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balm prepared for Chinese emperors.
Tiger Balm owes its origins to a soothing herbal balm prepared for
Chinese emperors who had suffered from various aches and pains.
Chinese herbalists and healers used it for their patients as an
analgesic rub blended from natural ingredients.
The fact that the formulation, which was to become Tiger Balm, survived
into a more enlightened age was due to one man.
This was Chinese herbalist Aw Chu Kin, who lived in Rangoon. His desire
was to treat his patients the best way he knew. He had studied the types
of effective remedies and discovered that the blending of various active
ingredients - such as camphor, clove and menthol - really brought
relief.
Tiger Balm's formulation makes it effective as a mild analgesic, for
countering irritation, and for promoting blood flow.
The entrepreneurial side fell to his two sons Aw Boon Par and Aw Boon
Haw. It was Aw Boon Haw who lent his name, meaning Tiger, to the remedy.
As well as being an anglicised version of Haw's name, the tiger,
synonymous in the East with strength and vitality, seemed the obvious
association for such a pain reliever.
They realized the potential of their father's product and together
transformed his home-produced remedy into the world renowned brand it is
today. Having created the brand name Tiger Balm they moved from Rangoon
to Singapore in 1926.
 Tiger
Balm is one of the world's leading topical analgesics, with a soothing
action that relieves muscular aches and pains. Tiger Balm is made from
active ingredients such as camphor, menthol, cajuput oil and clove oil.
It contains no animal products and is not tested on animals.
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