Many people only know that cooling oil can cure mosquito bites, but they don’t know that cooling oil has other uses. Let me introduce to you below. Is cooling oil a tiger balm? Who invented cooling oil?

Is cooling oil Tiger Balm?

Cooling oil is also called Tiger Balm. When mentioning Tiger Balm, everyone will think of "Tiger Brand Tiger Balm" and its founders, the brothers Hu Wenhu and Hu Wenbao. Tiger balm is a masterpiece of "aromatherapy" and, as the advertisement says, "a must-have medicine for home and travel." At that time, people were accustomed to using tiger balm (it was difficult to buy authentic "tiger balm", people also called "cool oil" "taiwan balm") as an all-purpose medicine, treating headaches in the head and feet in pain. Although it "treats the symptoms but not the root cause" , but it works.

Who invented cooling oil

Hu Wenhu (1882-1954) was a Hakka. Hu Wenhu was a famous overseas Chinese entrepreneur, newspaperman and philanthropist in Nanyang. He was known as A legendary figure from overseas Chinese in Southeast Asia. Originally from Zhongchuan Village, Xiayang Town, Yongding District, Longyan City, Fujian Province.

His life reflects the phrase "the extraordinary life of a Hakka child".

Born on January 16, 1882 in Yangon, Myanmar. My father, Hu Huqin, is a Chinese medicine practitioner living in Myanmar and opened Yongantang Chinese Medicine Shop in Yangon. There are three brothers, Hu Wenhu. The eldest brother Wenlong died young and the younger brother was named Wenbao.

In 1892, Hu Wenhu was sent back to his hometown in Fujian to receive traditional Chinese cultural education, while Hu Wenbao stayed in Myanmar and received British education. Four years later, Hu Wenhu returned to Yangon, studied Chinese medicine with his father, and assisted in running the pharmacy store.

In 1908, his father died of illness, and the Hu brothers inherited their father's business. Hu Wenhu is fluent in Chinese and often travels to Hong Kong and other places to deliver goods. Hu Wenbao is fluent in English and stays at the Yangon store. The two work together and the business develops day by day.

In 1909, Hu Wenhu traveled around his motherland, Japan, Siam (now Thailand) and other places to inspect Chinese and Western medicine. The next year I returned to Yangon and started to expand the Wing On Hall Haw Par Tour. The climate in Nanyang is hot and the sunlight is strong, making people prone to heat stroke, dizziness and fatigue.

In 1923, due to business development, Hu Wenhu moved the Yongantang head office to Singapore, leaving Hu Wenbao to take charge of the Yangon business. He built a new pharmaceutical factory in Singapore and opened branches in Singapore, Malaya and Hong Kong.

What will happen if you eat the cooling oil?

The cooling oil has a pungent and irritating smell. Even if the child eats it, he will not eat too much and it will not be easy to swallow it. , after eating it, your mouth will be irritated and your face will turn red and your saliva will increase.

Taking cooling oil will not have much impact. Its ingredients are not harmful to the body, but be careful not to eat too much. If this is too much, it will have an impact.

If there are no adverse reactions, there will be no problem. Let’s observe it first!

The effect of cooling oil

Anti-itching and anti-inflammatory

After entering the hot summer, various skin diseases follow one after another. At this time, cooling oil and Fengyoujing come in handy, because they both have a good effect of cooling and relieving the skin and opening up the body, and they are effective in treating all skin diseases. Great relief as well as healing properties. Since they all have a certain stimulating effect on the skin, they can effectively relieve itching, reduce inflammation, reduce swelling, and repair epidermal cells, allowing the skin to return to normal metabolism, so that skin diseases can be cured naturally. .

Therefore, if you are bitten by a mosquito in summer and experience inflammation, redness and swelling, you may wish to apply cooling oil or wind oil essence to the affected area quickly, so that you can effectively prevent and treat various skin problems.