Zam-Buk

I would like to get some Zam-Buk shipped to Canada. Can anyone help?

what's Zam-Buk then?

Zam-Buk is an ointment for skin. It is made by Roche in South Africa and available only in South Afrca.

thanks, for explaining..

Gwen
There is company in Vancouver called 'Out of Africa' that carries zam-buk. Look for their website on the net....they have an order form and will ship tins of zambuk to you. I have ordered from them and it was fast, efficient and not overly expensive. Hope this helps!
Susan

Hello!! I live in British Columbia Canada. I was raised with Zam Buk always in our home and as my own children grew, we also used it all the time! My father and his family are English and my English grannie always had it, however it used to be easily obtainable here in Canada. About 10 years ago, it became unavailable in Canada, and my understanding was that it was English and only available in England. I've been looking for it ever since... IT IS WONDERFUL STUFF!!!!!! I was very interested in your email and correspondence and was wondering if you had any luck in obtaining it. I am currently waiting to hear from a friend in England. I'll let you know what he says. I'm also going to try the "Out of Africa" store in Vancouver... thank you to you and your contacts.

ZAM BUK FOREVER!!!!!
kimmy

The Out-of-Africa store is in Richmond, BC. I erred in saying Vancouver! Their website is:

www.outofafricatrading.com

Hope that this helps.

Susan

I also found it available in the UK from http://www.rose-apothecary.co.uk/medicinal.html I'm not sure if they ship to Canada however...

The UK store does ship to Canada, but the price is prohibitive. Also their ingredients are slightly different than the original.

Susan

You can also find Zambuk at www.satooz.com, a company based in Australia. Their prices appear to be very similar to Out of Africa.

I would like to get some more Zam-Buk too. They are very excellent!!! Just wonder if you got them yet or what??? let me know.
Thanks

I live in Calgary,AB and where do I get them? If you knew anything in Calgary AB. let me know thanks.....

Looking for Zam-Buk in The Netherlands!

Anyone?

I live approx 5kms from the Roche factory in South Africa
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Hello Susan,

The Ingredients of the Current South African Zam-Buk are also slightly different to the older English Zam-Buk (I have a tin next to me right now, it keeps well) and this in itself is different to the even older zam-buk that my mother/grandparents used. So it appears they change it depending where an d when it is sold.

Regards
Neil.

It's got to be THE BEST ointment going! I'm trying to find some too - I'll let you know if I have any luck - please do the same!

It really is a wonder ointment. Brought back lots when we visited South Africa and probably out o date by now but still mounds left and using it.
Specially if you have an ulcer in the mouth, etc! Not suppose to use it for that, but found it works miracles! We did find some in the chemist here in Melbourne, but it seems not to be as good as what we bought in South Africa. Ingredients probably a bit different. Good Luck.

I live near Haworth West Yorkshire in the UK. There "Rose and Co" Apothecary sell Zam-Buk at £3.99 a tin
Tel No 0 0 4 4 ( 0 ) 1 5 3 5 6 4 6 8 3 0

You can order from there shop by phone

W E B: http://www.rose-apothecary.co.uk
If you need more info or wish me to be of assistance E-mail me

It is indeed mirical ointment! The best!!!
My parents used it and my dauther grew with it! and since it was'nt easily available they were hsteric for it..
So I wonder why is'nt easily available ?
Can anyone suggest ?

I recently stocked up again on Zambuk, having traced the only two manufaturers left. The most reasonable price, especially if one bought 6 at a time, was SATOOZ, http://www.satooz.com/category35_1.htm, who ship from Australia. The cost was $AU 22.8 plus $AU8 for airmail shipping to Canada.

I have tracked two variations in the constituents of Zambuk, but I would like to know when and where it originated. My guess is the 1800s. There is a place in South Afrika called Zambuk ... what is the connection? Did the British steal a formula from the Africans??? I have traced it back to 1917 in England, and my parents used it back in the '30s.

Would appreciate direct response with information.

Regards,

Milson

One of the ingredients in Zam-Buk is Camphor, which is toxic by ingestion and is known to have cumulative effects. As such it should never be used in or near the mouth. Irresponsible use is one of the reasons why medication ends up being withdrawn from production.

Zam-buk was being manufactured by C. Fulford of the Zam-buk Company, Leeds, England c. 1900. He is listed as the 'proprietor' on a slightly later Canadian tin. I heard that it originated in England, and became popular world wide. There may be an early South African link as there were many people of English/Dutch descent there.
The logo on the South African tins is exactly the same as the English one in the early 1900s. My Gran was born in Cambridge, England, in 1910 and her family were already Zam-buk devotees! I would LOVE to know more!

You know as much as I do - my Gran was a nurse and was an acvocate of Zambuk and it was always in our home. I don't believe it was withdrawn from UK but gradually disappeared from the shelves and when one enquired one was told that people didn't want it any more. The truth was shops didn't stock it and it wasn't worth getting a few tins at a time. ie it was forced out due to commercial reasons. I think that ultimately, Fisons were manufacturing it.
It is available if anyone wants it.

Yes, Simon, it ceased manufacture in England c. 1998.

I have just found three very illuminating old Zam-Buk advertisements from English newspapers dating back many years! The first has a blurb about the 'Zambuk Laboratories, Greek Street, Leeds, England' and reads 'Zam-Buk - The English Cure - Rub It In'. It is dated 1907, and the proprietor is listed, as I mentioned in a previuos e-mail, as CE Fulford. The second ad dates from the First World War. It shows a drawing of a tin of Zam-Buk, looking very like the design used today, with a bulldog and reads 'The Brtish Cure'. A third, later, ad (c. 1916) recommends Zam-Buk for sore feet, and says: 'Now available on four continents'.

Good work, Andrew! I have some laboratory projects which will be funded shortly under a humanitarian venture and the production of a moden ZAMBUK is short-listed. Is there any way you can scan these ads and send them to me by e-mail? This would be very useful backup material.

Thank you,

Milson

Hi, Milson! I don't know if I might be able to scan the ads through the library computers. I don't have a computer at home. You would be welcome to copies of the advertisements for your work. My email address is @#$%&.brett@talk21.com

Hi Gwen,

How much would you like as I am from South Africa and will be able to ship it to you earliest 3/1/2005

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Hi Gwen
I manufacture Zam-Buk in the U.K. to the original formulation & packaged in its original cardboard ointment tub.I will soon have the vetinary version ready that Zam-Buk produced.A red ointment with red labeling as opposed to the green we al know and love.I can be contacted on E.Mail at sean@gillson.freeserve.co.uk and will ship abroad.

hi gwen, saw your posting when searching for a pic of zambuk. dunno if u're still reading the messages here since ur original post was dated more than two years ago.

i don't know who was the original manufacturer of zambuk but during my childhood days, a british company called fison located in loughborough, england was manufacturing the stuff. i remember back in 95, when asking the pharmacist for zambuk in UK, they said that they don't carry it anymore. i also once work by the factory in loughborough and it looked pretty quiet. when back in malaysia, found out that roche was now producing it.

try looking for it at chinese medicinal shops. they might have it. asians don't mind the camphor and eucalyptus smell and they might stock it or know where to get it.

cheerio!