✅ What It Is

• Formulation: Tablets or capsules, sometimes drops.

• Active ingredient: Menthol solution in menthyl isovalerate (a menthol ester).

• Type: Mild sedative & vasodilator.

💊 What It’s Used For

• Relief of functional cardialgia (chest pain not related to coronary artery disease).

• Relief of neuroses, irritability, anxiety.

• As a mild sedative for stress, agitation, or nervous tension.

• To help with nausea or motion sickness.

• Sometimes used alongside nitroglycerin in patients with angina to reduce anxiety, though it is not a treatment for true angina attacks.

⚙️ How It Works

• Menthol activates cold-sensitive receptors in the oral mucosa, producing a reflex vasodilatory effect.

• This may help reduce discomfort, mild chest pain, and feelings of anxiety.

• Also produces a calming (sedative) effect on the nervous system.

📋 Dosage (Typical Adult)

• 1 tablet under the tongue until fully dissolved.

• May repeat 2–3 times daily, or as needed.

• Maximum: usually no more than 3 tablets at once, 8–10 per day.

• Effects typically begin within 5 minutes.