Extravasation injuries in the neonatal intensive care unit are not rare during parenteral hyperalimentation. There have been many different methods of management. We report five premature infants with wounds of hyperalimentation fluid extravasation managed by the antibacterial ointment (Terramycin ophthalmic ointment and sesame oil and a antiinflammatory herbal mixture (MEBO).) The mean gestati...

In recent years, the prevalence of dry eye has been on the rise due to an ageing global population, increased usage of medication and environment irritants. Current available treatments for dry eye include artificial eye drops, artificial tear ointment, vitamin A ointment, special eyewear, antiautoimmunity drugs and lacrimal punctum occlusion. However, these treatments have limited effects. The...

Skin disease associated with keratinized tissues in animal and human beings has been investigated. The essential oil of Eucalyptus pauciflora in vitro showed strong antifungal activity at 1.0 microl/ml against human pathogenic fungi, viz. Epidermophyton floccosum, Microsporum audouinii, M. canis, M. gypseum, M. nanum, Trichophyton mentagrophytes, T. rubrum, T. tonsurans and T. violaceum. The oi...

Eczema is characterized by itching, lichenification, scaling, oedema and erythema. Current management strategies include corticosteroids, which are limited due to side effects. Many herbal remedies are used traditionally but unfortunately have not been validated in controlled clinical trials. Three popular traditional treatments of eczema include Indian pennywort, Walnut and Turmeric. In this s...

Topical iodine forms are used for infected and necrotic pressure ulcers. Despite antimicrobial advantages several potential disadvantages were observed with controversial results. To clarify the controversy, the reactivity of povidone-iodine (PI) sugar ointment and cadexomer-iodine (CI) ointment toward biological components was investigated. L-Tyrosine as a component of proteins and egg lecithi...

We previously reported the development and clinical efficacy of a 2% aspirin oral ointment and 2% ethenzamide oral ointment as hospital preparations for painful lesions of the oral mucosa. This study investigated methods of preparing a more stable oral ointment with a more effective analgesic action, using diflunisal, another salicylic acid derivative, with an analgesic effect stronger than tha...

To prepare an herbal ointment using ethanolic extract of Berberis aristata and assess the anti-psoriatic effectiveness finished product. We were able to make multiple ointments that each categorized as F-1, F-2, F-3 by adding varying concentrations stearic acid cetyl alcohol learning about various formulation types, such oil in water. The analysis many factors, including pH, viscosity, spreadab...

Evening: Yellow Ointment (Ung. Hydrarg. Oxid. Flav. 2 per cent.) 2nd day, morning: Yellow Ointment. Evening: Yellow ointment. 3rd day, morning: Yellow Ointment. Evening: Zinc Sulph. and Ichthyol Ointment (\ per cent. each). 4th day, Operation. If there is discharge, we continue the yellow ointment until it ceases and the eye is fit for operation. Usually after three or four days, the eye is fre...

Introduction: Celosia argentea (Amaranthaceae; CA), is applied for the management of several conditions including, wounds, haemorrhagic conditions, and gynaecological diseases. Alcoholic and ethyl acetate extracts of the CA leaves, as an ointment formulation (10% w/w), were assessed for the healing efficacy on rat burn wound models and was compared with silver sulfadiazine and in vitro cytoxici...