The technique of thermal inhalations with mother water (by direct steam or compressed air jet) corresponds to the old practice of “suffumigation,” the famous pot of boiling water with dissolved balsamic substances, from which our grandmothers made us breathe steam by covering our heads with a towel.
Mineral water for inhalation use is placed inside a device, which has the task of “crushing” the water itself into smaller or smaller particles that the subject, placed in front of the device, inhales through the upper airways.
Inhalations are indicated in affections of the upper respiratory tract, especially in cases where a rewetting and eutrophic action is needed on the mucous membranes.