Tonics Camphor

Its component Celluloid (NC/ Camphor) is used as 8-10% ace-tonic soln to form a paste. Used in pressed-on form for igniting delay trains and also for Ther-... 

Monoterpenes, 10-carbon-containing terpenoids, are composed of two isoprene units, and found abundantly in plants, e.g. (+)-limonene from lemon oil, and (—)-linalool from rose oil. Many monoterpenes are the constituents of plant volatile oils or essential oils. These compounds are particularly important as flavouring agents in pharmaceutical, confectionery and perfume products. However, a number of monoterpenes show various types of bioactivity and are used in medicinal preparations. For example, camphor is used in liniments against rheumatic pain, menthol is used in ointments and liniments as a remedy against itching, bitter-orange peel is used as an aromatic bitter tonic and as a remedy for poor appetite and thymol and carvacrol are used in bactericidal preparations. 

Blumea balsumifera (L.) DC var. microcephala Kitumura Ai Na Xian (Blumea camphor) (leaf, shoot) Essential oils, borneol, camphor, cineole, limonene, palmitic acid, myristic acid, sesquiterpene alcohol, dimethy ether, cineole, limonene, pyrocatechic tannins.48 53 Treat itch, sores, wounds. A stomachic, sudorific, tonic, diaphoretic, anticatarrhal. 

Dryobalanops aromatica Gaertn. D. camphora Colebr. Loan Now Xiang (Borneo camphor) (kernel of the fruit) Bomeol, camphene, terpineol, sesquiterpene.60 This herb is toxic. A tonic and aphrodisiac, cataracts, reduce swelling. Externally for mucous membrane of the nose, eye, throat, and on piles. 

Prunella vulgaris L. Xia Ku Chao (Heal-all) (leaf) Caffeic acid, d-camphor, cyanidin, delphinidin, d-fenchone, hyperoside, oleanolic acid, rutin, ursolic acid.48 450 Antibacterial, antipyretic, cardiac tonic, diuretic, anticancer. 

After taking an unknown amount of a 10% camphor spirit (maximum dose 200 ml), a 54-year-old woman became comatose, having developed tonic-clonic seizures and respiratory failure (9). After gastric lavage, hemoper-fusion was performed with amberlite XAD4 but did not alter either the pharmacokinetics of camphor or the course of the intoxication. 

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