Make Room in Your Medicine Cabinet for OTC Homeopathics

With the rising costs of healthcare and increasing pharmaceutical-obsession of allopathic medicine, many people are turning to self-treatment for a myriad of medical problems. The complementary and alternative health market is booming and over-the-counter homeopathic remedies are finding their place in the medicine cabinets of informed consumers.

Isopropyl alcohol is manufactured in different concentrations. The commercially released rubbing alcohol usually contains around 70% alcohol and is used for general cleansing, sterilizing or disinfecting, and cleaning purposes. There have been reports that it can be used as an insecticide but that is not a popular usage for the chemical.A market analysis conducted in the U.S. showed similar findings. Some of the best selling OTC homeopathic products included cold/allergy medicines, children�s products, and pain relievers.This alcohol is used as a cooling agent for bedridden patients and was used to help lower the fever in kids. However, the cooling effect in a feverish patient can have bad effects like chills. The heavy reliance of the health care sector on isopropyl alcohol is due to its antiseptic or disinfecting properties. Solutions of isopropyl alcohol are used to cleanse medical apparatuses and to disinfect hands. For instance, hypodermic needles are sterilized using this chemical.The other name for this is isopropanol which simply indicates that it is similar to propanol and only differs in molecular structure.Isopropyl alcohol is also manufactured to serve as an ingredient of antifreeze agents and de-icers. Solutions containing this alcohol freeze at much lower temperature than water does. This is why it is used as an effective means to get rid of ice on window panes or windshields during winter.Vanity units and cabinets are relatively easy to install and can work wonders at transforming an outdated bathroom. Vanities and cabinets for bathrooms are available in loads of different designs and can be the icing on the cake when remodeling your bathroom.Many naturopathic doctors encourage the use of OTC homeopathic medicines for simple, acute, self-limited complaints, such as coughs or colds, menstrual cramps, indigestion or bug bites. But what are consumers actually purchasing and using homeopathic medicines for?

Reid S. A survey of the use of over-the-counter homeopathic medicines purchased in health stores in central Manchester. Homeopathy. 2002 Oct;91(4):225-9.

Author: Nicoel Evans