Canadian Healing Oil

I was interested in the photo of Canadian Healing Oil and the accompanying caption in a recent edition of The Left Atrium.¹ I grew up in the Caribbean and can attest to the fact that Canadian Healing Oil was an essential component of the home medicine cabinet. It was administered to me for all of the indications described on the bottle label. I had to take it orally and via steam inhalation; it was also used as ear drops to remove wax and relieve earaches. I had assumed that the product included some kind of oil from Canadian pine trees, but it appears that the only uniquely Canadian ingredient is sulphonated seal oil.

Canadian Healing Oil was a soothing balm for us in the Caribbean; perhaps its effect is comparable to the soothing effect of Caribbean rum on the Canadian psyche. Both products must be used prudently, of course.