Validol
The following article is from The Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1979). It might be outdated or ideologically biased.
Validol
a medicinal preparation; a 25-30 percent solution of menthol in methyl isovalerate. A sedative, vasodilator, and antiemetic, validol is used in the form of drops (with sugar) or tablets for angina pectoris, neuroses, hysteria, sea-sickness, air-sickness, and vomiting during pregnancy. A 10 percent alcohol solution of validol is prescribed to relieve itchy skin.
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