What are the uses of methyl salycilate? medically?
i have bottles and bottles of it
but i forgot what its used for :p
i went to wikipedia... and i din't feel resembling reading big words... so please no wiki copy paste :)
thank you very much
cheers
Answers:
"There are not many practical medical uses for grease of wintergreen (OoW) or (methyl salicylate)" is the short answer.
It may be used as a topical liniment, similar in use to "BenGay" or other "muscle rubs". OoW may give symptomatic relief of mild muscle or unified aches but does not actually treat any disease.
OoW may also be used in convinced medical testing such as methylene blue staining (used to test stool for certain kind of infections and to look for white blood cells in stool).
OoW has few other practical form uses for a layperson.
It is used in food manufacturing as a substitute for mint, but DO NOT eat it. In it's pure form it is terminal poison! Source(s): MD
Doc is absolutely right. Just to add to the toxicity part. A single teaspoon of methyl salicylate contains 7g of salicylate, which is equivalent to more than twenty-three 300mg aspirin tablets. Source(s): Pharmacist
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but i forgot what its used for :p
i went to wikipedia... and i din't feel resembling reading big words... so please no wiki copy paste :)
thank you very much
cheers
Answers:
"There are not many practical medical uses for grease of wintergreen (OoW) or (methyl salicylate)" is the short answer.
It may be used as a topical liniment, similar in use to "BenGay" or other "muscle rubs". OoW may give symptomatic relief of mild muscle or unified aches but does not actually treat any disease.
OoW may also be used in convinced medical testing such as methylene blue staining (used to test stool for certain kind of infections and to look for white blood cells in stool).
OoW has few other practical form uses for a layperson.
It is used in food manufacturing as a substitute for mint, but DO NOT eat it. In it's pure form it is terminal poison! Source(s): MD
Doc is absolutely right. Just to add to the toxicity part. A single teaspoon of methyl salicylate contains 7g of salicylate, which is equivalent to more than twenty-three 300mg aspirin tablets. Source(s): Pharmacist
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