On a different topic:
I have a cold. Sunday night I started getting congestion in the roof of my mouth and my throat felt kind of closed off. Couldn't move it no matter what I did. The trick of gargling salt water, which I have had work before, didn't help. Monday didn't get much better, and I found an interesting remedy of eating raw garlic. So I did that Monday night, two cloves. I don't know if anyone has ever eaten raw garlic, but it's kind of like setting fire to your mouth, mind, and soul. But, wow, it really opened up my throat and drained things. It didn't actually cure the cold, but it cleared me up for an hour or two and I think expedited the "junk stuck in my sinuses" stage to the "junk anxious to get out of my body" stage, which I suppose is a good thing.
I also learned why garlic is known as a bane to vampires. I definitely felt like all forms of evil were being purged from my body.
So, anyone willing to suffer to alleviate a different form of suffering, keep that trick in mind.