EUCALYPTUS OIL BP Essential oil Ref.[9536] Active ingredients: Eucalyptus oil

1a. By inhalation from drops of oil spilled onto a handkerchief which is then sniffed.

b. By inhalation of vapour from drops of oil spilled into a bowl of hot water (50°C) ‘steam inhalation’ and the humid vapour inhaled.

2. As a rubefacient during massage of sprains and cramps where massage is an appropriate treatment.

Recommended Dose and Dosage Schedule

Adults, the elderly and children over 1 year:

1 (a) Sprinkle a few drops on to a handkerchief and inhale as required.

(b) A few drops into warm/hot water (50°C) and inhale the humid vapour, as required.

2. A few drops on the hand to lubricate the massage of appropriate areas as required.

Symptoms: poisoning with eucalyptus oil may cause epigastric burning, nausea and vomiting, dizziness, muscular weakness, miosis, tachycardia, a feeling of suffocation, cyanosis, ataxia, pulmonary damage, delirium, convulsions and CNS depression, including coma. Deaths have been recorded from doses as low as 3.5ml.

Emergency procedures: after ingestion the stomach should be emptied by aspiration and lavage. Demulcent drinks may be given. Large volumes of fluid should be given provided renal function is adequate. Effects of excessive inhalation should be treated by removal to fresh air.

Shelf life: 36 months unopened.

Store below 25°C.

Keep container tightly closed.

25ml: Amber glass bottle with white plastic child resistant cap with EPE/Saranex liner.

None.