The Zvezdochka balm was created long ago by scientists in Vietnam. It is a complex homogeneous composition of the essential oils of many plants. The use of Zvezdochka balm is recognized in both official and traditional medicine for the successful treatment and prevention of a number of diseases. This drug is loved and widely used by people of several generations.
Balm Composition
The substances that make up the "Stars" practically do not have a negative effect on human skin. The exception is individual intolerance to the drug.
So, the balm contains crystalline menthol, oils: peppermint, clove, eucalyptus, cinnamon, petroleum jelly, camphor.
Pharmacological properties
The widespread use of the Zvezdochka balm is due to its actions and properties:
- locally irritating;
- antiseptic;
- distracting.
Camphor, menthol irritate the nerve endings of the skin, cause a slight tingling and burning sensation, local anesthesia, and have antiseptic properties. They have cinnamon, clove, peppermint oil. Cloves also protect against various infections. Cinnamon is used to treat the upper respiratory tract.
Peppermint oil is used as a powerful antiseptic for influenza, colds, inflammation, cough, runny nose, bronchitis, and skin irritations. Increases the protective properties of the body, repels insects, relieves headaches.
Eucalyptus oil exhibits antiseptic properties. It has primarily antibacterial and antiviral effects. Used in the treatment of infections of the respiratory tract, cough, bronchitis, with a runny nose. It has anti-inflammatory and analgesic effects.
What are the types
There are several different balms, and each of them is intended to treat certain diseases:
- Cold
- Universal.
- Anesthetic.
- Post-traumatic.
- Gentle.
Consider each view. So, the "Golden Star" is a balm, the use of which is very common among people with acute respiratory infections and SARS. Colds are used to prevent and treat inflammatory, respiratory diseases, and flu.
Anesthetic balm is used to prevent and treat pain in muscles, spine, joints, injuries, sprains, bruises.
Universal - the name of this species speaks for itself. It is used for colds, pains, insect bites (relieves itching).
Post-traumatic treatment of edema with bruises, injuries in athletes.
Gentle is intended for use with insect bites, burns, skin irritation.
Balm "Asterisk": instructions for use
Ideal option - drawing on active points. The most active place is the human auricle. When lubricating certain points on it, a large number of diseases can be cured. It also helps with depression, fatigue, stress, strengthens the nervous system (rubbing the scalp, ears, back of the neck, temples). Balm will remove toxins from the skin and tighten it.
When an insect bites, it is necessary to apply a balm to this place, and if itching is very itchy, then around it. Lubricate every 2 hours. The balm is applied to the earlobe, chin, temples, nose wings, the point between the fingers, index and thumb (on both hands), on the upper lip in case of flu. If you suffer from a severe cough, you need to lubricate the pits under the collarbone, shoulder blades (both), temples, under the chin.
There is a runny nose - the balm is applied to the upper lip, the wings of the nose (on both sides), on the wrists.
With general malaise, coughing, inhalation can be carried out, provided that there is no elevated temperature. To do this, a liter of water is boiled, a tablespoon of salt (preferably sea salt) and balm (small pea) are added. The head is covered with a towel. Breathe in pairs for 10 minutes, close your eyes. After the procedure, immediately lie down in bed, drink herbal tea with lemon.
If joints hurt, you need to rub the balm twice a day in their area around the perimeter (you can not even over the entire surface). Then cover the joint with a towel or tie a cloth.
The spine hurts - apply a point balm on the sides of the spinal column.
An asterisk will help soften, and then remove, dry callus. To do this, after taking a hot bath, you need to rub balm into it at night every day.
If the "Star" is applied after the foot contrast baths in the evening to the sole, the ankle joint area, then it will help relieve swelling, relieve pain in the legs.
Aromatherapy
The use of the Asterisk balm is very wide. It can be used in aroma lamps. To do this, put a pea-sized balm there, light a candle. Put the lamp in the room where the whole family is assembled. With balm, it is better to use other oils. It will be a good prevention of respiratory diseases. However, aromatherapy should not be carried out if there are children under the age of five, asthmatics, pregnant women, allergies.
Forms
There are three forms of the product: creamy, liquid, pencil (for inhalation). The method of using the drug depends on them. The pencil is in a plastic tube and a pack of cardboard. A tin can contains 4 g of balm, and a bottle of balm in liquid form - 5 ml.
The ideal option is to purchase a cream and an inhaler pencil, which is very convenient to carry, take on a trip. It looks like lipstick. The screw cap protects the essential oils from drying out. Inhaling vapors of the inhaler, you can remove nasal congestion at any time and prevent discharge. The drug is sold in liquid form. But this will be written below. It is worth noting that the most common is the use of the Zvezdochka balm in a creamy state.
Liquid balm "Asterisk". Instructions for use
This drug is a brown-red liquid. Transparent, with a specific smell (thanks to the essential oils included in the composition). The balm is poured into branded miniature bottles, on the back of which there is a relief star.
In pharmacies, the drug is dispensed without a prescription. Store balm is recommended in dark places inaccessible to children. Storage temperature - 15-25 degrees (in other words, room temperature). Suitable for 5 years.
The volume of the bottle into which the balm is poured is 5 ml. This includes (according to the instructions):
- crystalline menthol - 28 g;
- peppermint oil - 22.9 g;
- eucalyptus - 0.1 g;
- cinnamon - 0.38 g;
- clove - 0.46 g;
- camphor - 8.88 g;
- liquid paraffin.
Balm has an antiseptic, distracting, irritating (topical) effect. It is used in complex therapy as a symptomatic remedy for headache, flu, respiratory diseases, insect bites, runny nose (rhinitis). Balm has general indications for use for all types. This was written above.
How to use liquid “Asterisk” balm? Its use should be only external. You need to apply a thin layer on painful areas.
If headache, rub in whiskey, runny nose - in the wings of the nose. With a cold, rub the area of the chest and back. Lubricate the site of an insect bite.
As for the use of the Zvezdochka balm during pregnancy and lactation, then, as the manufacturer indicates in the instructions, such an experience is absent. Therefore, it is not recommended to prescribe and use the drug for this group of people.
The use of balm for the common cold
Rhinitis is a common problem among both adults and children. In the pharmacy you can buy a large number of vasoconstrictor drops. However, it is undesirable to take them for a long time because of the possibility of addiction. Safer to use will be Zvezdochka - a balm, the use of which for the common cold has been widespread for many years.
To treat rhinitis with balm, it must be applied acupuncture to affect the biologically active points of the body. This should be done several times a day (up to 6) and always at night.
For the correct definition of active points, you must press on a certain area. If you feel a great soreness in such a place, this is it. It is here that it is better to apply the balm with massaging movements.
With a runny nose, "Asterisk" is applied:
- on earlobes;
- between the eyebrows;
- on the chin;
- for whiskey;
- on the wings of the nose;
- over the upper lip.
Application for kids
Adults can safely use in the treatment of such a remedy as “Asterisk” (balm). Application to children is also possible, but this must be done carefully. Kids react more sharply to the action of the oils that make up the product.
Each package contains a leaflet. Do not ignore it and throw it away. For security, it is better to read the information that it contains.
So how do kids use Zvezdochka balm? Instructions for use for children are simple. At first use, a minimal amount is applied. It is necessary to watch that children do not touch the balm with their hands, to prevent it from getting into the eyes and mucous membranes. The tool is not used for babies up to two years.
How to open a jar?
Oddly enough, but this question periodically arises. A special study was conducted, during which it turned out that the easiest way to do this is to put it on the edge, press it, roll it slightly (like a car wheel). Option two - gently slip a knife under the lid and lift it up. Well, the main way is to hold the jars at the bottom with the fingers of one hand, and twist the lid with the other. For half a turn, it is easily removed.
When you can not use the tool
There are a number of cases when it is better not to use the tool "Asterisk" (balm). Use during pregnancy and lactation, as already mentioned, is undesirable. Also, you can not use for children under two years old, with asthma, those who are allergic to the components that make up the composition. Apply balm to wounds, cracks, ulcers, mucous membranes, around the eyes is prohibited. To avoid burns on the skin, a very thin layer of “Asterisks” must be applied.
Despite the widespread use of the balm for several generations of people, it also has side effects if the recommendations for use are not followed. As for the nervous system, there may be dizziness, overexcitation, headache, and even cramps. Allergic reactions: itching, rash, irritation, urticaria. There have been cases of an increase in the frequency of bronchospasm.