Balsam of St. Thome

Botanical name: 

Balsam of St. Thome. Pan Olaeo. Belam Pu. A balsam obtained from Santiriopsis balsamifera (Oliv.) Engl. (Fam. Burseraceae). It is a resinous juice obtained by incisions in the trunk of the tree. It is used as a vulnerary and in diseases of the bladder and bronchi. (Ap. Ztg., 1898.)


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