COMMON NAMES: English: Balm of Gilead.
DESCRIPTION: A tall tree growing up to a height of 27m. Leaf’s alternate, deciduous, cordate, pubescent, serrulate, bright green on the upper surface and whitish beneath. Leaf buds reddish-brown and covered with fragrant oleoresin. Scales of catkin long-ciliated.
DISTRIBUTION: Northern United States, Europe.
PART USED: Buds collected in winter.
HOMOEOPATHY USES
ACUTE COLD: Remarkable power over acute cold, especially when accompanied by a deep hoarse voice, even aphonia. Acute hoarseness.
LUNGS: Cough of children caused by naso-pharyngeal catarrh; mucus drops from posterior sinuses. Sits bent forward with dry cough, worse lifting arms. Suffocation. Breathing dry, asthmatic with dyspnea.
POTENCY: Mother tincture and higher
