ichthammol

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ichthammol [′ik·thə·mȯl]

(pharmacology)

A viscid fluid obtained by the destructive distillation of certain bituminous schists, followed by sulfonation of the distillate and neutralization with ammonia; used as a weak antiseptic and stimulant in skin diseases, and occasionally as an expectorant.

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No references found			Nancy Trevorrow, Warren, Michigan COUNTRYSIDE: Try Ichthammol Salve (ointment/dressing) My dad used it for years and so do we. Drawing salve recipe by Trevorrow, Nancy; Locke, F.E. / Countryside & Small Stock Journal Current orthodox medical treatment includes topical applications of corticosteroidal creams, salicylic acid/urea preparations, glycerol, paraffin, coal tar and/or ichthammol to ease the symptoms; and oral ingestion of immunomodifiers (cyclosporins) and antimetabolites (methotrexate). Treatment review of chronic psoriasis by Smiroldo, Tina L. / Australian Journal of Medical Herbalism It was hypothesised that dung, ashes, hair or sand all act as a haemostatic dressings, drawing the infection outward in the way that ichthammol ointment does. Earthquake in Pakistan controlled Kashmir: an emic testimony on the ... by Danschutter, Dirk; Housai, Rahimi Hashemi / Connect: The World of Critical Care Nursing			ICF ich Ichabod Ichang Ichetucknee Springs State Park Ichigi Ichihara Ichikawa Ichikawa Kon Ichikawa, Shoichi Ichinomiya Ichinskaia Sopka Ichko, Treaty of Ichneumon ichneumon fly Ichneumonidae Ichneumonoidea Ichnia ichnite ichnofacies ichnofossil ichnography ichnolite ichnology ichor ichthammol ichthyism Ichthyobdellidae ichthyocolla Ichthyodectidae Ichthyofauna Ichthyol ichthyolith Ichthyology ichthyophagous Ichthyophis ichthyophobia Ichthyophthiriosis Ichthyophthirius Ichthyopterygia Ichthyornis Ichthyornithes Ichthyornithidae Ichthyornithiformes ichthyosarcotoxism Ichthyosauria Ichthyosis ichthyosis congenita ichthyosis simplex Ichthyostega Ichthyostegalia			ICHRDD ICHRI ICHRL ICHRM ICHRP ICHRPI ICHRSC ICHRU ICHS ICHS ICHS ICHS ICHSA ICHSC ICHSEA ICHSF ICHSL ICHSLTA ICHSMC ICHSP ICHSPP ICHSR ICHSRI ICHSS ICHT ICHTF ichth. ichthammol Ichtheology Ichtheology Ichtheology Ichthidin Ichthin Ichthis Ichthis Ichthulin Ichthus Ichthus ichthuses ichthy(o)- ichthy- ichthy- ichthyic ichthyism ichthyism ichthyism ichthyismus ichthyismus ichthyo- ichthyo- Ichthyobdellidae Ichthyoboda Ichthyocol ichthyocolla Ichthyocoprolite Ichthyodectidae Ichthyodorulite ichthyofauna

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