Marian

On Jun 14, 3:41 am, Curt <curtja...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Marian wrote:

>
> > <snip> Cinammon oil is fabulous stuff for
> > massage and is also a pretty good antibacterial.
> > Strangely enough the one variety I know
> > also works pretty good at keeping mosquitoes away.
>
> [...]
>
> Interesting.
>
> I read a fiction book by James Rollins titled 'Amazonia' where they're
> scouting through the jungle in search of a hidden tribe. A
> pharmaceutical company is financing the trek in search of similar
> herbal meds or mysteries.

Cinammon oil is hardly a mystery. Not quite as cheap in the US as it
is here but I've seen it around. It got a kind of menthol buzz to it
only with a cinammon smell. Clove oil (which contains many of the
same chemical compounds) used to be used as a cheap contact
anaesthetic, especially when you had dental pain but still had two or
three days before the dentist appointment.

-M