The Chinese use camphor as an inhalant to revive people from faints and other unconscious states, for various skin diseases and to treat wounds.
It is commonly used as an ointment or liniment to treat sprains; joint and muscle pain, as balm for chapped lips, cold sores, as an inhalant to relieve nasal, bronchial, or upper respiratory congestion.
Camphor can also be used to treat rheumatic pains and muscle sprains