A careful study of the composition of medicines saves lives Bashny.Net

Emergency room doctors at Princess Alexandra Emergency Department were shocked when a man entered the office in September last year. He used "a potent narcotic analgesic used for pain relief", to combat the agony and doctors initially believed that the man will have to operate.

However, he was sent home for wound care, with proper instructions and it healed within three months. The man admitted to officers that he used alternative medicine to this area, which officers believe was one of the types of Black balsam. Black balsam, made from blood root, has been banned in several countries.





Ointment, also known as drawing salve, contains sanguinarine – obtained from Potentilla and is often mixed with zinc chloride, working as a corrosive substance. The balm is used on a topical area, moles, scars and sometimes cancer, it destroys skin tissue, leaving a black scar which later falls off.

Black salves were popular in the early 1900s to treat skin lesions, but was added to the "fake cancer" by the American Management under the control over products and medicines (FDA) since 2004, and the organization is actively trying to ban it in the US. In Australia Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) condemned the ointments already in 2012, despite the fact that they are still not prohibited. TGA says that "nothing is known on reliable, scientific data, according to which black balsam, red salve or cansema can cure or treat cancer."

Source: eco-portal.kz