Salt enhances flavor, preserves food, and, when thrown over the shoulder, wards off oncoming slugs. Explore nature’s most versatile compound with today’s Groupon to The Salt Spa of Asheville. Choose between the following options:

• For $25, you get two 45-minute salt-room sessions (up to a $50 value).
• For $45, you get five 45-minute salt-room sessions (up to a $100 value).
  
  

The Salt Spa of Asheville’s Himalayan salt-lined room puts a modern spin on the ancient Eastern healing remedy by adding radiant floor heat and a high-tech halogenerator that emits a dry saline aerosol. Donning cozy clothing and white socks, visitors emerge into a tranquil environs marked by soft music and colored-light therapy that cycles through hues to remind clients of calm moments napping on piles of Fruity Pebbles. As customers recline in zero-gravity chairs, the purified microclimate fortifies their immune systems with negative ions to combat such issues as asthma, allergies, high blood pressure, and migraines. Up to 8 people occupy the salt room at once, so buyers can enjoy the 45-minute session with a friend, family member, or pen-pal via telepathy.