What is borneol?

Borneol, also known as borneol, is a widely used Chinese medicine in traditional Chinese medicine. This kind of borneol has the effect of clearing away heat, reducing swelling and relieving pain. Therefore, many people in daily life will use this kind of borneol to relieve headaches and fever. Moreover, it is also a kind of cool item, so it also has the effect of summer heat. Friends with children at home will often use borneol to calm down.

Borneol is a kind of crystal mainly distributed in Southeast Asia. It has a high health-preserving effect in clinical practice. At the same time, we also know that borneol also has certain side effects. If you don't take it carefully, the side effects are also very large. So what are the side effects of borneol?

1. Basic introduction of borneol

The so-called borneol, also known as borneol, camphor, borneol, borneol, plum blossom borneol, kaburo incense, plum blossom brain, borneol brain, plum ice, etc., is the crystal obtained by extracting the resin and volatile oil processed products of the borneol plant borneol of the Dipterocarpaceae family. It is almost pure right-handed borneol, and it can also be synthesized by chemical methods. Borneol is a translucent crystal that looks like plum petals, blocks or flakes, so it is also called "plum flakes". It is white to light gray-brown in color, has a fragrant smell, a spicy and cool taste, is volatile, easily evaporates, and produces no or little black smoke when ignited. It is easily soluble in ethanol, chloroform, gasoline or ether, but almost insoluble in water.

Borneol comes from borneol, which is an evergreen tree that is smooth and hairless, with concave cracks in the bark and hard borneol crystals on the outside. The leaves are alternate, leathery, oval, shiny, and have obvious main veins. The flowers are bisexual, in panicles, borne in the leaf axils at the top of the branches. It is mainly distributed in the South Pacific Islands.

2. The main components of borneol

Borneol is also known as borneol, borneol, borneol, plum blossom borneol, plum blossom brain, plum ice, etc. It is the crystal obtained by processing and extracting the resin and volatile oil of the borneol spice plant borneol.

1. The main functions of borneol are :

1. It has the functions of invigorating the mind, clearing away heat and reducing swelling, and relieving pain. However, its effect of invigorating the mind is not as good as musk, so the two are often used together.

2. Borneol is cold in nature and can be used to treat heat-related symptoms such as high fever and coma in febrile diseases, internal phlegm and heat, sudden syncope due to summer heat, and convulsions in children.

Borneol is a crystal obtained by extracting the resin and volatile oil of the Dipterocarpaceae plant borneol. It is almost pure right-handed borneol. It has many effects and functions, and can be used to treat closed syndrome coma, red and swollen eyes, throat congestion, mouth ulcers, swollen and painful sores, and ulcers that do not heal. However, "Bencao Jingshu" points out that those who suffer from stroke not caused by external wind evil but due to deficiency of qi and blood should avoid it; those who suffer from shock after vomiting and diarrhea should avoid it. That is to say, borneol should not be taken by people with yin deficiency and yang hyperactivity, slow cold in children, spleen deficiency and diarrhea, liver and kidney deficiency, and eye diseases. Pregnant women should take it with caution. Why? Does borneol have any side effects? Is it harmful to the human body?

Next we will introduce the side effects of borneol.

The adverse reaction mechanism of borneol is mainly to stimulate the gastrointestinal tract and excite the central nervous system.

Its toxic side effects are as follows: the median lethal dose of borneol is greater than that of isoborneol, which means that borneol is less toxic than isoborneol. Borneol contains a smaller median lethal dose of isoborneol, so synthetic borneol is more toxic. The poisoning reaction is manifested as follows: when the dosage is too large, it will cause irritation to the gastrointestinal tract, nausea, vomiting, abdominal pain, liver and spleen enlargement, and can excite the central nervous system, causing convulsions, loss of consciousness, spasms, and in severe cases, respiratory failure and death.

The above is a brief introduction to borneol. I hope it will help everyone deepen their understanding of borneol. We say that all medicines are poisonous, so we must pay attention to scientific usage methods when using it in daily life, so that we can better use borneol for health preservation.