Symptoms Possible symptoms of cold sniffles include a runny or stuffy nose, sneezing, watery eyes, feeling sick, headache, and sore skin under the nose. A common cold may be accompanied by other symptoms of a cold, such as sore throat, hoarseness, cough and low-grade fever. Possible complications include tubal catarrh, middle ear infection and sinusitis. … Commond Cold: Causes and Treatment
What is it? The so-called horse ointment was developed in 1984 by the German pharmacist Dr. Ulf Jacoby. Originally, the ointment was intended for use on racehorses, as can be easily deduced from the name, and was intended to care for the horses’ strained tendons, fasciae and muscles and promote rapid regeneration. Since then, the … Horse ointment
Effect / Warming effect The plant extracts contained in the horse ointment have various effects on the skin. Depending on the composition of the individually applied ointment, different components may predominate and the ointments from different suppliers may thus differ from each other. The ointment is said to have a warming and circulation-promoting effect as … Effect / Warming effect | Horse ointment
Provider There are different suppliers who offer the horse ointment under this or another name. The products usually differ only minimally in their composition. Besides the different quantities and the percentage distribution of the individual ingredients, the products also differ in price. For this reason, it is important to compare the different products with regard … Provider | Horse ointment
Structure As menthol (C10H20O, r = 156.3 g/mol) is the naturally occurring (-)- or L-menthol (levomenthol, levomentholum). The European Pharmacopoeia contains two monographs: 1. menthol Levomentholum 2. racemic menthol Mentholum racemicum Menthol is a cyclic monoterpene alcohol. It has three asymmetric carbon atoms and occurs in four diastereomeric enantiomer pairs. Stem plants Menthol is found … Menthol
Products Among the best-known fat sticks in many countries are, for example, Dermophil India, the Peru Stick and Tuc. They contain about 20 to 23 g of the preparation, making them much larger than lip balms (about 4 to 5 g). Like them, they can be made by yourself. To do this, the ingredients are … Fat Pencil for the Skin
Products Pain gels are available in pharmacies and drugstores from a variety of suppliers. Structure and properties Gels consist of gelled liquids. They are made with suitable swelling agents (gelling agents). These include, for example, celluloses and starches. The pharmacopoeia distinguishes between hydrophilic gels and lipophilic gels with a fat content (emgels, lipogels). Active ingredients … Pain Gels
Physiological background Itch results from activation of specialized afferent unmyelinated C fibers in the skin. These fibers are anatomically identical to those that conduct pain but differ in function and stimulus transmission to the brain. They contain a number of receptors such as histamine receptors, PAR-2, endothelin receptor, and TRPV1, and mediators such as histamine, … Itch
Symptoms Atopic dermatitis, or neurodermatitis, is a noncontagious, chronic inflammatory skin disease that causes episodes of red, rough, dry or weeping, crusted and scaly skin. Eczema can occur all over the body and is typically accompanied by severe itching. Patients have dry skin. In infants, the disease begins on the scalp and cheeks. Depending on … Atopic Dermatitis: Eczema
Definition We know from everyday life that the same volumes of different substances do not have the same mass. A liter measure full of down is much lighter than a liter measure filled with sugar. Fresh snow is lighter than ice, and ice is slightly lighter than water, although they are all H2O. Density is … Density
Products Homeopathic medicines are available from various suppliers, for example, in the form of globules (beads) and as drops (dilutions) in pharmacies and drugstores. Structure and properties Homeopathic medicines are prepared by a strong dilution of the starting substances. The dilution levels are called potencies. Examples Taking belladonna (Belladonna) causes hyperthermia, so in homeopathy it … Homeopathic Remedies
Products Sage is available as an open product and as a tea in sachets in pharmacies and drugstores. Sage extracts are commercially available in the form of tablets, sage pastilles, lozenges and drops, among others. Stem plants Sage is an evergreen plant of the labiates family (Lamiaceae) native to the Mediterranean region. In pharmacy, mainly … Sage Health Benefits
