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Burow’s solution. Burow's solution is an aqueous solution of aluminium triacetate.It is available in the U.S.A. as an over-the-counter drug for topical administration, with under the brand name Domeboro (Moberg Pharma) [1] The preparation has astringent and antibacterial properties and may be used to treat a number of skin conditions, including insect bites and stings, rashes caused by ...
Used as a herbal remedy: an aqueous extract of the plant has sedative and anxiolytic actions. [66] Eucalyptus globulus: Eucalyptus: Leaves were widely used in traditional medicine as a febrifuge. [67] Eucalyptus oil is commonly used in over-the-counter cough and cold medications, as well as for an analgesic. [68] Euonymus atropurpureus: Wahoo
The high ionic strength promotes flocculation of the blood, and the astringent chemical causes local vasoconstriction. Before safety razors were invented, a styptic pencil was a standard part of a shaving kit and was used to seal shaving cuts. [13] Some people continue to use styptic pencils for minor skin wounds from safety or electric razors ...
Balaustines are the red rose-like flowers of the pomegranate, which are very bitter to the taste. In medicine, their dried form has been used as an astringent. [15] Some metal salts and acids have also been used as astringents. [16] Calamine lotion, witch hazel, and yerba mansa, are astringents, [17] as are the powdered leaves of the myrtle. [18]
Paregoric was a household remedy in the 18th and 19th centuries when it was widely used to control diarrhea in adults and children, as an expectorant and cough medicine, to calm fretful children, and to rub on the gums to counteract the pain from teething. In a memoir of life in Mississippi after the American Civil War, one woman recalled, "I ...
Dr. Cox's Barbed Wire Liniment and Antiseptic, made by Myers Laboratory. Marketed as treatment for minor wounds (contains iodine) for livestock and humans, such as barbed wire scratches. [10] IcyHot is a line of liniments produced and marketed by Chattem, now a subsidiary of Sanofi. [11]
The active ingredient in Anusol ointment and suppositories is zinc sulfate monohydrate which helps decrease the irritation in the area and acts as an astringent.The active ingredient in Anusol plus is zinc sulfate monohydrate and pramoxine HCL, which is antipruritic (also found in Gold Bond). [1]
Syrup of ipecac (/ ˈ ɪ p ɪ k æ k /), or simply ipecac, is a drug that was once widely used as an expectorant (in low doses) and a rapid-acting emetic (in higher doses). It is obtained from the dried rhizome and roots of the ipecacuanha plant (Carapichea ipecacuanha), from which it derives its name.