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Got a rumbling in the tummy? Eyes aching? Liver flagging? Lungs languishing? The North Caucasus region has a solution for you: stinky water. That’s right, good old fashioned olfactory mineral water bubbling up from the depths just may have what you need to wash your ailments away. Not only that, a whole cluster of cities is devoted to this very thing. This famous destination, known as the Caucasus Mineral Waters region, has welcomed into its salubrious embrace health-seekers for generations. Doctors have prescribed everything from sipping waters from a curated list of sources, to precisely scheduled walks in the woods, to strict diets, to bizarre treatments (such as you’ll hear about in today’s episode!). To guide us into this veritable aquifer of wonders we hear from local teacher and mineral water enthusiast Roman who with broad knowledge and a good dose of charm may just win you over to the Caucasus mineral waters for your next spa vacation.
