Abstract: The present invention relates to a pharmaceutical composition suitable for the prophylactic and/or curative topical treatment of rhinitis, said composition containing in combination and in each case in pharmaceutically efficacious amounts: (a) at least one sympathomimetic suitable for topical application and having vasoconstrictor action and/or detumescent action on the mucous membrane or its physiologically acceptable salts or derivatives; and (b) at least one preferably acidic glycosaminoglycan or its physiologically acceptable salts or derivatives, in particular hyaluronic acid or its salts.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a pharmaceutical composition suitable for the prophylactic and/or curative topical treatment of rhinitis, said composition containing in combination and in each case in pharmaceutically efficacious amounts: (a) at least one sympathomimetic suitable for topical application and having vasoconstrictor action and/or detumescent action on the mucous membrane or its physiologically acceptable salts or derivatives; and (b) at least one preferably acidic glycosaminoglycan or its physiologically acceptable salts or derivatives, in particular hyaluronic acid or its salts.

Abstract: The invention relates to the use of vervain and/or ribwort, either alone or else as a mixture of the two herbs or of their respective constituents or extracts, for the prophylactic or curative topical treatment of dental and periodontal diseases, such as, for example, dental decay, gingivitis, periodontosis and plaque, and also to a corresponding pharmaceutical composition which contains vervain and/or ribwort or their respective constituents or extracts.

Abstract: A pharmaceutical preparation for the treatment of acute rhinitis contains, in combination and in physiological concentration, a) a sympathomimetic having a 2-imidazoline structure which is suitable for topical use or its physiologically acceptable salts; and b) a pantothenic functional compounds which is b1) pantothenol or its derivatives, in particular esters; and/or b2) pantothenic acid or its physiologically acceptable salts.

Abstract: The present invention relates to absorbents for water and aqueous solutions, in particular for blood, which contain a product from the tuber of a plant from the family of the Araceae.