Tiger balm

British  

noun

1. a mentholated ointment widely used as a panacea

---

Example Sentences

"Tiger Balm is the new coffee," said one user, while another quipped, "I apply perfume between my nose and lips now – saving it just for myself."

From BBC

Balming Tiger — the name comes from Tiger Balm, a Singaporean ointment — started out as a party crew, organizing events with DJs around Seoul.

From New York Times

Mr. Jiang himself preferred another label: Mr. Tiger Balm, a reference to a soothing Chinese ointment.

From Washington Post

Another recognition: “Cab driver, pointer finger in a pot of Tiger Balm/dabbing on the temples and nasal septum for that sting of wakefulness,/cutting through the edgeless fog of wage labor.”

From New York Times

In 2017, the Black Truffle imprint reissued “Tiger Balm,” a 1970 tape piece by Annea Lockwood — and paired it with fresh recordings of two other Lockwood works from the late 20th century.

From New York Times