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What is the ruling on using a cream that contains triethanolamine?

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It is permissible to use the aforementioned substance unless it is proven to be intoxicating. This matter should be referred to chemists. Ethanolamine differs from intoxicating ethanol and is not equivalent to it in chemical effects. Therefore, specialists should be consulted, and if it is proven to be intoxicating, then its use is prohibited.

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