A waxy tree extract with a cooling effect similar to menthol that can be used as a mild anesthetic or natural anti-itch product. Available at health food stores.
White crystals with a strong smell, made from a tropical tree, used to keep insects away or as a liniment.
Chemical, derived from the plant Cinna- momum camphora or made artificially, having a penetrating smell and sometimes used for the treatment of skin conditions (although the effectiveness of such treatment is in question). Camphor is poisonous if swallowed and can be life-threatening.
A crystalline substance obtained from the tree Cinnamomum camphora that has been used to treat flatulence. It is used in the form of camphorated oil (camphor in cottonseed oil) in liniments as a counterirritant.
A gum obtained from an evergreen tree native to China and Japan.
A substance once extracted from the camphor plant but now commonly synthesized from turpentine. It was historically employed for its carminative, antispasmodic, and diaphoretic properties but has since fallen out of favor. Camphorated oil, which is widely employed as a topical liniment for massaging onto chests, sore muscles, and achy joints, consists of one percent camphor mixed with cottonseed oil.