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Could sitting in a salt cave cure my nasal congestion? | Adrian Chiles

I have never been able to breathe through my nose. I’ve tried sprays, inhalers, rinses – even an operation. Is salt therapy the answer?
Worth its salt? A couple in salt cave. Photograph: imageBROKER/Alamy Stock Photo

I write this sitting in a salt cave in Brentford, of all places. It is not an actual cave – I don’t think there are such things in this part of west London. It is a room full of salt, all over the walls and soft beneath your feet, like sand. And into this room is

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