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Subject: BS: Boracic Ointment From: Bert Date: 01 Jan 07 - 12:10 AM OK. I know you 'catters will come through for me. Where can I buy Boracic Ointment. I'm in Colorado. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Boracic Ointment From: artbrooks Date: 01 Jan 07 - 12:32 AM Not Boric Acid Ointment? |
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Subject: RE: BS: Boracic Ointment From: Alice Date: 01 Jan 07 - 12:43 AM I think zinc oxide ointment for diaper rash has boric acid in it. Any grocery or drug store. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Boracic Ointment From: JohnInKansas Date: 01 Jan 07 - 03:07 AM ... But although it was so listed in the 1898 Pharmacopeia, it is no longer considered an efficacious treatment for STDs. (But might help for pimples and diaper rash.) I don't find boric acid as an ingredient in currently common "baby powders" sold in the US, and if included it would likely be in very small concentration. Most references to its use as a "human medicine" terminate ca. 1890, with a few references into the 1930s. At least one Russian company still includes it in their list of products, but it's doubtful one could get it easily from them. There apparently is still some use in veterinary medicine, so perhaps your vet, or "farm store" could provide something. While there may be current uses that I missed with my quick search, and you might be able to get it from your local Rx shop, it's not apparent that there aren't other products considered more effective for most uses now. John |
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Subject: RE: BS: Boracic Ointment From: mack/misophist Date: 01 Jan 07 - 10:25 AM About 10 years ago I bought some dry boric acid at a hardware store to control a cockroach infestation. Ointments are easy to make. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Boracic Ointment From: Dave Hanson Date: 01 Jan 07 - 10:30 AM I'm boracic lint. eric |
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Subject: RE: BS: Boracic Ointment From: Alice Date: 01 Jan 07 - 10:46 AM Boric Acid is an ingredient in zinc oxide ointment for diaper rash, as I posted above. Just do a search on www.froogle.com for "boric acid ointment". you will find... Boudreaux's Butt paste is a cure all ointment for abrasions, chapped lips, ... Boric Acid, Castor Oil, Mineral oil, White Wax, Petrolatum. ... and Lino Panate Ointment by Bezwecken Lanolin, Vitamin E Linoleate, Panthenol, Boric Acid. Cover area as needed. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Boracic Ointment From: artbrooks Date: 01 Jan 07 - 11:48 AM My audiologist recommended that I use dry boric acid (from Walgreens) in a solution with isopropyl alcohol to combat a sort of "swimmers' itch" thing that people who wear hearing aids are prone to. I expect the 12 oz. jar I bought will last something close to forever. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Boracic Ointment From: Sorcha Date: 01 Jan 07 - 12:08 PM Sooooooo, the Big Question of the Day..... Does Bert have diaper rash????????? |
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Subject: RE: BS: Boracic Ointment From: Alice Date: 01 Jan 07 - 12:13 PM Good question, Sorch. Meet me in Chat |
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Subject: RE: BS: Boracic Ointment From: Metchosin Date: 01 Jan 07 - 01:01 PM Well if it were me, I wouldn't put anything on a baby's butt that contained boric acid. It is very toxic and has been known to cause death in infants, particularly if the skin is abraded. As far as I know, it's use has been discontinued in baby ointments in Canada. It does do a good job killing roaches though, if you can hold the buggers still long enough to smear their little bottoms. I am usually a fan of old remedies. When one of my daughters was small, our doctor gave us a prescription for an expensive steroidal cream for a persistant sore on her arm, that looked a bit like ringworm but wasn't. We went through a tube of the stuff and it still hadn't cleared up. A while later, I was digging around in the medicine chest and found an ancient tin of Watkin's petro-carbo salve. A couple of dabs and the sore cleared it up immediately. I figured it worked so well, I tracked down a new tin of the ointment and carefully read the label to compare it to the old tin. Even though it still retained the same name, the new stuff no longer contained carbolic acid and wasn't particularly effective for anything. I sitll use a large tube of Hibitane horse ointment for first aid for us and the animals. It was cheap, effective, used in hospitals and I believe widely available for human use in the UK and Oz, but you can't get it easily in Canada any longer, even for horses. It's probably been found to be as risky as ointment containing boric acid. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Boracic Ointment From: Alice Date: 01 Jan 07 - 01:18 PM http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boric_acid many uses listed, including "used as an antiseptic for minor burns or cuts and is sometimes used in dressings or salves or is applied in a very dilute solution as an eye wash. It is poisonous if taken internally or inhaled, although it is generally not considered to be much more toxic than table salt (based on its mammal LD50 rating of 2660mg/kg body mass)" |
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Subject: RE: BS: Boracic Ointment From: Alice Date: 01 Jan 07 - 01:24 PM California controls boric acid or boracic acid as a hazardous substance. Constant direct contact with it as a pesticide in the home or an ointment doesn't seem to be safe. Caution should be used. Bert, why do you want it? |
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Subject: RE: BS: Boracic Ointment From: Peace Date: 01 Jan 07 - 06:38 PM Old Boots Boracic Ointment |
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Subject: RE: BS: Boracic Ointment From: Uncle_DaveO Date: 02 Jan 07 - 08:45 AM Peach, Boracic ointment is good for old boots? Dave Oesterreich |
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Subject: RE: BS: Boracic Ointment From: GUEST,Olga Date: 02 Jan 07 - 09:35 AM This is excellent boratic cream you may be interested. good for mouth ulcers, haemerrhoids and hair loss. now is time, you can purchas here. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Boracic Ointment From: The Fooles Troupe Date: 02 Jan 07 - 08:28 PM Seem to remember that Boracic Acid is used in some 'Ant Killers'. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Boracic Ointment From: Peace Date: 02 Jan 07 - 09:56 PM Mix Borax half/half with white sugar. The ants seem not to know the difference. They carry the grains back to the nest and that's that. The ants stop coming. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Boracic Ointment From: Slag Date: 02 Jan 07 - 10:14 PM Boric Acid works good on fever blisters and canker sores. All right. Knock it off. That's C-A-N-K-E-R sores. A&D ointment is a good zinc oxide treatment for various minor skin problems. Ask the chemist or pharmacist. They will be glad to help you. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Boracic Ointment From: Adrianel Date: 02 Jan 07 - 10:47 PM Boracic is a (Marketing not chemical) synonym for boric. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Boracic Ointment From: Peace Date: 02 Jan 07 - 11:16 PM MSDS data for boric acid. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Boracic Ointment From: Bert Date: 02 Jan 07 - 11:36 PM NO BERT DOESN'T HAVE DAIPER RASH. A cousin has a nasty stye on her eyelid and what the quack has been giving her isn't working. A dab of boracic ointment will clear it up in a day but it seems to be an 'old fashioned remedy' so I can't find it anywhere. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Boracic Ointment From: GUEST,Derek Lewis UK Date: 18 Dec 07 - 04:40 PM I've used Boracic Ointment for years to heal small cuts in my fingers. It works well but my pharmacist tells me that it is no longer available over the counter as it was reputed to have some carcinogenic effect. I can't back that up but it is no longer generally available here in the UK. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Boracic Ointment From: Bee Date: 18 Dec 07 - 08:41 PM My dad used it for many years as an eye wash. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Boracic Ointment From: Sorcha Date: 18 Dec 07 - 11:28 PM Bee...Boracic ointment or boric acid???? There is a difference. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Boracic Ointment From: GUEST,.gargoyle Date: 19 Dec 07 - 12:00 AM For "eye infections"
i.e. "pink-eye" or sty - a dilute solution of "ascorbic acid" (vitamin C) 50 ml to 1000 ml works wonders. Use three times a day....gone in 48 hours.... (1/8 teaspoon (1 gram) concentrate crystals to 1/2 cup (4 oz).... wash three times...(1/2 whisky shot glass) wash/rinse/wash/rinse/wash three times a day....frequently gone by next morning....In the past (hard contact lenses and scratched cornea) had multiple cases of SPC "Severe Pustulary Conjuctivitis" this solution has worked better than any prescription
Boric Acid - is readily available across the USA - ask the pharmacyst
For Skin Infections (bed-sores etc) you will need a prescription. Miricle cure "Silver Sulfadiazine 01% cream."
B vitamins oral and E-topical also help (wheat germ bake your own bread)
Now perhaps, since you are a Mudcatter and have used communal showers, in public locations....for "athlete's foot / crotch-rot / jock itch" there is nothing better than vomit-stench of Undecylenic Acid 25%.
Please heal thyself. Contagion is nothing to share. IF - conjectivitis - Do Not Share Towels - also PLEASE!!! consult a medical doctor before trying the suggested "home-remedy."
Sincerely,
The powder form of boric acid is the primary ingrediant in many Cock Roach killers (also works for ants) it is benign to humans....get the pharmacy version for yourself....(mixed with sweetened condensed milk, formed into small marbles...and left behind the refrigerator or potaoe-bin it will kill roachs for years.) |
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Subject: RE: BS: Boracic Ointment From: Gurney Date: 19 Dec 07 - 02:17 AM In case anyone's wondering: Eric's post up there is rhyming slang. Boracic Lint = Skint = broke, moneyless. You have to be british on both sides of the rhyme. Boracic Lint was a type of impregnated bandage, years ago. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Boracic Ointment From: Gurney Date: 19 Dec 07 - 02:20 AM I don't think I want to meet any of Gargoyle's Cock Roaches, though. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Boracic Ointment From: robomatic Date: 20 Dec 07 - 12:39 AM I bought some powdered boric acid and mixed it with petroleum jelly to form an ointment for my cracked finger skin. It didn't do any harm. It also didn't do much good. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Boracic Ointment From: Bert Date: 20 Dec 07 - 01:05 AM Thanks for all the info guys. I'm sure her stye has cleared up by now but I'll save it for next time. By the way, 'Pink lint' used to be army slang for Spam. |
