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Menthol

Authors:Prof. Dr. med. Peter Altmeyer, Prof. Dr. med. Martina Bacharach-Buhles

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Last updated on: 29.10.2020

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Head tincture containing menthol; Peppermint Camphor

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DefinitionThis section has been translated automatically.

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).

Standard concentrationThis section has been translated automatically.

Cream/solution/powder: 0,5-1%.

ContraindicationThis section has been translated automatically.

Infants (laryngeal cramps to the point of suffocation).

Recipe(s)This section has been translated automatically.

Menthol solution 1%

Head tincture containing menthol

Menthol cream 5%

Menthol cream 1%

Trade namesThis section has been translated automatically.

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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Last updated on: 29.10.2020

Authors: Prof. Dr. med. Peter AltmeyerProf. Dr. med. Martina Bacharach-Buhles