Balsam of Cebur or Tagulaway.

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Related entry: Parameria

Balsam of Cebur or Tagulaway.—Cebur or Tagulaway Balsam is prepared in the Philippine Islands by boiling the root and twigs of Parameria vulneraria Radl. (Fam. Apocynaceae), in cocoa-nut oil, so as to form a yellowish-white, oily liquid, which is used with asserted excellent results for skin diseases and wounds. (A. Pharm., Nov., 1885.)


The Dispensatory of the United States of America, 1918, was edited by Joseph P. Remington, Horatio C. Wood and others.