker next door at our complex and the nasty smell seeps into our place, the ionic air purifiers have solved out problem with the cigarette stench.
my mother is a smoker and my father is not, he purchased an ionic breeze from sharper image, and it really helped his allergies and respiratory problems, plus killed the smoke smell. he ended up getting one for almost every room. i would never have gotten one myself before i noticed how well they worked at my parent’s house.