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Haw Par Healthcare Limited is the brand owner and manufacturer of Tiger Balm. We categorically state that Tiger Balm contains no bee wax or other animal parts. The ointment base of our product is petrolatum and paraffin. The original recipe in this article contributed by an anonymous author was partially incorrect. The composition of Tiger Balm has been amended to provide readers with more accurate information. (Amended on 2007.10.23)
Tiger Balm as sold in the US is limited by FDA regulations to 11% camphor. This is marketed/distributed by "Prince of Peace Corporation" -- see http://www.popus.com
As a result, the so-called "extra strength" version you can get in your local drug chain -- Eckerd, CVS, Rite-Aid, etc. -- is 11% camphor and 10% menthol.
Tiger Balm you can buy overseas (which is marketed my Haw Par Corp. and labelled "regular strength,) is 32% camphor... almost 3x as strong.
The 0.63 oz. bottle packaging is completely identical, but on the label for the US version (which comes from popus) the percent weights are clearly shown.
138.89.45.4 16:44, 1 February 2007 (UTC)
The Thailand White Tiger balm bottle as sold in Asian food shops in Germany contains 25% Camphor 8% Menthol 13.7% Eucalyptus oil 1,43% Clove oil (marketed by OLIC Thailand limited not Haw Par Corp.) tabalooga 23:32, 9 May 2011 (CEST) —Preceding unsigned comment added by 79.206.193.78 ( talk)
Flagging this for lack of neutrality, especially the Indications section, which reads like it's an ad from the manufacturer. —Preceding
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72.248.128.18 (
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20:49, 21 January 2009 (UTC)
I believe the table in this heading is causing formatting problems. it shows up under "external links" the text after it will not format properly. Would someone who knows how please fix this? 156.26.17.11 ( talk) 19:36, 3 January 2011 (UTC)
Article says "Tiger Balm is made from a secret herbal formulation" but this is not mentioned under Composition. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 198.169.189.226 ( talk) 22:25, 26 July 2011 (UTC)
What is the relationship between this and the Vietnamese “Golden star balm” used in Russia? -- AVRS ( talk) 20:06, 9 April 2012 (UTC)
I am an inexperienced editor who has done only copy editing for spelling and grammar and do not know how to change this. I do not know how to correctly add the reference, though I have it. Tiger Balm is indeed mentioned in Cory Doctorow's "For The Win," on page 132 of the .pdf version, being used by the protagonist Wei-Dong, also known as Leonard Goldberg. http://craphound.com/ftw/Cory_Doctorow_-_For_the_Win.pdf Spookiewon ( talk) 03:01, 21 September 2012 (UTC)
...I believe that this article is a complete advertisement. You can tell that it was mostly written by the company that manufacturers Tiger Balm because of the choppy sentence flows and bad grammar. If this article isn't fixed, I'd actually rather have it deleted, because all it does is make claims that aren't backed up. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.31.213.15 ( talk) 23:27, 16 January 2013 (UTC)
Please don't delete the article!
It acts as a place marker. Some of us can fix the English, and others can add some citations. I'm just a grammar guy, but someone will come along with the references. There are many out there.
best regards Billyshiverstick ( talk) 04:38, 10 June 2013 (UTC)
What does this stuff do? What is its purpose? We've been so busy making the formatting right, and not making an ad, that we've lost somewhere the purpose for it. 138.162.128.53 ( talk) 13:13, 21 May 2013 (UTC)
WP:DEL - This article meets criteria 4 and 6. Does anyone oppose deletion and/or can find reliable sources? 173.190.165.143 ( talk) 02:22, 2 February 2015 (UTC)
I oppose deletion. While the article has problems and contains obvious fluff, I found it quite useful. Now I know the (approximate) ingredients and history. Herbhornist ( talk) 12:31, 24 July 2015 (UTC)
Tiger Balm was the trademark of Haw Par Corporation, should redirect to that company. Matthew_hk t c 03:21, 9 October 2017 (UTC)
The page was full of "citation" with http://www.tigerbalm.com, http://www.tiger-balm.org.uk, http://balmtiger.com and a not quite reliable source http://www.alternativehealth.com.au. Alternatively the aricle may be potential on the brand, not the generic product. See the old ad on https://au.pinterest.com/matthew_t/tiger-balm, with just require people to dig out RELIABLE SOURCE, not primary and junk. Matthew_hk t c 04:29, 17 October 2017 (UTC)
Ya mong and Tiger Balm appear to be the same product, manufactured by the same company. WhatamIdoing ( talk) 18:41, 29 December 2023 (UTC)