Mint really takes over everything when growing it doesn't it?

Marjorie

----- Original Message -----
From: "Wuensch, Karl L" <WuenschK@...>
To: <dysosmia@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Tuesday, June 30, 2009 5:51 PM
Subject: [dysosmia] Mint


> The scent of mint is remarkably stronger and of a different quality when
> the olfactory sense is working, as I discovered when mowing a thick patch
> of peppermint.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Karl W.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: dysosmia@yahoogroups.com [mailto:dysosmia@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf
> Of Jan
> Sent: Monday, June 29, 2009 7:58 AM
> To: dysosmia@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: [dysosmia] Re: Chopping onions
>
> And mint/menthol is another sensation than many people with no olfactory
> sense of smell can detect too. Again, it's the trigeminal nerve.
>
> I never smelled anything in my life. But I definitely detect onions,
> depending on the variety that I'm chopping. Some are much stronger than
> others are.
> Mint/menthol too. Original Source Tea Tree and Mint shower gel is the
> strongest thing I ever "smelled" via the trigeminal system.
>
> Cheers:-)
> Jan
>
>
> --- In dysosmia@yahoogroups.com, Mick O'Hare <Mick.O'Hare@...> wrote:
>>
>> Hi
>>
>> The reason you detect onions (and burning, ammonia, alcohol possibly,
>> etc)
>> is that these are detected by your trigiminal nerve, not your olfactory
>> system.
>>
>> Mick
>>
>>
>> On 28/06/2009 17:17, "gafoodies706@..." <gafoodies706@...> wrote:
>>
>> >
>> >
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>> >
>> >
>> > My dysosmia is due to head trauma. Almost 2 1/2 years now. I got a
>> > split
>> > second whiff of mint the other day, it was so wonderful. While I do
>> > not smell
>> > the onion I usually get the watery eyes. The same way if there is an
>> > irritant
>> > in the air (i.e someone burning something) my eyes water but I have no
>> > clue
>> > why. I usually break down and ask hubby or call a neighbor to ask.
>> >
>> > In a message dated 6/28/2009 12:08:22 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
>> > robinshare@... writes:
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> Thank you for that little ray of hope. I hope it continues for you. If
>> >> you
>> >> don't mind me asking, is your dysomia due to an illness, or due to
>> >> head
>> >> trauma? (Mine is head trauma, so I'm always looking for others who get
>> >> some
>> >> recovery back after more than a year.)
>> >> Robin
>> >>
>> >>
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > Make your summer sizzle with fast and easy recipes
>> > <http://food.aol.com/grilling?ncid=emlcntusfood00000006> for the
>> > grill.
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>>
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