green soap

noun

a soap made chiefly from potassium hydroxide and linseed oil, used in treating some skin diseases.

green soap

med a soft or liquid alkaline soap made from vegetable oils, used in treating certain chronic skin diseases Also calledsoft soap

First recorded in 1830–40

Frequent washing of the parts with soap and water or tincture of green soap and water is also a preventive measure of value.

The tincture of green soap (tinctura saponis viridis) is especially valuable for cleansing purposes in psoriasis of the scalp.

Green Soap is a mixture of palm oil soap and curd soap, to which is added powdered smalt ground with water.

I did not use a brush, I just washed them with green soap and rinsed them in distilled water.

Mr. Killion used green soap and washed his hands, and we ran a control, both of the right cheek and of both hands.

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