Peruvian Balsam
in botany and commerce, the balsam flowing from incisions in the trunk of Myroxylon pereiræ. It is a thick, viscid, almost opaque, balsam, like molasses, with a reddish hue, and translucent when in thin layers; its odor fragrant, its taste acrid, but aromatic. It is brought from San PERUVIAN BARK Salvador, in South America. In pharmacy, is used as a stimulant and expectorant in chronic bronchitis, rheumatism, also to arrest excessive discharges from the urethra, and as an external application to stimulate bedsores and ulcers. PERUVIAN BARK. See PERUVIAN.
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