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ichthammol

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ichthammol [ik´tham-ol]
an ammoniated coal tar product, used in ointment form for certain skin diseases.

ichthammol
an ammoniated coal tar product, used as an ointment in the treatment of acute, septic lesions such as cellulitis and abscesses.


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Nancy Trevorrow, Warren, Michigan COUNTRYSIDE: Try Ichthammol Salve (ointment/dressing) My dad used it for years and so do we.
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).
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.
 
 
 
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