From the world According to a study by a group of scientists, staying, even for just a few days, in Salento would bring a number of "considerable" benefits: discovered a new natural cure christened with the name of "salentoterapia"
Actually, even Biagio Antonacci had said it in the song that became a catchphrase last summer: to overcome the disappointment of the end of an important story, the secret is to take a trip to Salento. "Ino longer live without you, even though, even though with the vacation in Salento I took a tour inside me," intoned the Milanese singer-songwriter in that song that gave Puglia as a whole a cheeky and very welcome declaration of love "on a postcard." It was, in fact, in this very strip of land that the Italian artist had managed to overcome the loneliness that one inexorably feels after a "breakup."
Now another confirmation comes from some distinguished scientists at the Teulandan University of Dorckenstein who, in a recently published study, reveal that they have made a sensational discovery on the front of beneficial therapies in alternative medicine, for human physical and mental health. A series of graphs, pages and pages written by the researchers from which one unequivocal scientific fact emerges: the stay, even if only for a few days, on a particular strip of Italian territory, specifically on the peninsula south of Apulia known by the name of Salento, brings considerable therapeutic benefit to certain functional systems (circulatory, respiratory, digestive, etc.) and in favor of psycho-somatic balance.
A sample of more than 5 thousand tourists who spent, in each season of the year, a period from 3 to 20 days at one of several renowned resorts located on the entire Salento territory, both on the coasts washed by the two seas and on the territories in the hinterland of the peninsula was subjected to accurate examinations and tests of various kinds and the surprising fact is that at the end of all the checks 98.8% reported positive clinical results that demonstrate a considerable improvement on the well-being front.
The discovery of the new natural cure, christened by scientists as "salentoterapia," is now being examined by major international centers of alternative medicine for inclusion in official protocols. The next step now is to understand which source or sources are most responsible for the results found.
There are several schools of thought. From color therapy experts who believe that it is the particular alchemy of colors offered to the visitor's gaze that generates the beneficial effect. It seems, in fact, that the combination of the reds of the earth, the greens of the Mediterranean vegetation, the blues of the seas and the silver of the olive trees develop an invigorating perceptual sensitivity.
Others, on the other hand, argue that it is the particular mixture of the air one breathes that brings the positive health feedbacks, alleging that the iodine-rich oxygen given off by the particular and unique meeting of the Adriatic and Ionian seas, combined with the oxygen of the vast olive groves and vineyards spread inland generate a fusion of elements such as to induce a noticeable well-being in the respiratory tract.
Still others have come to the conclusion that the greatest benefit is brought by the numerous and widespread testimonies of art present in the area. As if it were the sight of the very particular and rich Baroque elaborations that dress palaces and religious buildings, together with the discovery of the typical objects of local craftsmanship, which finds its quintessence in the working of papier-mâché and Lecce stone, that gives the guest a profound sense of well-being.
Finally, there are the "dynamic" supporters, that is, those who believe that it is instead the music and ritual dances of the area that contaminate with therapeutic influences anyone who comes into "contact" with them. In particular, they argue that even just witnessing a typical patrol engaged in group playing and dancing the pizzica can immediately positively influence the spectator, while they believe that the benefit received can be as much as ten times greater if, instead of simply witnessing the dance, one participates in it himself.
As is often the case, probably none of the theories will turn out to be absolutely the most truthful. Will it perhaps be the mix of elements that will win everyone over?
In short, mens sana in corpore sano, but in Salento!
