As most of you know I spend quite a lot of time at our Asian office in Bangkok, Thailand where I am at the moment.  You may also recollect that apart from the general chaos of Bangkok the thing that I most dislike about Bangkok is the air pollution.

Thailand is a wonderful country with lovely people but they seem to accept the high air pollution in some areas with minimal fuss.

Anyway, when I am in Thailand I usually try to get out of Bangkok for a weekend to find some peace and quiet and clean air to breathe.  It also gives me a chance to catch up on some of my reading.

Well, this weekend just gone I flew to Chang Mai, hired a car and drove 3 ½ hours to a little town called Pai in Mae Hong Son Province close to Burma and Laos.  It used to be part of the ‘Golden Triangle’ for drug smuggling.  This has been pretty well stamped out in that region now.

The plus for this region is that it is a lot cooler than Bangkok (around 7 degrees C at this time of the year) and it has CLEAN air and little traffic.  Whilst there I spent some time on learning more about asthma and general respiratory diseases which is so prevalent in Bangkok and becoming more so in all large cities.

Over the years we have had feedback from many people who have said that their asthma has been greatly relieved by out Total Balance.  I have mentioned it to Prof. Dr. Munem who was not surprised and said that this is what he would expect anyway.  I never got round to questioning him in detail as to why this was the case.

But, last weekend I thought that I would do a bit more research because I have always been intrigued why I have never been affected by the bad air given the amount of time I spend in Bangkok, and further why our staff in Bangkok who used to be susceptible to respiratory issues seem to be no longer affected.

I found a simple explanation to this question in a book by a well known physician and it makes interesting reading, particularly if you have a respiratory problem of some sort.

I will put the relevant information together into a brief article later this week for you to review.

I also thought that maybe you might like to see a photo of the ‘Pai’ river, so I have posted one above.