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A pastille combining myrrh tincture, peppermint oil and menthol to treat the upper airway

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https://doi.org/10.2399/jmu.2015003011
Öktemer, T., İpçi, K., Bayar Muluk, N., & Cingi, C. (2015). A pastille combining myrrh tincture, peppermint oil and menthol to treat the upper airway. ENT Updates, 5(3). https://doi.org/10.2399/jmu.2015003011
Volume 5 Issue 3 (2015)
Copyright (c) 2015 Tuğba Öktemer, Kağan İpçi, Nuray Bayar Muluk, Cemal Cingi
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  • Tuğba Öktemer Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Özel Polatlı Can Hospital, Ankara, Turkey
  • Kağan İpçi Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Ankara Koru Hospital, Ankara, Turkey
  • Nuray Bayar Muluk Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Faculty of Medicine, Kırıkkale University, Kırıkkale, Turkey
  • Cemal Cingi
    Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Faculty of Medicine, Eskişehir Osmangazi University, Eskişehir, Turkey

Myrrh and borax (combined in a tincture) can be used as a mouthwash. Myrrh gum is used to treat indigestion, ulcers, colds, coughs, asthma, lung congestion, arthritis pain, and cancer. Myrrh has been shown to exert analgesic effects on mice in which pain was induced. Myrrh is used as an astringent, antiseptic (to treat inflammed lesions of the throat and mouth), and antispasmodic to treat cancer and infectious disease. In this paper, we review the literature on myrrh tinctures, peppermint oil, and menthol.

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Myrrh tincture peppermint oil menthol anti-inflammatory expectorant