Barry Marshall

My mother was a nurse, and in her era, most diseases weren't understood; people put mustard plasters on knees and rubbed camphor on your chest if you had a cough and did funny things to you if you had tuberculosis - all these things that really made very little difference once proper treatments were brought in.

Australian Scientist

Thalaivasal Vijay

Camphor Cinema is nothing but an extension of family - courteous, kind, joyous and focused. It is like a close-knit family working hard for a celebration.

Indian Actor

Camphor is often associated with healing properties and can be found in medicinal products.

Medicinal Use

The strong odor of camphor makes it common in air fresheners and mothballs.

Aromatic Qualities

Camphor is used as a plasticizer in producing some types of plastics, making them flexible.

Plastic Production

The camphor tree is where natural camphor comes from. Note this when discussing plant sources.

Botanical Origin

Due to its attractive, evergreen leaves, the camphor tree is commonly used for landscaping.

Ornamental Use

Camphor tree's wood is valued for carpentry and its oil for aromatic uses.

Wood and Oil

 glossy err and stick better and actually if you see poly something something or something something copolymer on an ingredients label usually that polymer is there to tweak the properties of the polish in a way that makes sense for the particular type that you are buying then there's camphor which comes from

Nail Polish PIPE...

 good old Paracelsus -- found that he could predict the degree of convulsion by using a measured amount of camphor to produce the convulsion. Can you imagine going to your closet, pulling out a mothball and chewing on it if you're feeling depressed?