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: for $60, you get a 60-minute Dead Sea-salt scrub and relaxation massage at Repose Massage Therapy in Franklin (a $120 value).

Repose Massage Therapy’s resident massage therapist, Lytrice, pampers physiques with exfoliating sea-salt scrubs and relaxing massages. Employing a combination of Dead Sea salt and essential oils, the salt scrub exfoliates without irritating, leaving the epidermis soft and supple as dead skin cells shuffle off to haunt the dreams of mad scientists. Trained in a variety of modalities, the licensed muscle mender then applies her skilled phalanges during a soothing relaxation massage. As serenity seekers recline in the tranquil office, Lytrice kneads inner and outer thighs, unties tricky trapezius knots, and evicts tension from the gluteal muscles with a combination of expert strokes and court orders before sending the newly refreshed anatomy out the door stress free.