Cure cough with camphor powder

Camphor is used in both traditional and modern medicine. It is effective in treating coughs, diarrhea, and joint pain.

Camphor powder, also known as camphor, is a powder distilled from the trunk, roots and leaves of the camphor tree. Camphor powder is white, has a characteristic aroma and a spicy, hot taste. Camphor powder is used in both Eastern and Western medicine. Eastern medicine uses camphor powder to treat a number of diseases such as:

Treat cough with phlegm in the throat, wheezing, sore throat: Take 3 grams of camphor powder, 6 grams of large bark, 14 grams of alum. Grind all into a fine powder, dissolve with a little alcohol and add warm water to get 50 ml of medicinal solution. Use cotton soaked in this medicine to apply to the throat 2-3 times a day for good results.



Camphor leaves. Illustration. Source: Internet

Treatment of cold diarrhea: Take 25 grams of camphor powder, 10 grams of cinnamon, 10 grams of star anise, 20 grams of rhubarb, 15 grams of fresh ginger, divide and use until the disease is cured.

Camphor oil or camphor alcohol is also used in modern medicine as a massage medicine, to relieve muscle pain, joint pain, itchy dermatitis, cold hands and feet, reduce inflammation, and kill bacteria.

According to Dat Viet Newspaper - NT