G.D.Pharmaceuticals offers antiseptic perfumed cream boroline. The name boroline was derived from its ingredients. ‘boro’ from boric acid, which lends its antiseptic nature. ‘olin’ as a variant of the latin word ‘oleum’ meaning oil, as boroline is a combination of essential oils.
The uses of boroline are:
Smoothen cracked lips
Cure cuts & wounds
Soften elbows & abraded skin
Cure cracked heels
Soften nail cuticles
Heal post-operative stiches
Cure general skin infections
Smoothen dry & chapped skin
Methods to use boroline effectively are as follows:
Clean the skin well and then apply boroline gently massaging in the cream.
Warming up boroline and using it in molten state increases its efficacy specially in curing skin infections.
In case the cut is open and deep, it is advisable to apply boroline only when the cut has closed and begun to dry up.
Do not use boroline on pimples which occur due to excessive oil secretion. Boroline being oily itself will aggravate the problem.
Do not apply boroline on very deep wounds, which are raw and weeping.
The constituents of boroline are:
Boric acid Has mild anti bacterial and anti fungal properties.
Zinc oxide Is a mild astringent for the skin and has a soothing and protective action in skin infections.
Anhydrous lanolin Is a natural product.
It increases the absorption of active ingredients.
It acts as an excellent emollient. This is due to the presence of alcohols collectively known as lanolin alcohols.
Lanolin alcohols include cholesterol [30%], lanosterol[25%], cholestanol[3%], agnosterol[2%] and various other alcohols [40%].
