Ixabiso elihle kakhulu leCamphor

I-Camphor yikhompawundi emhlophe, ene-wax edityaniswe kwiiloshini, amafutha, kunye neekhrimu. I-Camphor ikwasisithako esisebenzayo esidityaniswe kumayeza amaninzi athengiswa ngaphandle kwemvume yonyango lomkhuhlane kunye nokukhwehlela. Ioyile ye-Camphor ifumaneka kumthi womthi we-camphor, apho isicatshulwa sicutshungulwa nge-distillation yomphunga. Inevumba elimnandi kunye nencasa enamandla, kwaye inokufunxwa lula eluswini. Okwangoku, i-camphor yokwenziwa ikhutshwa kwi-turpentine, kwaye ithathwa njengekhuselekileyo ukusetyenziswa logama nje kukho izikhokelo ezifanelekileyo.

I-Cinnamomum camphora, iLodine kunye ne-cemphire akufuneki zinikwe umntu one-allergy kwi-camphor okanye izithako zayo.
I-Camphor ikhuselekile xa isetyenziswa ngokufanelekileyo, ngoko ke umntu kufuneka aqinisekise ukuba ukwakheka kwayo kwiimveliso ze-camphor akudluli kwi-11%. Kucetyiswa kakhulu ukuba kwenziwe uvavanyo lwesikhumba ngaphambi kokuba kusetyenziswe iimveliso ze-camphor eluswini.
Iimveliso zekhamphor akufuneki zisetyenziswe kulusu olwenzakeleyo okanye oluphukileyo njengoko amanqanaba anetyhefu alo mveliso anokungena emzimbeni. Ikhamphor inokubangela iingxaki zokuphefumla ezifana nokuphefumla xa uphefumla.

Inxalenye ephambili kwioyile yephayini (icatshulwe, iVerschueren, 1983). Ikwakho kwiintlobo ngeentlobo zezihlahla zerosemary (330–3,290 ppm) (Soriano-Cano et al., 1993), amagqabi ebasil anevumba le-anise (1,785 ppm) (Brophy et al., 1993), amagqabi e-Iberian savory (2,660 ppm) (Arrebola et al., 1994), amahlumela e-basil eluhlaza okwesibhakabhaka aseAfrika (7,000 ppm), i-Greek sage (160–5,040 ppm), i-Montane Mountain mint (3,395–3,880 ppm), amagqabi e-yarrow (45–1,780 ppm), kunye ne-coriander (100–1,300 ppm) (Duke, 1992).