Vishnevsky balm

Vishnevsky balm or also Vishnevsky suspension (patients like to call it "cherry ointment") is a suspension of tribromophenolate bismuth in castor oil with the addition with another ingredient. According to the original prescription, a Peruvian balm was added, and tar was later used.

Effect

Vishnevsky balm has an antimicrobial and anti-inflammatory effect, accelerates the demarcation of inflammation, coagulation and resorption of inflammatory infiltrate, and regeneration.

Indikace

• erysipelas
• erysipeloid
• phlegmon
• furuncle
• carbuncle
• abscess
• paronychium

Composition of individual variants

Suspensio Vishnevsky cum balsamo peruviano

Bismuthi tribromphenolas basicum	5,0 g
Balsamum peruvianum	20,0 g
Ricini oleum virginale	ad 100,0 g

Suspensio Vishnevsky cum pice liquida

Bismuthi tribromphenolas basicum	3,0 g
Pix fagi seu pix lithanthracis	5,0 g
Ricini oleum virginale	ad 100,0 g

Links

Resources

• Czech Republic. State Institute for Drug Control. Summation of Product Characteristics Suspensio Višněvski cum pice liquida HBF. 2010.

• Monographic series. Slovak farmaceutical codex. 2007. Available from <https://www.sukl.sk/buxus/docs/Posudzovanie_kvality_liekov/kodex2007.pdf>.