New spa trend incorporates salt as a healing ingredient

A weekly work meeting with a group of realtors takes place at Salt Spa in Walnut Creek. Some experiencing the salt therapy say it helps with shortness of breath, coughing, sneezing, rashes, itching and headaches, while also strengthening their immune system. – TNS

Salt-infused environments are purported to ease symptoms of a variety of respiratory and skin conditions.

SEVERAL mornings a week, Mercedes Costa sinks back in a chair, closes her eyes and breathes in the cool salt air.