Camphor oil, the use of which is so popular in official and traditional medicine, is used to treat infectious diseases, breathing problems, inflammatory processes in the lungs, acute heart failure, as well as for poisoning with sleeping pills or drugs. This substance perfectly heals burned tissues, cuts and pustular wounds.
Camphor oil, the use of which allows you to get rid of the above ailments, has a fresh, pleasant aroma that helps calm. That is why it is used in aromatherapy to treat sleep disorders, depression, neurosis and irritability.
In the pharmacy you can buy this product in the form of a twenty percent solution for administration under the skin. Such a drug must be warmed up before use. It is used to alleviate the condition of people suffering from respiratory and heart failure.
Camphor oil, which can be used intravenously, is also suitable for external use. A ten percent solution of such a substance helps with rheumatism, arthritis, radiculitis. Local use of such a drug has an antiseptic effect and an irritating effect.
This natural product is part of the tools that relieve acute toothache. In combination with chloral hydrate, it alleviates these unpleasant sensations.
Camphor oil. Application in traditional medicine
This product is often mixed with various vegetable oils to combat problem skin. As such additives can be grape seed oil , black cumin, milk thistle. Creams, masks and other cosmetics can also be made from the resulting substance.
The lotion can be prepared in the following way: a tablespoon of grape or vegetable oil mixed with three drops of camphor oil and a teaspoon of cumin oil. The resulting mass should be used as a cleanser twice a day, it can also be used as a face mask. In this case, it is applied to the skin, kept for at least half an hour, and then carefully removed with a clean cotton swab. Such procedures give the skin a fresh, healthy look, forget about acne, blackheads, inflammations and narrow the enlarged pores.
If you do not add caraway oil during the preparation of the above preparation, you can get an excellent cream to improve the tone of aging skin.
The recipe for another beauty product looks like this: mix a tablespoon of sea buckthorn oil with three drops of camphor oil. This product effectively whitens freckles and is suitable for use as a night cream.
To improve the appearance of eyelashes, you need to apply a mixture to them, combining a tablespoon of castor and five drops of camphor oil. When carrying out this procedure, extreme accuracy is needed, since it is very difficult to get rid of the unpleasant sensation of the film in the eyes. Leave this mask overnight, carefully rinse it off with warm water in the morning.
Life-saving camphor oil. Application
An ear affected by an inflammatory process can also be cured by this remedy. To do this, they need to soak cotton wool, rolled in the form of a ball, and insert into the ear canal. The diseased organ should be wrapped with a woolen or flannel fabric and do not remove this compress until the morning. It should be remembered that this method of treatment is suitable only for adults.
Camphor oil with otitis can be replaced with almond. When treating this ailment, it is necessary to drop a few drops of a heated substance (but not hot) into the ear, then insert cotton wool and hold for several hours. Such a procedure is appreciated for its warming effect. The course should not exceed ten days. After a two-week break, you can repeat the treatment again.