Balsamon

Balsamon

Generally the juice of the balsamum has the most strength, next to that the fruit, but the wood has the least strength of all. It expels the menstrual flow and the afterbirth, is an abortifacient, and rubbed on dissolves chills and the filthy matter of boils. Taken as a drink it is a concoction for rejuvenation and moving urine. Given with milk it is also good for difficult breathers; also for those bitten by snakes. Taken in a drink the fruit is good for pneumonia, coughs, epilepsy, vertigo, asthma, intestinal pain, difficulty in conception, and for those bitten by snakes. It is suitable for women's inhalations in fumes, and boiled for hip baths it opens the vulva and extracts moisture. The wood has the same virtues the fruit has but to a lesser degree. Boiled in water and taken as a drink it helps in digestion, intestinal pain, those bitten by snakes, and convulsions, and it expels urine.

De Materia Medica