Balsamum peruvianum

Balsamum peruvianum
(peruvian balsam from myroxylon pereirae)
* 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 homoeopathic 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 maybe 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.