A stubbed toe, a trip to the beautician for a bikini wax andaching muscles after a session at the gym all have one thing in common: pain.To ease aches and pains, without medication, try inhaling the aroma of caramel– the sweetness may act as an analgesic, found researchers from James CookUniversity in Queensland. During the study participants who inhaled asweet-smelling odour during a cold-pressure test increased their tolerance forpain, compared with those who inhaled no odours or odours that weren’t sweet.
