counterirritant substance

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• Counterirritant — A counterirritant is a substance which creates inflammation in one location with the goal of lessening the inflammation in another location.[1] They can be used as antipruritics. This strategy falls into the more general category of… …   Wikipedia

• counterirritant — noun Any substance used to cause inflammation in one part of the body with the goal of lessening inflammation elsewhere …   Wiktionary

• counterirritant —    A substance applied to the skin to produce an irritating, heating, or vasodilating effect, in order to speed local healing by increasing circulation of blood, radiating the heat inward to inflamed tissues deep below the skin. It can also be… …   Herbal-medical glossary

• oil — An inflammable liquid, of fatty consistency and unctuous feel, which is insoluble in water, soluble or insoluble in alcohol, and freely soluble in ether. Oils are variously classified as animal …   Medical dictionary

• camphor — A ketone distilled from the bark and wood of Cinnamonum camphora, an evergreen tree of Taiwan and Southeast Asia and the adjoining islands, and also prepared synthetically from oil of turpentine; used in a variety of commercial products and as a… …   Medical dictionary

• moxibustion — Burning of herbal agents, such as moxa, on the skin as a counterirritant in the treatment of disease; a component of traditional Chinese and Japanese medicine. * * * mox·i·bus·tion .mäk si bəs chən n the therapeutic use of moxa * * * n. a form of …   Medical dictionary

• rubefacient — 1. Causing a reddening of the skin. 2. A counterirritant that produces erythema when applied to the skin surface. [L. rubi facio, fr. ruber, red, + facio, to make] * * * ru·be·fa·cient .rü bə fā shənt adj causing redness of the skin <a… …   Medical dictionary

• thuja — The fresh tops of T. occidentalis (family Pinaceae), an ornamental evergreen tree of eastern North America, a source of cedar leaf oil; has been used internally as an expectorant, emmenagogue, and anthelmintic, and externally as a mild… …   Medical dictionary

• methyl salicylate — noun a liquid ester with a strong odor of wintergreen; applied externally for minor muscle and joint pain • Syn: ↑birch oil, ↑sweet birch oil • Hypernyms: ↑salicylate • Substance Holonyms: ↑wintergreen oil, ↑oil of wintergreen …   Useful english dictionary

• moxa — /mok seuh/, n. 1. a flammable substance or material obtained from the leaves of certain Chinese and Japanese wormwood plants, esp. Artemisia moxa. 2. this substance or a similar one of cotton, wool, or the like, placed on the skin usually in the… …   Universalium

• pitch — A resinous substance obtained from tar after the volatile substances have been expelled by boiling. SYN: pix. [L. pix] Burgundy p. a resinous exudation from the spruce fir or Norway spruce, Picea excelsa; has been used as a counterirritant in the …   Medical dictionary