Other names and synonyms
bals-p.Description Source
Dictionary of Practical Materia Medica - J.H. ClarkePharmacological Group
Additional facts
Balsam of Peru. Myroxylon Pereirae. N. O. Leguminosae. Tincture of the balsam that flows from the stems.
Nosology
Bronchitis. сatarrh. сracks. Epistaxis. Hectic. Itch. Phthisis. Ulcers.
Typical features
Peruvian вalsam has been chiefly used empirically in catarrhal phthisis or bronchial catarrh with copious purulent expectoration. Sputa thick, creamy, yellowish white; loud râles, night sweats, hectic. Hale has used it with success in chronic, purulent, fetid anterior or posterior nasal catarrh, with or without ulceration. He says that a cerate of the вalsam is the best application next to Glycerole of Aloes for indolent ulcers, cracked nipples, cracks in fingers and palmer surfaces of hands, or fissured and chapped lips. The вalsam is also used externally for killing the acarus of itch. All parts affected are gently rubbed with it at night and a bath taken in the morning. A single application is sufficient. It has been proved by Lembke.
Head, face, and ears
Bleeding from right nostril without coryza, or sneezing, or blowing nose; repeated at 7 - Profuse thick discharge from nose, whether chronic or otherwise. Ozaena with ulceration.
Mouth and throat
Continued scraping of fauces.
Gastrointestinal tract
Vomiting of food and mucus; catarrh of stomach. Mucous diarrhoea, &c.
Copious liquid stool, painless. Passage of blood with normal stool (does not have piles).
Copious liquid stool, painless. Passage of blood with normal stool (does not have piles).
Urogenital system
Sticking and cutting in urethra. Urination more frequent and copious. Urine scanty, with mucous sediment; catarrh of bladder.
Chest organs
Scraping in larynx in forenoon; dry cough.
Cough, mucous and purulent expectoration. Phthisis of mucous type; vomica in lungs.
Cough, mucous and purulent expectoration. Phthisis of mucous type; vomica in lungs.
Limbs and spine
Oppressive pain in right wrist.
Severe pain in left tibia. - вoring in right tibia.
Severe pain in left tibia. - вoring in right tibia.
Common symptoms
Debility; rhagades of nipples and fingers.