Liniment balsamic according to Vishnevsky: for and against

Balsamic liniment according to Vishnevsky was invented a long time ago, during the Soviet Union, by the famous surgeon Alexander Vasilyevich Vishnevsky. In his footsteps, both children and grandchildren went, who also made a huge contribution to Soviet surgery and continued the work of Alexander Vasilyevich on the use of this ointment.

Vishnevsky liniment consists of such basic parts as xerobes, castor oil and birch tar. In combination, all these three components give an ointment, the smell of which is very specific. Due to the cheapness of the components, the balsamic linen by Vishnevsky became widely produced, and soon the flowering of its application also came.

The main area of application of the ointment is the fight against foci of rotting. However, the balsamic liniment in Vishnevsky fights against them very specific, for which he managed to get a lot of criticism in the literature. Well, negative evaluations also have the right to life, but it should be noted that with proper, competent use of the drug, it gives an excellent result.

Now a little about the mechanism of action. Tar and castor oil, which are contained in the ointment, have a local warming effect on the area to which the balsamic liniment is applied according to Vishnevsky. And as everyone knows, when oxygen is limited (and oxygen is limited by the thick consistency of the ointment) and access to heat, the purulent bacteria multiply even faster than normal. It turns out that Vishnevsky's ointment, and this name is most firmly entrenched in the people, provokes purulent processes. And this is her main plus. Applying the ointment on the boil, which contains a purulent stem and is about to begin to rot on the circumference, we thereby provoke the speedy uptake and breakthrough of the boil. Since furuncles are located in a space that is limited to the skin, there is no reason to fear that the ointment will worsen the situation. On the contrary, the process, which is already running, will end soon.

However, balsamic liniment according to Vishnevsky, the use of which is not limited to treating furuncles, should not be used with open wounds and where the process can affect healthy tissues. Doctors are also cautious about the use of liniment with burns. That's why you should not self-medicate and apply the ointment at your discretion. In order to know where you can use the ointment, consider a few examples.

Gynecologists, for example, are advised to use Vishnevsky's ointment in the treatment of inflammation of the female genital organs. For this, during a week a woman should put tampons with ointment in the vagina. After the end of the course of treatment, the inflammatory process decreases much, the pain syndrome subsides.

Doctors-phlebologists recommend compresses for six hours if the patient suffers from thrombophlebitis or varicose veins. For this, the legs are wrapped with a cotton bandage, flavored with Vishnevsky ointment.

ENT-doctors give preference to this drug with genyantritis. If you make tampons with ointment, then the maxillary sinusitis will quickly break out.

A wonderful effect gives an ointment for acne and acne - the causes of youth complexes about the appearance. Do not wait for the ripening of acne, you can apply a patch with ointment on them. In the morning after such procedure all pus comes out, and after disinfection the place of decay heals without scars.

Despite the fact that the balsamic liniment in Vishnevsky is being used less and less often, it's worth mentioning that for several decades all Soviet surgeons used this ointment, without fear of using it in cavitary surgery. Now came the era of new antibiotics, which are produced in various dosage forms, but Vishnevsky's ointment still does not disappear from the shelves of our pharmacies and remains in demand in the medical environment.