In fact, opening the “Zvezdochka” is very simple. Logically, you should squeeze the jar with your fingers and start rolling it.

And then the lid will open in a couple of seconds. It is shown below. 

While I was telling my Vietnamese friend about my knowledge about opening this balm, he was looking at me slyly the whole time.

By the way, he speaks Russian very well, as if he was not from Vietnam.

But I found out that he studied here during the Soviet Union, and has been living in Russia for the last five years. 

After he listened to me, he said the following: “Do you know how we use Zvezdochka? We use it against all kinds of mosquitoes and other biting insects.

And nothing else. That’s how we always used it in Vietnam.”