23 mars 2010 kl 09:42
Redigerad 23 mars 2010 kl 10:23
Liniment gör ju inte ont (vilket t.ex. blistring gör). De flesta liniment syftar vad jag förstår till att tillsammans med massage öka blodgenomströmningen i hud och muskler. För att linimentet ska få effekt så tycks det dock behöva masseras in.
Linnex som några nämner innehåller salicylsyra som är inflammationsdämpande. Den typen av liniment syftar väl till att ge såväl ökad blodgenomströmning som antiinflammatorisk effekt.
Exempel på studie:
The effect of liniment on blood flow
C. Ljungfelt 1 , S. Bornmyr 1 , B. Lilja 1 , B. Ravald 2 , N. Westlin 2
1 Department of Clinical Physiology, Department of Orthopaedics, Lund University, Malmö General Hospital, Sweden 2 Section of Sports Medicine, Department of Orthopaedics, Lund University, Malmö General Hospital, Sweden
Correspondence to S. Bornmyr, Department of Clinical Physiology, Malmö General Hospital, S-214 01 Malmö, Sweden
KEYWORDS
liniment • massage • skin blood flow • calf blood flow • laser Doppler flowmetry • strain-gauge plethysmography
ABSTRACT
The effect of liniment applied by massage or stick on skin and calf blood flow was studied in 12 subjects. The blood flow was recorded with laser Doppler flowmetry with skin probe and strain gauge plethysmography. A massage liniment used to lower the friction that is not supposed to have any therapeutic effect (Frisco) was massaged into the right lower leg for 10 min and the registration was performed for 60 min. Then the liniment studied, Tiger Balm was massaged into the left lower leg and another registration was carried out. This procedure was performed a second time and the liniments were applied with a stick and wiped off after 10 min. Liniments with massage resulted in an increase in both skin and calf blood flow. The effect was greater and longer lasting when using Tiger Balm. When the liniments were applied with a stick, a decrease in skin and calf blood flow was noted when using Frisco. Tiger Balm caused a slight increase in the skin blood flow but had no influence on the calf blood flow.