This section is from the "Henley's Twentieth Century Formulas Recipes Processes" encyclopedia, by Norman W. Henley and others.
See also Ointments.
The following penetrating oily liniment reduces all kinds of inflammatory processes:
Paraffine oil......... 4 ounces
Capsicum powder.. .. 1/2 ounce Digest on a sand bath and filter. To this may be added directly the following: Oil of wintergreen or peppermint, phenol, thymol, camphor or eucalyptol, etc.
Camphor.......... 2 ounces
Menthol........... 1 ounce
Oil of thyme....... 1 ounce
Oil of sassafras..... 1 ounce
Tincture of myrrh .. 1 ounce
Tincture of capsicum 1 ounce
Chloroform........ 1 ounce
Alcohol........... 2 pints
 
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