Salt used as experimental treatment for asthma patients

(2 Aug 2010) Khewra, Pakistan, April 2010 1. Wide pan left of salt range mountain 2. Wide of tunnel entrance of Khewra mine 3. Close up of sign (English) reading 'Salt Mine Khewra' 4. Train moving inside tunnel of Khewra mine 5. Mid of passenger sitting in train 6. Tilt down from salt roof inside asthma ward to patients sitting in television lounge 7. Close up of television 8. Close up of asthma patient watching television (coughs) 9. Wide of asthma ward corridor 10. Mid of reception at asthma ward 11. Close zoom out from close up of salt brick inside patient room to wide of patient on bed 12. Mid shot of doctors walking into patient's room for check-up 13. Close zoom out of Peakflow meter to doctor explaining results 14. Close up of meter 15. SOUNDBITE: (Urdu) Abdul Rehim, patient "When I felt (this year) again I packed my bag and came here again and now I am spending a very healthy time here. I can feel that there is a positive change in my body. There is no magic of medicine involved in it. Where I am sitting and you are watching me, it's a natural medicine which brings change inside the body forever." 16. Mid shot of doctor entering another room to check up on a different patient 17. Close zoom out of meter in doctor's hand to mid of doctor talking to patient 18. SOUNDBITE: (English), Dr. Ikhlaq Hussain Bokari "Number one is the ionisation of salt, sodium ions and chloride ions. This environment in the air is fully saturated with these ions, naturally. 19. Wide of patient walking into corridor shaking hands and leaving 20. SOUNDBITE: (English), Dr. Ikhlaq Hussain Bokari "When the patient breathes in this climate he naturally develops resistance against the allergic asthma." 21. Wide external pan from asthma centre sign to patients walking out of entrance tunnel AP Television London, United Kingdom - June 14, 2010 22. Wide of sign reading (English) 'The Salt Cave' 23. Mid shot of an open door leading into reception area 24. Wide of darkened room housing artificial salt cave (piped background sound of waves) 25. Close up of Buddha statute 26. Wide of Sofia Benke tidying up blankets on chairs 27. SOUNDBITE: (English), Sofia Benke, Director,The Salt Cave 28. SOUNDBITE: (English) Sofia Benke, Director of 'The Salt Cave': One of the most valid benefits, its anti-bacterial property. It's a natural anti-septic and that's why it's important that we have it on the floor and on the walls as well, plus in the air. So, the air during the session, during the salt therapy session is hypo-allergenic, hypo-bacterial. But salt also has natural anti-inflammatory properties, which means it can reduce inflammation in a natural way. So let's say if someone is suffering from asthma, it can reduce the inflammation in the airways of the person. London, United Kingdom - July 6, 2010 29. Various of specialist asthma nurse Cher Piddock at desk and walking out of room 30. Zoom in on door sign reading Asthma UK Adviceline as Piddock leaves office 31. Piddock walks into mid shot on the office's roof terrace surrounded by the city and pollution 32. Tilt down of Asthma UK sign 33. SOUNDBITE: (English), Cher Piddock, chief nurse, Asthma UK 34. Close up of Piddock's hands gesturing how salt inhalation is supposed to work 35. SOUNDBITE: (English), Cher Piddock, chief nurse, Asthma UK London UK, 12 August 2006 36. Various of city traffic in London 37. Close up of exhaust pipe LEAD IN: Salt is becoming big business as an experimental treatment for asthma patients. STORYLINE: Khewra is believed to be the world's second largest salt mine. Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork Twitter:   / ap_archive   Facebook:   / aparchives   ​​ Instagram:   / apnews   You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/you...