Topricin

[WebSlave]

A few years ago I had a problem with plantar fasciitis in my left foot, and the pain was excruciating. Connie did some research and found a product called "Topricin" that got high marks in reviews and seemed like this might help. She also had a few aches and pains too, so we got some of it and tried it out. Well, not sure I can claim this product did ALL of the work, but my foot definitely started feeling better and that pain is just a memory now.

So when the joint in my thumb started aching and I get a clicking noise when I bend it, I figured I would give this stuff a try with that and see if it helps. While rubbing it onto my thumb, I happened to glance over at the jar and started reading the ingredients. Well darn! Lots of those names sure looked familiar to me! Quite likely they will look familiar to some of you, as well.

 

[AbsoluteApril]

so... ground up snake bits eh?

 

[WebSlave]

Yeah... and check out what that "Rhus toxicodendron" is.....

 

[Helenthereef]

So will you keep using it?

 

[WebSlave]

Sure. It seemed to work before for me. I just thought the ingredients were an interesting mix.

I suspect that there are a lot of things we use that if we actually knew what really was in them would be an eye opener. Heck, how many people could even walk through the meat department of their grocery store thinking about what the butchers are doing behind the scenes? Sometimes you just can't look too closely at things for your own peace of mind.

 

[Beyond GenetiX]

Nothing like rubbing yourself down with poison ivy to get you going in the morning. Judging by your time stamp, it doesn't do anything for insomnia.

 

[WebSlave]

Nothing like rubbing yourself down with poison ivy to get you going in the morning. Judging by your time stamp, it doesn't do anything for insomnia.

Actually my hours are a direct result of being retired. I am no longer a slave to an alarm clock. I go to sleep when I am tired, and I get up whenever I want to. Heck, for that matter, I usually don't know what day it is, much less what time it is.

As for poison ivy, I don't react to it much, if at all. When I was a child, I remember myself, my younger brother, and a friend of his playing on "Tarzan vines" on the bay side in Ocean City, MD. That was back when there was still woods there, I guess. Anyway, we didn't realize it at the time, but those vines were all poison ivy. Afterwards, I had a small blister between two of my fingers, my brother had his arms blistered up in patches, and his friend had to be taken to the emergency room in the local hospital.

Actually it is the compound urishinol in poison ivy that causes the reaction. I would hope no one would make a salve out of that......

 

[JColt]

I must say that is the most interesting ingredients I've ever read. Much like snake and spider venom I can see poison ivy being used as medicine. I used to work in grocery and restaurant in my younger years. Yeah you don't really want to know goes on behind the scenes.

 

[snowgyre]

What does the X mean? I dislike ambiguous units of measurement. Belladona is also a highly toxic plant. And Heloderma?? Who milks gila monsters? I'm calling BS on some of these.

 

[Lucille]

Snake oil ?

 

[WebSlave]

What does the X mean? I dislike ambiguous units of measurement. Belladona is also a highly toxic plant. And Heloderma?? Who milks gila monsters? I'm calling BS on some of these.

I guess you will have to ask them about it.

 

[JColt]

Topricin Foot Therapy Cream Ingredients:


HOMEOPATHIC MEDICINES (HPUS)... PURPOSE

Aesculus hippocastanum 6X...... Relieves pain of the Achilles tendon, swelling ofthe feet after walking

Arnica montana 6X................... Treats injuries & bruising to muscles and joints

Belladonna 6X.......................... For night leg cramps, restless leg & muscle spasms

Calendula officinalis 4X............. Promotes rapid healing & treats dry skin on feet

Crotalus horridus 8X................. Relief of impact injuries and deep tissue bruising

Echinacea 4X........................... Relieves swelling & sudden pain in feet & ankles

Graphites 6X............................ Relieves skin conditions

Heloderma horridum 8X............. Relief of swelling and burning pain of the feetand toes

Lachesis mutus 8X................... Relieves sudden sharp pain in the feet & ankle

Naja tripudians 8X..................... Relieves nerve pain

Phosphorus 9X......................... Relief of coldness and cramping of the feet

Rhus toxicodendron 8X............. For sprains and joint pain of the feet, heel and post-surgical pain

Ruta graveolens 6X................... Relief of pain, soreness and bruising of the feet, ankle and shin

Sulfur 8X................................... Relieves itching, cracking of the skin and joint pain in the toes and feet


INACTIVE INGREDIENTS


Captex 300(from coconut fatty acids)
Carbopol® Ultrez 10 (from Sucrose)
Cetyl Alcohol(from coconut oil)
Spectrastat G2 (derived from coconut)
Glycerine (vegetable-based)
Hydrokote(palm kernel oil with lecithin)
Isopropyl Myristate emollient (from palm seeds)
Lipomulse (from coconut fatty acids)
Purified water
Sodium Hydroxide
Steareth-21 (from stearic acid cocoa butter)

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[snowgyre]

Aaaah, it's a homeopathic placebo. Homeopathy products rarely actually contain the ingredients they claim to have, as the whole gimmick of homeopathy is that the less ingredient you have the stronger the effect. The so-called inactive ingredients, most likely the combination of glycerine and alcohol, probably does more than the so-called active ingredients.