A couple of years ago, ours decided to send us tangible greetings from tropical Thailand to our harsh homeland. And then, among other things, I got Tiger Balm - white tiger balm, which will become the main character of this review.
Having received my rightful gift, turning the jar of potion in my hands with disappointment, I carefully put it away on the shelf, where I safely forgot it for almost two years. To be honest, I didn’t really believe in the miraculous power of the Asian wonder, and besides, I didn’t feel any particular need for it at that time.
But I felt it much later, but let’s not get ahead of ourselves.
Tiger Balm: he’s not from Thailand at all
In the century before last in Rangoon, Burma, there lived a certain master O Chu Kin, and he was famous Chinese herbalist. It was he who created became famous subsequently Tiger Balm White Ointment, using ancient medicinal formulas used to make rubs for Chinese emperors.
Invented and he established a trade in warming compounds by opening a medical shop. After the death of the old man, the business was continued and even expanded by two of Kin’s sons - O Bun Ho and O Bun Pa, to whom the store passed along with my father's secret recipes.
The brothers were lucky: they successfully traded with Malaysia and Singapore, and at the beginning of the 20th century they even organized the production of their drug in the island state. Factory given the name Hawpar, the symbol of the brand was the tiger - the personification of vitality.
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Later modest enterprise transformed into an entire corporation. The company grew and became stronger, and now noticeable jars with a tiger are produced in Vietnam, China, and India. Today, it is known all over the world that white and red Tiger Balm are one of the most effective local analgesics and antiseptics for various diseases.
Compositions of red and white tiger ointments
The list of components and the effect of the two drugs are similar, the only difference is in the proportions of essential oils included in the formulation. By the way, I once heard something to the effect that they were made from the remains of animals. Maybe this was the reason for such a long and undeserved dusting of the jar on the shelf...
All this is mixed with Vaseline, paraffin and ozokerite. The last ingredient is also called mountain wax - it is extracted from rocks and is actively used in physiotherapy.
And no signs of animal origin!
In addition to the above-mentioned components, the red ointment contains red pepper extract, which provides a strong warming effect. White has more of a cooling effect.
Tiger Balm: instructions for use
The spectrum is quite wide:
- Pain relief for muscles and joints;
- Resorption of hematomas;
- Relieving itching and redness from insect bites;
- Elimination of heartburn and spasms in the epigastrium;
- Help with headaches, nasal congestion and cough;
- Warming up athletes' muscles before training and helping with muscle strains;
- Bone regeneration during fractures;
- Relief of radiculitis, rheumatism, osteochondrosis, polyarthritis;
- Rubbing the limbs during paralysis and numbness.
The product should be applied to the painful area of the body up to four times a day, lightly rubbing, until complete recovery. For example:
- When coughing, rub your chest, back and neck
- If you have a runny nose, do inhalations: boil a small amount of water, add a little balm and inhale the vapors, covered with a towel
- for heartburn and pain in the abdomen, apply the composition to the abdominal cavity and chest
- when your neck and back hurt, rub them and wrap them in woolen cloth.
Like any medicine, there are a number of contraindications.
- Do not use on the mucous membranes of the eyes, nose and mouth. In case of accidental contact, rinse with running water.
- Do not use on damaged skin areas.
- Not recommended for pregnant and nursing mothers, as well as persons prone to allergies to the components included in the composition.
- Contraindicated for children under three years of age.
- It is prohibited at high body temperatures, and should not be applied to moles, warts, pustules and neoplasms.
My review
Man is a fragile creature, prone to various illnesses. Here I am: I was fastening and fastening, and suddenly - everything at once. The doctors treated me for an illness for a month without much success, until I started using unconventional remedies. Among them was the potion in question.
I opened the hexagonal jar and inside there was an opaque light mass. The smell is desperately reminiscent of the Vietnamese “Star” familiar from childhood.
In my personal practice, I have found several uses for Thai tiger balm white.
- I started using it as a remedy for headaches. Sinusitis gave mild pain in the area of the frontal and paranasal sinuses. I lubricated these places with balm 3 times a day and received significant relief. It’s pleasantly refreshing, but for a while it “eats” your eyes, meaning you have to squint. It’s better to sit, or even better to lie down for 15 minutes, closing your eyelids.
- From numerous intramuscular injections, the injection sites hurt - there were bruises and decent bumps. You can sit, but lying on your back is very painful.
Heparin ointment, troxevasin gel, iodine mesh and compresses at night - all of them discolored the bruises, but did not reduce the size of the seals at all. But rubbing Martino helped. The hematomas dissolved, although not before our eyes, but already on the second day they noticeably decreased.
- And off we go: my husband’s back hurts - give me Tiger Balm here. Calming down cervical osteochondrosis is the same. A good effect, especially at night and especially where you need to “warm up”.
- My parent uses red tiger balm to relieve musculoskeletal pain. The reviews are extremely positive, noting the warming and analgesic effect. I am inclined to believe her, because she is a serious and skeptical lady.
But the drug has with a tiger on the label and an unpleasant feature: a pungent camphor smell that not everyone likes. If you use it at home, it’s not a problem, but in a group I personally wouldn’t risk it. It’s a pity, because it really relieves headaches when applied to the temples.
One problem: there are four people in the house, but there is only one bottle, and that one is small. What I mean is that our lifesaver is running out. I would buy it again, but I'm afraid I'll run into a fake on the Internet. Looks like it's time to ask my accomplice Martha to urgently send a couple more elegant hexagonal packages.
I dare to hope that my modest experience will be useful to some of the readers, and with that I say goodbye until future monologues.
With wishes of health, from windy February Siberia, 2017, Julia.
Where to buy
“Accomplice” Martha could not leave Julie’s publication without this important part. Therefore, I shamelessly intervene and give information.
In Russia and other countries of the former Soviet Union: we traditionally turn to online stores. When it comes to medicines, it is especially important not to run into counterfeits, because the subject of this review is both a popular thing and not so cheap as to completely discourage the desire to falsify oneself.
- I would not trust all sorts of sites like Avito or sales advertisements on social networks, etc. random options. In my opinion, it is safer to order from Thailand, unless there is a well-established Thai shop in your city. beauty stores.
- In Cambodia it’s similar, only there are no 7-11 here.
For this we finally bow.
With wishes for healthy joints, pleasant smells and all kinds of prosperity in general, yours sincerely, room healer, Marta.
Cambodia, , spring - 2017.
Vietnamese balm “White Tiger” (“White tiger balm”, “Tigre blanc”), 20g
Ointment balm White Tiger- an excellent Vietnamese product, produced according to ancient technologies and traditional recipes of oriental medicine using high-quality natural ingredients that have a specific effect on nerve endings at acupuncture points. The technology by which the White Tiger balm is produced is still a family secret for several generations.
20g is designed for approximately 500 uses!
Balm “White Tiger” (“White tiger balm”, “Tigre blanc”) used to improve blood circulation and dilate superficial blood vessels with a local analgesic effect. "White Tiger" developed in one of the best pharmaceutical laboratories in Vietnam "Bao Lin". The balm contains only natural plant extracts of natural origin. In Russia balm "White Tiger" has already helped thousands of people and continues to help relieve joint, headache and muscle pain. Ointment balm “White Tiger” can be called a truly folk natural balm for pain relief.
Long-term research in the field of medicine has formed the optimal composition:
solutions: menthol alcohol - 8.0%
peppermint oil - 10.9%
camphor oil - 15.9%
cinnamon oil - 1.5%
clove oil - 2.0%
eucalyptus oil - 4.9%
methyl salicylate -20.0%
other essential oils and accumulators up to 100%
The main medical effect of the White Tiger balm:
painkiller,
has a local anesthetic effect;
has a therapeutic warming effect;
improves blood circulation, protects the body from hypothermia;
has a pleasant aromatic smell;
the drug is for external use only.
The combination of natural essential oils gives the balm an analgesic effect at the site of application. A special method for making the balm allows the active components to easily penetrate the skin into acupuncture points during application and rubbing into the skin. Based on clinical studies, the therapeutic effect of the balm in the treatment of a number of diseases has been confirmed.
Balm “White Tiger” is particularly effective in neuralgic back pain (lumbago, sciatica), pain in the shoulder, elbow joint, pain in the knee joint, arthritis, post-traumatic syndromes, muscle pain, etc., as well as through influence on acupuncture points for influenza, gastrointestinal disorders, headaches, rhinitis, toothache.
According to clinical trials conducted in 2002 in Vietnam, it was found that the balm does not lose its beneficial properties over time (at least for 2 years).
Thailand is famous for its huge number of useful ointments made with herbs and natural ingredients. They are all very useful, and many of them are quite versatile. Perhaps the most famous and universal balm for a huge number of ailments is tiger balm!
Thai Tiger Balm description
Tiger balm is indeed a means of combating many ailments, bruises and other problems of the body. Tiger balm is a powerful analgesic! Based on the strength of the impact on the source of pain, it is divided into two colors.
Difference between white and red tiger balm
White and red tiger balm differ in the amount of essential oils and herbs they contain. Red balm is more concentrated. It is suitable for extensive damage and severe trauma.
White balm has a less strong effect on the damaged area of the body; it is used for minor injuries, bruises, and sprains. Also, white balm can be used on small children - red is contraindicated for children!
Tiger Balm contraindications
Before using tiger balm, you need to make sure that the drug is tolerable. To do this, smear a small area near your elbow with tiger balm to make sure that you have normal tolerance to the drug and that no unwanted reaction has begun!
Do not use tiger balm near the eyes or mucous membranes of the body.
Do not apply tiger balm to an open wound!
The drug should not be used by people who are intolerant to the ingredients included in tiger balm!
Ingestion is not allowed!
Tiger balm beneficial properties
good for athletes to warm up muscles
relieves pain in the back, lower back, joints
relieves tumors
accelerates the process of resorption of hematomas
increases blood flow to the site of injury
relieves inflammation
helps with muscle stretching
used for respiratory diseases, cough
helps with a runny nose
reduces headaches
helps with digestive problems (if applied to the stomach)
relieves itching, irritation and inflammation after mosquito bites and other insects
used for colds, flu and other diseases
improves immunity
How to use Thai Tiger Balm
Tiger balm is applied 2-4 times a day to the damaged area of the body and rubbed in with massage movements.
As we described above: red and white tiger balm differ in the amount of certain herbs and essential oils it contains. Let's see what the difference is!
Red Tiger Balm
Camphor: 25%, menthol: 10%, cajeput oil: 7%, mint oil: 6%, clove oil: 5%, cassia oil: 5%, paraffin, petroleum jelly and other oils and herbs.
Ingredients: Camphor: 25%, Menthol: 10%, Cajuput Oil: 7%, Dementhoised Mint Oil: 6%, Clove Oil: 5%, Cassia Oil: 5%, Parafin, Petrolatum and other oils and herbs.
White Tiger Balm
Camphor: 11%, menthol: 8%, eucalyptus oil: 13.7%, clove oil: 1.43 and other oils and herbs.
Ingredients: Camphor: 25%, Menthol: 8%, Eucalyptus oil: 13.7%, Clove oil: 1.43% and other oils and herbs.
Thai Tiger Balm price
Average price in online stores in Moscow: 400 baht/10 g.
Shelf life: 4 years.
You can buy this product at
Description of the balm "White Tiger":
Famous massage balm Bach ho hoat lac cao, also known as "Tiger blanc", "Tiger balm", (in Russian - white tiger balm or tiger ointment) is a highly effective remedy of oriental folk medicine. It is made from natural, environmentally friendly raw materials according to an ancient Vietnamese recipe. The balm has a vasodilator, analgesic, anti-inflammatory, warming effect, thanks to which it successfully fights pain of various origins, hypothermia of the body, improves blood supply to tissues, relieves fatigue and optimizes the activity of the central nervous system. According to customer reviews, tiger balm also helps with menstrual pain syndrome. Thanks to the essential oils it contains, it has an exquisite tonic scent.
Indications for use:
White Tiger ointment was created purely for external, cutaneous use and is successfully used for:
- - Radiculitis, sciatica, lumbago, osteochondrosis
- - Migraine, headache, toothache
- - Digestive system disorders
- - Pain syndrome due to dislocations, sprains, ligament injuries
- - Muscle pain in athletes and extreme tourism enthusiasts.
- - As a symptomatic remedy for influenza and ARVI
- - As a warming agent, White Tiger Balm has also earned grateful reviews from acupuncturists around the world, who widely use it in their daily work.
Composition of ointment "Tiger balm" is a balanced combination of traditional means of Vietnamese healers and modern scientific developments, due to which the product acquires unique healing properties.
Vietnamese balm contains the following components:
- - 20% methyl salicylate
- - 15.9% camphor oil
- - 10.9% mint essential oil
- - 8% alcohol solution of menthol
- - 4.9% eucalyptus essential oil
- - 2% clove oil - 1.5% cinnamon oil.
Instructions for use "Tiger balm":
A small amount of the drug should be distributed over the skin in a painful area, or on acupuncture points corresponding to the problem organ, and rubbed in with uniform circular movements for five minutes. Rubbing should be done three to five times a day, depending on the patient’s condition. For maximum effect, acupressure techniques should be used.
Contraindications: Tiger balm should not be applied in cases where the skin is affected by inflammatory or pustular diseases. It is also contraindicated to use the drug if there is existing damage to the skin - scratches, abrasions, wounds. Tiger Balm should be used with caution in children. To treat children under seven years of age, mix the balm with baby cream in a one to one ratio. It is not recommended for use in children under 3 years of age. Avoid contact of the product with eyes and mucous membranes!
Release form: Vietnamese ointment is available in practical glass jars with a sealed tin lid, with a capacity of 20 grams, 12 jars per package. The contents of the jar are enough for approximately 500 uses.
Keep Tiger Balm should be kept in a dark, dry place protected from children at a temperature of +4 to +40 degrees.
Shelf life: 5 years. It has been verified that over time, tiger ointment does not lose its exceptional healing properties.
Production: Bao Lin Company, Da Nang, Vietnam.
For everyone who decides to buy Tiger Balm, we guarantee prompt delivery in Moscow by courier or Russian Post throughout Russia.
White Tiger ointment is a medicine created in Vietnam using unique technologies. This drug is based on a complex of natural ingredients that have a wide therapeutic effect. The drug helps cope with various ailments of the body, improves its functioning and protective properties. White Tiger ointment helps cope with pain, heaviness and stiffness of movement, as well as various respiratory diseases.
Interesting! Along with the White Tiger ointment, another similar medicine is made called. This drug has a similar therapeutic effect and almost the same composition. Both products differ only in the effect that occurs after applying the drug. White ointment cools and tones, red ointment warms. This effect is created thanks to the red pepper extract present in the composition. It is not found in white ointment. Please read the instructions for use carefully before using any of these products.
Indications
White tiger balm is a medicinal product that has a multifunctional effect. It is used to treat various diseases of the body as a whole. The ointment has a number of therapeutic effects, helps prevent the spread of the disease, eliminates uncomfortable symptoms and pain, and also regenerates tissue.
What diseases is White Tiger ointment used to treat:
- Rheumatoid diseases of the musculoskeletal system;
- Arthritis and arthrosis;
- Painful sensations in the joints, muscles, tendons and ligaments;
- Heaviness and stiffness of movements;
- Sprains and damage to ligaments and tendons;
- Osteochondrosis;
- Pain in the head;
- Chronic runny nose;
- Acute respiratory diseases;
- Diseases of the musculoskeletal system that occur in old age;
- Hematomas;
- Warming up the muscles and performing a massage;
- Paralysis and numbness of tissues;
- Skin irritation and burning;
- Tissue regeneration after injuries and bruises.
The presented list of indications for use of the ointment is not complete. The product has a huge list of positive healing effects that people disclose in their reviews.
White Tiger ointment is contraindicated in the following cases:
- Individual intolerance to the components of the drug;
- Pregnancy and breastfeeding;
- Children under 2 years of age;
- Application in the area of mucous membranes.
Important! Do not apply ointment to wounds, abrasions and scratches. The ointment is irritating, so applying it to open wounds may cause even greater irritation of damaged tissue.
Properties
Thanks to its rich natural composition and highly effective formula, White Tiger ointment has a number of positive effects on the skin:
- Has an analgesic effect, eliminating discomfort and pain;
- Has an anti-inflammatory effect, helping to prevent the spread of the disease;
- Activates blood microcirculation and improves metabolism in cells;
- Accelerates the regeneration of affected tissues and restores cell functionality;
- Has a cooling and local irritating effect, gives a feeling of freshness and comfort;
- Increases the protective properties of the body, strengthens its immunity;
- Eliminates stiffness in movements, increasing motor activity;
- Resolves hematomas and accelerates the removal of congestion from tissues;
- Promotes vasoconstriction, eliminating runny nose and nasal congestion.
Compound
To create the White Tiger ointment, the following active substances are used:
- Camphor is a natural substance that has a local irritant and tonic effect. It calms the peripheral nervous system, helps eliminate pain and heaviness in muscles and joints.
- Menthol extract is a component that has a cooling and soothing effect. It eliminates irritation and burning, has an analgesic and tonic effect.
- Peppermint oil has an active antiseptic effect. This component cleanses the skin, fights viruses and microbes, and also increases the body's immune defense.
- Kayaput is a component that has antispasmodic and analgesic effects. The oil is an excellent antiseptic, which prevents tissue infection. Kayaput oil is effective in the treatment of rheumatoid and acute respiratory diseases.
- Clove oil is a component that has anti-inflammatory and analgesic effects. It prevents the development of the inflammatory process, accelerates tissue healing and the removal of stagnation.
- Cassia oil is a plant component that has bactericidal and antiviral effects, which explains the effective treatment of colds with this ointment.
- The main ingredients of this preparation are paraffin and petroleum jelly, which give the balm the necessary consistency and improve the effect of the active ingredients.
What is the price? The price of White Tiger ointment is 250 rubles. The product is packaged in 20 gram jars.
Conclusion
White tiger ointment is an effective remedy with a multifunctional effect. This drug has an analgesic and anti-inflammatory effect, tones, regenerates and strengthens tissue. The ointment contains a complex of active substances of plant origin. The product can be used to treat various diseases or for preventive purposes.
