What are the effects of borneol?

Borneol can achieve very good results in treating diseases such as coma caused by fever or otitis media, and it can also disperse stagnant heat, remove cataracts, improve eyesight, reduce swelling and relieve pain. At the same time, borneol also has a good effect of inhibiting bacteria and reducing inflammation. Therefore, when faced with similar situations, borneol can be used to treat them. However, pregnant women and children should not use it recklessly and should take the medicine under the guidance of a doctor.

Borneol is used to treat lockjaw caused by stroke, coma caused by fever, epilepsy, phlegm, deafness caused by qi stagnation, throat paralysis, mouth ulcers, otitis media, carbuncle, hemorrhoids, pannus, and pinworm disease. Borneol opens all the orifices, disperses stagnant heat, removes cataracts, improves eyesight, reduces swelling and relieves pain.

1 Wang Haogu: The mind is scattered and there is heat.

2 "Compendium of Materia Medica": Treats throat congestion, brain pain, nasal breathing, toothache, tongue protrusion due to typhoid fever, and smallpox in children. Open all the orifices and disperse stagnant heat.

3. "Compendium of Materia Medica": Treats epilepsy, phlegm and confusion.

4. Hui Yue Yi Jing: Treats pain in limbs.

5 "Bie Lu": If a woman has difficulty in giving birth, take a small amount of camphor, grind it into powder, and take it with freshly drawn water.

6. "Tang Materia Medica": It is used to treat evil spirits in the heart and abdomen, rheumatism accumulation, and deafness. Improve eyesight and remove red eyes and skin cataracts.

7. "Haiyao Bencao": It can cure internal and external eye disorders, three kinds of worms, five kinds of hemorrhoids, improve eyesight, calm the heart, and retain semen.

8 elements: Treats large intestine prolapse.

9 Li Gao: Treats bone pain. It has similar effects to camphor, and has analgesic and antiseptic effects; in vitro (plate mixing method) a higher concentration (0.5%) has an antibacterial effect and can be used for neuralgia and anti-inflammatory. It is easily absorbed by mucous membranes and subcutaneous tissues and is excreted from the body after combining with glucuronic acid. In experiments with rats, sodium glucuronic acid antagonized the toxicity of borneol and increased the excretion of glucuronic acid in urine.

The borneol introduced above have effects. I wonder if you have a more scientific understanding of borneol. In fact, if you know more about these common sense, you can know that borneol can treat brain pain, nasal congestion, toothache, typhoid tongue protrusion, and acne in children. Therefore, for the sake of our health, we should pay attention to the correct use of borneol for treatment.