The menthol and peppermint quality in the lip balm gives off "this kind of tingling, cooling effect, which is just a sensation you get when you put it on the skin," Patrick Harkins, M.D. told Fox ...

Tiger balm is a topical cream developed by a Chinese herbalist in the 1870s. It contains ingredients like menthol, camphor, m ethyl salicylate, cassia oil, and capsicum.

Tiger balm, the popular menthol ointment used by athletes and arthritis patients, has just one U.S. distributor and a single factory in China for its U.S. market, making it especially vulnerable ...