What are the main uses of camphor oil?

Camphor oil is mainly used in medicine, cosmetics and other industries.

Camphor oil is mainly composed of terpenoids. Generally, refined camphor, various essential oils (such as eucalyptus oil, linalool, pine oil and safrole) and by-products (such as white camphor oil, red camphor oil and blue camphor oil) are prepared by multi-tower continuous vacuum distillation combined with freeze sublimation process.

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Cinnamomum camphora is selected as raw material. The trunk and root of Cinnamomum camphora contain 2%-4% camphor and camphor oil respectively, and the branches and leaves contain 1%-3% respectively. The older the tree, the higher the content. Bitter chunks contain more camphor, while spicy ones contain more camphor oil.

It is best to collect in autumn, when the leaves have high brain content. When picking leaves, leave 16 leaves per plant, and it is appropriate to be more than 30 years old. The cut branches and roots should be sliced, with a width of 2.5cm, a thickness of 1cm and a length of 1cm.