Materia Medica de A a Z

BALSAMUM PERUVIANUM (Bals-p)

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 (Kali-s); Ant-t] 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 (Bals-t)- the balsam of Myroxylon toluifera — chronic bronchitis with profuse expectoration). Oleum caryophyllum (Ol-car) - 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.