FIRWEIN
Report of the Council on Pharmacy and Chemistry
Firwein is a product of The Tilden Company, New Lebanon, N. Y. It is sold under the claim that when swallowed it has a “predilection” both for the bronchial mucosa and also for the genito-urinary organs. To quote:
“Expectorant, Sedative, Antispasmodic in the Treatment of Inflammations of the Bronchial and Genito-Urinary Mucosæ.”
“Firwein being a bland, soothing balsam possesses a wide range of adaptability and increased potency because of its healing virtues and usefulness as an expectorant, sedative and antispasmodic in bronchitis, and inflammation and catarrh of nose, throat and lungs.”
“Firwein has a special predilection for mucosæ, this being as marked in diseases of the genito-urinary system as it is in the respiratory organs. In inflammatory diseases of the genito-urinary organs, its bland, curative properties are exerted in a gratifying degree. In cystitis and uritis it is clearly indicated....”
Little information is given concerning the composition of Firwein. An old circular says:
“Firwein contains Phosphorus, Iodin and Bromin finely blended with a balsameous elixir made from the fir tree.”
From a more recent circular we quote:
“Firwein is prepared from the inside fresh green bark of the fir tree ...”