Minard's Liniment
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Minard's is a brand of liniment.{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Z-rVa50Vx94C&q=liniment&pg=PA171|title=The History of Massage: An Illustrated Survey from Around the World|last=Calvert|first=Robert Noah|date=April 2002|publisher=Inner Traditions / Bear & Co|isbn=9780892818815|oclc=474031316}}{{Cite web|url=https://americanhistory.si.edu/collections/search/object/nmah_1355869|title=Minard's King of Pain Liniment|website=National Museum of American History|access-date=2019-09-03}}{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9H2KwOMNefwC&dq=%22Minard%27s+Liniment%22&pg=PA118|title=Home Medicine: The Newfoundland Experience|last=Crellin|first=J. K.|journal=Mcgill-Queen's/Hannah Institute Studies in the History of Medicine, Health, and Society|date=1994|volume=1|pages=1–280|publisher=McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP|pmid=11618571|isbn=9780773511972}}
History
Like other patent medicines, Minard's was sold by its creator with exaggerated claims. Dr. Levi Minard the "King of Pain"{{Cite book |last=Freeman |first=Beverly J. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=MPn9GgAACAAJ |title=Levi Minard, M.D., King of Pain |date=1998 |publisher=B.J. Freeman |language=en |oclc=40881236 |access-date=2022-03-14 |archive-date=2022-03-14 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220314094723/https://books.google.com/books?id=MPn9GgAACAAJ&newbks=0&hl=en |url-status=live }} from Hants County, Nova Scotia, created Minard's Liniment. The cream is a special liniment for easing stiff, sore muscles, and aching backs.
Dr. Minard's preparation, which he developed in the 1860s from ingredients known to bring comfort and relief, became a popular home therapeutic. Its use became widespread throughout the Maritime provinces and in Newfoundland. The popularity of Minard's Liniment then pushed west into Quebec and Ontario, where it became known as the "King of Pain Relief" because of the immediate relief it brought.
The Minard's Liniment brand was acquired by Stella Pharmaceutical in 1998.
Active ingredients
Camphor: acts on nerve endings in the skin to produce numbness at the site of application, reducing pain and discomfort in muscle joints and the area below the skin where applied.
Ammonia Water: an alkaline substance that helps alleviate burning sensations.
Turpentine: a substance distilled from pine trees, it is a counter-irritant. A counter-irritant produces a mild, inflammatory reaction where applied in order to relieve more deep-seated pain or discomfort. It has analgesic properties and aids in stimulating circulation.{{citation | author=Stella Pharmaceutical | title=Product Packaging | publisher=Stella Pharmaceutical | date=2008}}
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External links
- [http://www.minards.com Official Minards Site]
- [http://www.stellapharmaceutical.com/ Stella Pharmaceutical]
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