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3-p-methanol, a white crystalline powder with a peppermint smell and taste. Natural D-mentol is extracted from the essential oil of Japanese peppermint (Mentha arvenis var. piperascens) (see below: field mint). Menthol does not have to be declared as a component of a fragrance combination. Due to its content of essential oils, menthol has a cooling and thus antipruritic effect by activating the cold receptor(menthol receptor) TRPM8.
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Pharmacy: as external use in pruritus; for rubbing in acute or chronic bronchitis (J20.9; J42) .
Cosmetics: use as perfume, denaturant
Internal: Menthol is also used in many medicines as cholagogue and choleretic. A further indication is an unspecific diarrhoea (A09.9).
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Angocin® N ointment Precutan, Insprio® N solution for gargling, Lyobalsam® S ointment, Makatussin® balm with methol, Mentholon Original® N, Nifint® nasal ointment, NiNo fluid, Pin-Alcol® liniment, Pinimenthol® Liquidum N, Pinimenthol® Ointment N, Transpulmin® Balm E, Trauma Ointment Rödler® 301 N, Trauma Ointment Rödler® 303 N, Turamol® N Balm, Tussamag® Relief Balm N
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