Scott's MD-PhD Adventure

Wednesday, February 14, 2007

Cool down further

Lili: Look at the screen.
Bob: Ok, this is the wikipedia page on menthol. It says it's used in medicines
Lili: Right, but it is in mint!
Bob: Ok, but mint can mean the plant and leaf, or a flavor
Lili: The menthol and the mint, we have Chinese words which are the same
Bob: But they're two different things.
Lili: In China, we have the candy which tastes like this [the menthol cough drops]
Me: Candy here is not flavored with menthol! only mint
Lili: Look at the other page
Bob: Ok, this says spearmint does not contain menthol and is only used for flavoring
Lili: Palash said in India they have candy also tastes like this!
Bob: But here menthol is used in medicine.
Me: Right, if you put menthol on your skin, it gets cold. Mint doesn't do that
Bob: Menthol is an alcohol mint compound
Lili: The Chinese words are the same. And I like the candy.
Me: American children would not call menthol anything candy. It wouldn't be labelled cough drop!

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