Balsamum Peruvianum bals.

Key-Notes to the Materia Medica

Henry N. Guernsey · Key-Notes to the Materia Medica · homeoint.org / Médi-T HTML text (Guernsey d. 1885; public domain)

Nose

Profuse, thick discharge from, whether chronic or otherwise. Ozœna with ulceration.

Stomach

Vomiting of food and mucus; catarrh of stomach. Mucous diarrhœa, etc.

Chest

Cough mucous and purulent expectoration. Phthisis of mucus; vomica in lungs.

Urine

Scanty, with mucous sediment; catarrh of bladder.

Generalities

Debility; rhagades of nipples and fingers.

Homœopathic Materia Medica

William Boericke · Homœopathic Materia Medica · 9th edition

Common name

Peruvian Balsam from Myroxylon Pereiræ

General

Useful in bronchial catarrh, with copious, purulent expectoration. Debility; hectic fever.

Nose

Profuse, thick discharge. Eczema, with ulceration. Chronic, fetid, nasal catarrh.

Stomach

Vomiting of food and mucus. Catarrh of stomach.

Chest

Bronchitis, and phthisis, with muco-purulent, thick, creamy expectoration. Loud rales in chest (Kali sulph; Ant tar). Very loose cough. Hectic fever and night-sweats, with irritating, short cough and scanty expectoration.

Urine

Scanty; much mucus sediment. Catarrh of bladder (Chimaph).

Relationship

Balsamum Tolutanum-the balsam of Myroxylon toluifera--(chronic bronchitis with profuse expectoration) (Oleum caryophyllum-oil of cloves-in profuse septic expectoration-3 to 5 minims in milk or capsules).

Dose

First attenuation: In hectic 6x.

Extra homeopathic uses locally. As a stimulant to raw surfaces in indolent ulcers, scabies, cracked nipples, rhagades, itch. Promotes granulation, removes fetor. A one per cent solution in alcohol or ether may be used with the atomizer in respiratory affections. Internally, as an expectorant, in chronic bronchitis. Dose, 5 to 15 M, made into an emulsion with mucilage or yolk of egg.

A Dictionary of Practical Materia Medica

John Henry Clarke · A Dictionary of Practical Materia Medica · 1st edition (1900-02, three volumes); homeoint.org / Médi-T HTML digitization

General

Balsam of Peru. Myroxylon Pereiræ. N. O. Leguminosæ. Tincture of the balsam that flows from the stems.

Clinical

Bronchitis. Catarrh. Cracks. Epistaxis. Hectic. Itch. Phthisis. Ulcers.

Characteristics

Peruvian Balsam 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 Balsam 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 Balsam 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.

Nose

Bleeding from r. nostril without coryza, or sneezing, or blowing nose; repeated at 7 p.m. ─ Profuse thick discharge from nose, whether chronic or otherwise. ─ Ozæna with ulceration.

Throat

Continued scraping of fauces.

Stomach

Vomiting of food and mucus; catarrh of stomach. ─ Mucous diarrhœa, &c.

Stool

Copious liquid stool, painless. ─ Passage of blood with normal stool (does not have piles).

Urinary Organs

Sticking and cutting in urethra. ─ Urination more frequent and copious. ─ Urine scanty, with mucous sediment; catarrh of bladder.

Respiratory Organs

Scraping in larynx in forenoon; dry cough.

Chest

Cough, mucous and purulent expectoration. ─ Phthisis of mucous type; vomica in lungs.

Upper Limbs

Oppressive pain in r. wrist.

Lower Limbs

Severe pain in l. tibia. ─ Boring in r. tibia.

Generalities

Debility; rhagades of nipples and fingers.