Rubzon Vapour-rub
for headaches & colds (Ointment)
Description: A combination of well known
ingredients for external application by gentle massaging.
Composition: Each
100g. contains:
Pudina arka
(Mentha arvensis)
.....5
g.
Karpoor
(Camphora officinarum)
....10
g.
Nilgiri tel
(Eucalyptus globulus)
...2.5 ml.
Gandhaberoza tel
(Pinus palustris)
.....5 ml.
Paraffin base
..... q.s.
Application: Specially prepared paraffin
base makes the action prolonged. Gandhapur tel is readily absorbed
through the skin and is used for relief of pain in lumbago, sciatica and
rheumatic conditions. Pudina arka applied to the skin dilates the
vessels causing a sensation of coldness followed by analgesic effect and
is useful for headaches, rheumatic pains and neuralgias.
Kapoor
too acts as a rubefacient and mild analgesic and counter-irritant in fibrositis
and neuralgia. Nilgiri tel oil is a respiratory anti-septic and
often used in inhaled steam or as an ointment in colds for external application.
Gandhaberoza tel like
Nilgiri
tel , is also used as counter-irritant and cutaneous stimulant in the
treatment of chronic inflammatory conditions, to relieve neuralgia and
rheumatic pains and for application to the chest in bronchitis and pleurisy.
When inhaled these two essential oils arrest profuse secretion and relieve
congestion of the bronchioles in bronchitis.
Indications: Headache, cold and cough,
bronchitis, aches and pains, neuralgia, sprains. Can also be inhaled with
vapours from boiling water in chest colds. Apply Rubzon on the affected
part and massage gently.