drawing salve
Splinter-pulling skin paste
Drawing salve is a thick ointment applied to the skin to draw out splinters, boils, infections, or venom from insect stings.
The salve supposedly pulls foreign matter or pus to the surface where it can be expelled.
Traditional formulations contain ingredients like ichthammol or pine tar.
She put drawing salve on the splinter and covered it with a bandage.
- poulticeMoist healing application
- blackDarkest possible hue
- tarFile bundling utility
- splinterThin sharp fragment
- boilHeat to bubbling point
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drawing salvebarrier cream
Skin-shielding topical application
antibiotic cream · antibiotic ointment · liquid bandage · transdermal patch · sealant
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Topical infection preventer
antibiotic cream · Neosporin · bacitracin · triple antibiotic · hydrocortisone cream
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