Boericke William

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 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.