This section is from the book "Materia Medica And Therapeutics Inorganic Substances", by Charles D. F. Phillips. Also available from Amazon: Materia medica and therapeutics.
In many varieties of this disorder - pruritus pudendi, pruritus senilis - iodine tincture locally applied often gives much relief.
In a case of hyperaesthesia of the vulva, without local lesion, but with severe "dyspareunia," powdering with iodoform rendered the parts quite insensitive to pain (Tanner). A tampon of iodoform had good results in another case.
A hot lotion containing citric acid is often serviceable in relieving itching.
A similar lotion will often relieve itching in papular and neurotic diseases, such as lichen and prurigo; it may be conjoined with prussic acid, or with the liquor carbonis detergens.
In prurigo, lichen, and chronic urticaria, disorders attended with violent itching, a lotion containing 1 to 3 dr. of dilute acid in 8 oz. of water often relieves. Pereira says that its internal administration is also efficacious.
Angina. For relaxed surfaces coated with tenacious mucus dilute sulphuric acid is an excellent cleansing astringent: hence it is inconstant use as a gargle (1 to 2 dr. in 8 oz. of infusion of roses) for relaxed uvula, etc.; in weaker proportion it is also suitable for scarlatinal throat. The addition of 2 dr. of alum to the gargle often greatly increases its value.
 
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