Ten Reasons to love sticky ichthammol ointment

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It may be smelly, sticky and sort of gross, but the drawing salve ichthammol can't be beat in terms of versatility and affordability.

September 17, 2024
The Editors of EQUUS Magazine

Messy, smelly and downright gross, the drawing salve called ichthammol may not be your first choice for treating your horse, but you can’t beat its versatility and affordability. The sticky ointment, a derivative of coal tar, reduces inflammation, draws out infection, kills germs and soothes pain.

Sticky and smelly, ichtammol is one of the most versatile items you can have in a barn medicine chest.

Here are 10 uses for ichthammol:

1. Pack it around and over draining hoof punctures to draw out pus.

2. Use it to coax “gravels” (subsolar abscesses) to burst at the coronary band and then speed healing...

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