It can be used as an antiseptic and protectant to minor cuts & abrasions, chapped skin and lips, cracked nipples, small fissures of skin & anus, bedsores, indolent ulcers, herpes simplex, and gingivitis. Can relieve itching of chilblains, eczema, and urticaria. Can be taken internally and/or inhaled with sream vapor as a stimulating expectorant in old coughs & catarrhs, laryngitis, acute & chronic bronchitis, and asthma. (Friar's Balsam by Herb Pharm)
