Friars Balsam

[oetzi]

I have read about it being a good but very painful way to desinfect/cover a popped blister. Who knows about this?

 

[John Fenna]

Almost pain free IMHO - well better than Surgical Spirit....

Also good for getting steri-strips to stick to damp (blood/water/tears) skin ......

 

[nenook]

yeap very good stuff, always have a bottle in my first aid kit,and yes it does sting but its a small price to pay, that and clove oil for tooth ache, tastes like s--t but very good


nenook

 

[TinkyPete]

Friars Basalm is a form of Tint Benz a well known cure for blisters within the military, friars baslam has a fair few other uses too. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tincture_of_benzoin

 

[oetzi]

Thanks a lot. I will try to get it, but here in germany it seems I have to order at least 100ml to get it
3.4fl.oz = 100ml. enough to treat a whole battalion!

 

[bigbeewee]

Tinc benz is the company medics way of punishing bad foot admin

It works well but is very painful, once you have landed back on planet earth and stopped squealing it has sealed and hardened your blister skin.

Using a sterile hypodermic withdraw the serum from the blister and pop in the same amount of tinc.

Frowned upon nowadays but its very effective, along with hydrogen peroxide for tropical ulcers and potassium permanganate solution for killing all known feet germs dead (and leaving you with brown feet)

No doubt some one will come along and explain they are carcinogenic or destructive.....But they work

Tinc benz will also stick ascherman chest seals to a wound more efficienctly

 

[kiltedpict]

We use it frequently at work to help stick town zinc oxide tape when securing endotracheal tubes in head injured patients.... Great smell too!

 

[oetzi]

I got it from amazonUk and cant wait to traet someone else`s popped blister!

 

[cat1989]

compeed blister pads work wonders if you put them on before the blister pops.