Menthol

3-p-methanol, a white crystalline powder with a peppermint-like smell and taste. Natural D-menthol is obtained from the essential oil of Japanese peppermint (Mentha arvenis var. piperascens) (see also field mint). Menthol does not have to be declared as a component of a fragrance combination. Due to its essential oil content, menthol has a cooling and thus antipruritic effect by activating the cold receptor(menthol receptor) TRPM8.

Pharmacy: as an external agent for pruritus; for rubbing in acute or chronic bronchitis (J20.9; J42) .

Cosmetics: Used as a fragrance, denaturant

Internal: Menthol is also used in numerous medicines, for example as a cholagogue and choleretic. A further indication is non-specific diarrhea (A09.9).

Menthol solution 1%

Head tincture containing menthol

Menthol cream 5%

Menthol cream 1%

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