One of the strangest medical treatments happens hundreds of feet below Eastern Europe — and it's now available at Saks Fifth Avenue
You enter the cage, the door closes, and the elevator slowly takes you into the belly of the mine.
Miners dug hundreds, even thousands, of feet into the ground here, extracting one of humanity's most treasured minerals: salt.
They've since left the mine, having extracted its treasures, but they left behind an incredible patchwork of passages as tall as cathedrals.
As you drop lower into the dark, fresh air suddenly surrounds you. It smells ... clean.
Wellness centers in the US are racing to offer salt rooms, salt chambers, salt beds, and salt yoga to re-create the experience in these caves. One is now open at Saks Fifth Avenue.
But nothing beats the magic of the mines.
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People swear the air inside salt mines holds curative properties.
Proponents claim the salt keeps the air inside the mines free of allergens, and low in bacteria.
Salt mines also stay at a constant temperature with high humidity.
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