To: "VOCALIST" <vocalist>
Subject: Re: HUMIDIFIERS QUERY AGAIN..menthol
Date sent: Thu, 23 Dec 1999 14:18:43 -0500
Send reply to: VOCALIST <vocalist>

I too have read at health sites that menthol can cause dryness. So, I try to
pick my battles. If my biggest problem is that I'm congested and I can't
breathe through my nose - then menthol it is! Nothing opens up my passages
faster and if I can't breathe, I can't sing, dry or not. Sometimes, I'll use
Tiger Balm, externally, of course!, and massage it into my temples, on my
chest and at the TM joint and behind my jaw. It also seems to help to
relieve the congestion and doesn't dry me out at all.

If I'm dry, however, I don't reach for a mentholated cough drop. I
super-hydrate, drink tea with licorice or honey, pop a lemon drop etc.

Sheesh, it's hard work being a singer in the cold season!

Laura

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Sent: Thursday, December 23, 1999 2:12 AM
Subject: Re: HUMIDIFIERS QUERY AGAIN..menthol



lol wow.
i use menthol lozengers all the time.
guess ill try to stay away from them hehe
~sara