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11/7/2009 2:35:44 PM | Rose, When Mr. C/S put the post up about clean your car and house he recommended the Crystals from Mt. Rose Herbs and stated, 'accept no substitute' quote. Here is information from Mt. Rose H. on the crystals. When purchasing crystals remember that a good quality menthol crystal contains not less than 99.4% methol. Here are the Specifications on their crystals: Color: crystalline Odor Strong camphor-like with heavy mint tones Melting pt- 107- 109 degrees MENTHOL ASSAY - 99.52% Crystal size 11/4 - 3/8 inch shards EXTERNALLY, crystals are employed as a local analgesic, but it must be diluted first in an adequated carrier and may be rubbed liberally on the skin. (this is pertaining to when people are making their own creme,liniments, etc.) Here you will notice that it produces a sensation of immediate cold, followed by NUMBNESS and partial ANESTHESIA; it first STIMULATES the nerves, conveying the sensation of cold, and later penetrates the skin and PARALYZES the nerve endings. The last part I'm thinking is what kills if used strong enough. I justed did my back bedroom last night for 14 hours but haven't gone in yet and going to wait at least A DAY OR TWO. When I do go in I am going to wear googles and a mask just in case. I had it attached to a timer but was fortunate to have a long enough cord on my plate warmer that I could place the timer outside the door. After around 6 hours I started to smell the stuff in my hallway and bathroom so I unpluged it for about an hour but then I decided to put masking tape around the whole door (already had a plastic bag and towel at the bottom of the door. After that it was fine so I plugged it back in and the timer went off at 2:00 a.m. Equipment I used: long extension cord, ceramic mug on top of one of those coffee cup warmers which I put a pie tin under the warmer. You really don't need a timer if you have a long extension cord and plug it in another room outlet. The timer will come in handy should you want to do your open areas, like kitchen, living, room, and have to vacate in order to do that. You set it up to when you want it to go on and off. Go on to their site and it tells more about production and interesting fact is that it say that it was formerly known as peppermint camphor. Here is another thing I found of interest since you asked about camphor. Mentholatum ( which sounds like it was made using the cystals) contains Menthol, Camphor, Boric Acid, Aromatic oils in a petrolatum base. Hope you found this of interest. Linda |
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