See Also: gaultheria(medicine)
gaultheria oil(medicine)
gaultheria(dictionary)
Herbal medicine (botanical medicine, herbology, phytomedicine)(health)
adipose(dictionary)
Adipose(health)
adipose(medicine)
adipose tumour(medicine)
Adipose tissue(medicine)
adipose infiltration(medicine)

adipose fossae (medicine) and gaultheria oil (medicine)


adipose fossae (medicine)


adipose fossae
Subcutaneous spaces containing accumulations of fat in the breast.


gaultheria oil (medicine)


gaultheria oil -->
methyl salicylate
Aromatic methyl ester of salicylic acid, produced synthetically or distilled from Gaultheria procumbens (family Ericaceae) or from Betula lenta (family Betulaceae).

Used as a component of liniments, used externally and internally for the treatment of various forms of rheumatismit produces heat when rubbed into the skin (counterirritant).

Synonym: checkerberry oil, gaultheria oil, sweet birch oil, wintergreen oil.