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Balsamum Peruvianum

Pocket Manual of Homoeopathic Materia Medica · William Boericke

Open remedy: Bals-p.

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Peruvian Balsam from Myroxylon Pereirae

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. tart.] 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 may be used with the atomizer in respiratory affections. Internally, as an expectorant, in chronic bronchitis. Dose, 5 to 15M, made into an emulsion with mucilage or yolk of egg.

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