"Rick & Cyndi" >, if that's their real name, wrote:

>We use clove oil for tooth aches.

Back during the Stone Age, I attended Dental Assisting school. Following
periodontal surgery, patients' gums were covered with pink clove gunk.
That's all I can think of when I smell a strong aroma of cloves. I'd have
to be pretty desperate, and in a tremendous amount of pain, to use that
stuff.

Carol
--
"Years ago my mother used to say to me... She'd say,
'In this world Elwood, you must be oh-so smart or oh-so pleasant.'
Well, for years I was smart.... I recommend pleasant. You may quote me."

*James Stewart* in the 1950 movie, _Harvey_