Aqib Zahoor, Saira Bano, Saleha Suleman Khan, Faheem Akhtar, Hira Munir, Muhammad Ibrar Shinwar, Syed Faisal Zaidi, Safila Naveed, Khan Usmanghani.
Utilization of Essential Oil in Manufacturing of Different Types of Balm.
RADS J Pharm Pharmaceut Sci Jan ;5(4):16-22.

Background:Despite of great improvements and advancements in the amenities of life, alternative medicine’s trends is increasing day by day. It is obvious that all plants are significantly potent as well as effective without side effects; it is therefore the designed formulation are authenticate and applied for the indication of acute respiratory illness accompanied by cough, rhinitis, muscle aches, as well as accumulation of thick sputum in chest (during bronchitis, tracheitis, and pneumonia). Methodology:By using essential oils like menthol, eucalyptus oil, camphor, turpentine oil and clove oil three different formulation has developed i.e. classic, all natural or kids. Medicinal plants have been reported in the literature as having good and effective in cough associated with flu, runny and stiff nose, muscles aches etc. Various formulation batches were prepared and evaluated for various parameters like color, appearance, weight, pH, assay identification and microbiological activity. Result: It is a stupendous effort to design and development of all natural balm having natural sources including excipients which was free from Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Staphylococcus aureus.

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