Vishnevsky balm
From WikiLectures
Vishnevsky balm or also Vishnevsky suspension (patients like to call it "cherry ointment") is a suspension of tribromophenolate bismuth in castor oil with the addition with another ingredient. According to the original prescription, a Peruvian balm was added, and tar was later used.
Effect
Vishnevsky balm has an antimicrobial and anti-inflammatory effect, accelerates the demarcation of inflammation, coagulation and resorption of inflammatory infiltrate and regeneration.
Indikace
- erysipelas
- erysipeloid
- phlegmon
- furuncle
- carbuncle
- abscess
- paronychium
Composition of individual variants
Suspensio Vishnevsky cum balsamo peruviano
| Bismuthi tribromphenolas basicum | 5,0 g |
| Balsamum peruvianum | 20,0 g |
| Ricini oleum virginale | ad 100,0 g |
Suspensio Vishnevsky cum pice liquida
| Bismuthi tribromphenolas basicum | 3,0 g |
| Pix fagi seu pix lithanthracis | 5,0 g |
| Ricini oleum virginale | ad 100,0 g |
Links
Resources
- Czech Republic. State Institute for Drug Control. Summation of Product Characteristics Suspensio Višněvski cum pice liquida HBF. 2010.
- Monographic series. Slovak farmaceutical codex. 2007. Available from <https://www.sukl.sk/buxus/docs/Posudzovanie_kvality_liekov/kodex2007.pdf>.
