Can children use essential oil?

Fengyoujing is a commonly used medicine, but it actually contains camphor, which is not suitable for children because it can cause red blood cells to rupture and easily lead to jaundice in babies, so parents need to pay attention.

First, can babies use Fengyoujing?

Babies cannot use Fengyoujing.

The main ingredient of Fengyoujing is camphor. Newborns lack glucose phosphate dehydrogenase, so camphor will penetrate into the bloodstream through the delicate skin and mucous membranes of newborns along with the smell, causing red blood cells to rupture and dissolve into bilirubin. If the bilirubin level in the blood is too high, it can pass through the meninges and bind to brain cells, causing jaundice in infants. Symptoms include yellowing of the whole body, blue lips, brown urine, refusal to suck milk, weak crying, drowsiness, and other neurological symptoms such as convulsions and seizures. Even after treatment, the baby's brain function may be damaged. Similarly, children under three years old should also use it with caution.

Second, the harm of using Fengyoujing for babies

Fengyoujing has the effects of cooling, relieving pain, dispelling wind and relieving itching. Used for mosquito bites, colds and the headaches, dizziness and motion sickness caused by them. However, camphor, the main ingredient of Fengyoujing, is toxic to a certain extent, and using Fengyoujing on pregnant women and newborn babies may cause certain harm.

1. Fengyoujing has the effect of refreshing the brain and preventing heatstroke, but the camphor and other ingredients in Fengyoujing have volatility and penetration effects, which will affect the development of the fetus. The use of Fengyoujing by newborn babies may also induce jaundice, convulsions, etc.

2. If you use Fengyoujing on your baby, the mint, camphor and other ingredients in the Fengyoujing will be absorbed by the body through the sweat glands when the baby sweats, which can easily cause allergies in the newborn baby.

3. Newborn babies lack glucose phosphate dehydrogenase in their bodies. The camphor smell in the camphor penetrates into the blood through the delicate skin and mucous membranes of newborns, causing red blood cells to rupture and dissolve into bilirubin.

4. If babies use Fengyoujing, it will cause jaundice, with symptoms such as yellow body, blue lips, brown urine, refusal to suck milk, weak crying, and even convulsions and seizures, which may damage the baby's brain function.

Third, the use of Fengyoujing

Fengyoujing is one of the common medicines in the home. Fengyoujing has a great effect in repelling mosquitoes and relieving itching. However, it does not mean that such a powerful Fengyoujing can be used casually. It also has some contraindications for use. Do you know?

Pregnant women should not use

Camphor is one of the main ingredients of Fengyoujing and has certain toxic side effects. After camphor enters the human body, the glucose phosphate dehydrogenase in the normal human body will quickly combine with it, turning it into a non-toxic substance, and then excreted from the body with urine, so its toxic side effects will not appear in ordinary people. However, the content of glucose phosphate dehydrogenase in pregnant women is reduced. If excessive use of Fengyoujing within 3 months of pregnancy, camphor will pass through the placental barrier into the amniotic cavity and act on the fetus, affecting fetal growth and development, and in severe cases, leading to fetal death. Pregnant women should not use Fengyoujing after being bitten by insects. After being bitten by mosquitoes, it is best not to use wind oil or cooling oil, because the borneol in them may irritate pregnant women and cause premature birth.

Not suitable for infants and young children

Infants and young children also lack glucose phosphate dehydrogenase. Camphor can penetrate into the blood through the delicate skin and mucous membranes of newborns, dissolving red blood cells into bilirubin. Excessive bilirubin levels in the blood can cause neonatal jaundice, with yellowing of the whole body, blue lips, brown urine, refusal to suck milk, weak crying, drowsiness, and even symptoms of brain cell damage such as convulsions and seizures. Even after treatment, the baby's brain function may be damaged. Do not use Fengyoujing to reduce the temperature of newborns. Fengyoujing contains ingredients such as camphor, which have volatility and penetration effects and will affect the development of the fetus. The use of Fengyoujing in newborns may also induce jaundice, convulsions, etc.

Avoid using on face

Fengyoujing is highly irritating, and a small number of people are allergic to it. After applying it, they will develop rashes and itching, and form pigmentation, which affects their beauty.

Do not use on damaged skin

Fengyoujing is highly irritating. If it is used by people with damaged skin or patients with burns or scalds, it will cause severe pain and will not be conducive to wound healing.