About 30 years ago, I got a swollen gland in my neck and my grandmother used it as a rub for this gland. Within a couple of days the gland had gone down. It did work. The thing is that you don't want to use regular turpentine, like in the paint department. You have to use the medical turpentine that is available in small bottles in the small old time drug stores.
Medical turpentine can be bought on both eBay and Amazon. However, it is usually not sold in department stores because of its toxicity.
this painting medium uses turpentine as its solvent and uses chemical to dilute blend and clean up
Turpentine has many uses. Primarily it is used to clean out paint brushes. It is frequently used as a solvent and also as a paint thinner. It can be used to clean up grease as well.
Thorium hasn't medical uses.
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F. P. Veitch has written: 'Commercial Sicilian sumac' -- subject(s): Sumac 'Turpentine: its sources, properties, uses, transportation, and marketing' -- subject(s): Turpentine 'The naval stores station of the Bureau of Chemistry and Soils' -- subject(s): Naval stores, United States, United States. Bureau of Chemistry and Soils 'Wood turpentine' -- subject(s): Turpentine
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