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Mustard plaster

Application instruction:

Pharmacological action

Indications to use

Route of administration

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from 25 rub.

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Горчичники The mustard plaster – drug with the local irritating, soothing and antiinflammatory action, is effective for treatment of cough, sprains and bruises.

Pharmacological action

The medical effect of Mustard plasters is caused by reflex reactions which arise at irritation on site of drug use.

Release form

Mustard plasters happen two types:

The dense sheets of paper of 8х12,5 cm in size covered with a thin layer of the mustard mix consisting of cake from mustard seeds. In packaging – 10 mustard plasters;
In paper packages on 3 g of the mustard mix divided by seams into 4 cells. On 2, 5, 10, 15 or 20 mustard plasters packages in packaging.

Indications to use of Mustard plasters

Most often apply Mustard plasters at cough. They proved as very effective and inexpensive remedy.

They perfectly help both at long, and at dry cough. To one of cautions can serve raised (it is more than 37.3 °C) temperature.

The best time for use of Mustard plasters the final stage of a disease, days later after normalization of temperature is considered.

Also Mustard plasters use as antiinflammatory and anesthetic at:

Bronchitis;
Osteochondrosis;
Miositis;
Mialgiya;
Neuralgia;
Bruises of soft tissues;
Laryngotracheitis;
Lumbar ishialgias;
Arthralgias;
Pneumonia;
Sprain.

Mustard plasters are contraindicated at acute conditions of respiratory diseases, asthma, hypersensitivity to drug and tumoral diseases.

Also they cannot be applied on skin in the places affected with neurodermatitis, psoriasis or the becoming wet eczema.

Route of administration of Mustard plasters

Применение горчичников - наружное Use of Mustard plasters outside. For this purpose a mustard package of evenly distributed powder lower in warm (37 °C) water for half-minute, and then impose on skin. It is possible to cover from above with a polyethylene film or a warm blanket for strengthening of effect. Mustard plasters do not remove before emergence of resistant redness, usually from 5 to 10 minutes. After removal the site of skin is washed out water.

Important condition of effective treatment by Mustard plasters is correctly chosen place of imposing:

At bronchitis, pleurisy, cold and pneumonia – on a back (from 5 to 8 pieces). It is necessary to avoid area of heart;
At the beginning cold – to soles;
At migraines (hypertension) – on area of a nape;
At neuralgia, a miositis, sprain – directly on a healthy place;
At stenocardia – on a breast to the area of heart.

To children Mustard plasters put very carefully not to cause a skin burn. They are imposed on the gauze folded double previously moistened in warm water. The average time of the procedure – 10 minutes, but if the child complains of strong burning, then time can be reduced to 5-7 minutes. It is the best of all for children to apply mustard plasters in the evening that the child before going to bed had time to cough up the departing slime.

Before use of Mustard plasters at pregnancy it is necessary to consult with the doctor, independent use of Mustard plasters at pregnancy is not recommended.

It is possible to buy drug without recipe of the doctor. A period of storage – from 1 to 2 years depending on the producer.

The prices in Internet drugstores:

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Mustard plaster of 20 pieces.

25 rub.

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