Mint Kills Pain

The L.A. Times tells us that mint is useful for a few things other than taking garlic off your breath. According to the Times, a recent study conducted  at the University of Edinburgh reveals that cooling mint oil compounds
act to reduce pain through a newly discovered receptor found in some nerve cells. The University of Edinburgh reported that cooling mint oil compounds
act through a newly discovered receptor found in some nerve cells. Susan Fleetwood-Walker, a coauthor of the study and a professor at the
university, tells the paper hat the finding could lead to new types of topical
drugs that would improve on the chemicals in mint oil or that menthol-containing old standby, Bengay. Read the whole piece in the L.A. Times.