Camphor Health Benefits

Camphor home remedies include the treatment for cold, joint pain, tooth ache and lice infestation. The Camphor tree is an aromatic tree with all parts of it yielding the odor and giving the taste of camphor. Camphor is an active ointment in many cold and arthritic ointments.

Camphor is aromatic, skin and cardiac stimulant, antiseptic, aphrodisiac and expectorant.

Camphor Home Remedies

It is used to treat the following conditions:

• Antiseptic and Disinfectant

  Camphor is an excellent disinfectant, insecticide and germicide. It can be added to drinking water to disinfect it. It can be added to ointments and lotions to cure skin diseases, bacterial and fungal infections on skin, etc

• Joint Pain

  Camphor is a detoxifier and a stimulant on the circulatory system and as such it excites the blood circulation and gives relief in rheumatism, arthritis, gout, etc. It is also anti phlogistic - it reduces swelling of body parts. Pieces of camphor can be added to sesame or mustard oil and used for this application. Read other Arthritis Home Remedies.

• Cold

  The strong penetrating aroma of camphor is a powerful decongestant and opens up congestion of bronchi, larynx, pharynx, nasal tracts and lungs. A small piece of camphor can be added to mustard or sesame oil and massaged over the chest and neck. . Read other Cold Home Remedies.

• Toothache

  It is a good anaesthetic and causes numbness of the sensory nerves. A piece of camphor is rubbed on the painful area.

• Aphrodasiac

  A pinch of camphor can be added to milk and consumed to increase libido.

• Lice Infestation

  Add camphor pieces to coconut oil and massage this to the scalp.

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