Canadian Balsam Fir Needle
Oil
Botanical Name: Abies balsamea
Common Names and Synonyms: Canadian balsam, oil of turpentine
Background: A by-product of the resin, balsam is a pale yellow
to clear oil, steam-distilled from the needles of the Canadian balsam.
It has a pleasing sweet, woody, balsamic scent and is sometimes used in
perfumes and shampoos.
Canadian Balsam in the Cayce Readings
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As an inhalant, Canadian balsam was combined with other herbs to clear
head colds and treat bronchitis, asthma, sinusitis, tuberculosis, and to
also alleviate or control painful breathing. Caution should be taken not
to breathe in the fumes too deeply, otherwise, nausea could result.
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Canadian balsam was also used:
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As an ingredient in an expectorant, combined with eucalyptol.
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As an ingredient in a hemorrhoid formula.
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As an ingredient for a tonic to treat pellagra.
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As an ingredient in a pain relief formula.
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Various amounts of Canadian balsam were recommended. The amounts
varied from 1/2 drop to 40 drops with the smaller amounts (1/2 - 1drop)
usually prescribed as part of a compound to be put into a capsule and taken
internally. The larger amounts were typically included as part of
a formula to be inhaled. The following table provides the most frequent
amounts prescribed:
| 5 minims (drops) |
43 readings |
| 1 minim (drop) |
27 readings |
| 10 minims (drops) |
23 readings |
| 1/2 minim (drop) |
11 readings |
| 3 minims (drops) |
8 readings |
| 20 minims (drops) |
6 readings |
| 15 minims (drops) |
6 readings |
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Canadian balsam was always recommended with other substances in a compound,
never by itself. Although a wide diversity of formulas were given,
the most common substances mentioned in the same readings with Canadian
balsam were as follows:
| Oil of Turp |
114 readings |
| Tolu |
75 readings |
| Creosote |
54 readings |
| Benzoin |
53 readings |
| Heroin |
31 readings |
| Eucalyptus |
29 readings |
| Sassafras |
8 readings |
| Wild Cherry |
7 readings |
| Mandrake |
6 readings |
| Gin |
6 readings |
Cayce Quotes on Canadian Balsam
210-1
Canadian Balsam acts as the stimulant of the duodenum and pancreas
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601-10
Occasionally, for the head, the throat, it would
be found well to use an antiseptic that acts not so much as a curative
as a preventative - which is also excellent for colds, or for those effects
upon the mucous-membranes of the head; which would be prepared in this
way and manner:
To 4 ounces of pure grain alcohol, in a 6 to 8 ounce
container (preferably glass container with glass stopper, or the
like), add - in the order named:
Oil of Eucalyptus..................................20 minims,
Rectified Oil of Turp.............................5 minims,
Compound Tincture of Benzoin.............10 minims,
Canadian Balsam..................................5 minims,
Tolu in solution, or Essence of...............40 minims.
Whenever there is an aching through the head (that
is, from the nasal passages), shake this solution well and inhale or breathe
deep the fumes of same through the nostril and even into the throat.
These act as a clearing of the tissue, making for a cleansing in a manner
that will be most helpful.
This may be done once, twice, three, four, five
or six times a day. Only breathe the fumes of same; do not take internally.
Keep the container tightly corked when not in use.
4590-2
Those of the oil of pine and eucalyptol, or Canadian
Balsam and eucalyptol, kept steaming or in hot water, or in those containers
that allow this to be loosed in the air the body breathes. THIS will
aid also. The quantity would be half a teaspoonful of each in a gallon
of water. Not STEAM the body, but loosed, that the body may BREATHE
same through the lungs, and thus CLARIFY the blood in its circulation.
302-7
The inhalations may be taken three to four times
each day, or that necessary to clear the tissue of accumulations of refuse
forces as accumulate in the soft tissue of the head and throat. This
the inhalant: To six (6) ounces of pure grain alcohol, in at least
a twelve (12) ounce container, add:
Eucalyptol, Oil of.....................12 minims,
Benzoin...................................10 minims,
Rectified Oil of Turp.................5 minims,
Canadian Balsam......................20 minims,
Rectified Creosote....................10 minims,
Tincture of Tolu in solution.........1/2 ounce.
Keep this in a glass corked container. Do not
shake or disturb except when it is to be used. Inhale only the fumes
or the accumulations of the active forces of these, as applied with that
of the radiating forces of the alcohol.
304-4
Use as an inhalant, not too often but at least once
each day before retiring:
To four ounces of pure grain alcohol, add:
Eucalyptol............................20 minims,
Rectified Oil of Turp.............15 minims,
Canadian Balsam..................15 minims,
Oil of White Pine..................10 minims.
Some of these are nearer the same proportion.
However, in the strength as given for each, each has its mission to perform
in the lung and blood supply, and will affect the organs of the system
in the correct manner.
5687-1
When attempting to rest the body becomes irritant,
see. To four ounces of grain alcohol, we would add twenty drops of
Eucalyptol, ten drops of Benzosol and ten drops of Canadian Balsam.
Use this as an inhalant four to five times each day drawing or snuffing
through the nostrils, see. Do that and we will find we will in three
to six months, see the relief necessary to grow out of this condition of
[5687].
4666-4
We would use these properties as an inhalant, prepared
in this manner:
Oil of Eucalyptus....................1/2 ounce,
Tincture Benzoin.....................1/4 ounce,
Rectified Oil of Turp................1/4 ounce,
Canadian Balsam.....................20 heavy minims,
Rectified Creosote...................1/4 ounce,
Tolu in Solution........................2 ounces.
These may be all put together, if put in the order
named. When used as an inhalant, in a granite container, pour a quart to
half a gallon of boiling water - then place a teaspoonful of this solution
in same and cover the head so that the body inhales deep into the lungs
and through the nostrils, into the lungs these fumes as rise from same.
4810-2
To 8 ounces of grain alcohol add:
Eucalyptol.....................................1/2 ounce,
Canadian Balsam...........................20 minims or drops,
Benzosol (and not the substituted
as has been used but Benzosol)...1/4 ounce,
Rectified Spirit of Turp...................20 minims.
The gas as this forms should be inhaled into the
lungs, through the mouth, not nostrils, and only the gas. This should
be kept in container, wood, that is charred on the inside, and the container
should be two to three times as large as the liquid quantity, so there
is sufficient space for the gas to form in evaporation as is needed and
this kept tightly corked except when being inhaled and only inhaled five
to seven inhalations. Too much would be detrimental for it will cause
nausea and reaction in the diaphragm.
4874-3
Use the inhalant for the lungs proper, bronchials,
nose and throat - preferably this NOW would be prepared in THIS manner
and proportion, see?
To eight (8) ounces pure grain alcohol, or at least
ninety percent (90%) alcohol, add:
Eucalyptol....................40 minims,
Rectified Creosote.......10 minims,
Canadian Balsam..........25 minims,
Rectified Oil of Turp.....20 minims,
Benzoin........................20 minims,
Tolu in solution.............40 minims.
Keep solution (that is, the combined solution) in
a glass corked container at least twice the size of the quantity. This
may be inhaled whenever necessary - at least three or four times a day,
in bronchials, through the mouth, through the head also, through the nostril,
see? three or four times each time - shaking solution - keeping well
corked when not used. Do that.
5476-1
Using for the bronchia and lungs those of the inhalant
that will act as an antiseptic and CLEANSING the system of the mucus as
is thrown off, either by the respiratory system or by irritation to such
as to produce a cough. These we would find in that prepared in THIS
manner for this body:
To 6 ounces of 85% alcohol, in a 12 ounce or 10
ounce container, with glass cork, we would add:
Eucalyptol (or oil of same)............30 minims,
Oil of White Pine..........................15 minims,
Benzosol.......................................20 minims,
Rectified Oil of Turp......................15 minims,
Canadian Balsam...........................5 minims,
Tolu in Solution..............................1/2 ounce.
Only shake solution before the inhalation is made.
Inhale through (that is, the fumes off of same) the mouth and nostrils.
DO this whenever necessary to reduce or to prevent coughing, or to clarify
or CLEANSE, antiseptically, the throat and bronchia - after coughing.
4983-1
To 1 teaspoonful of simple syrup, add:
Tincture of Benzoin................1 minim,
Rectified Oil of Turp..............1 minim,
Canadian Balsam...................1/2 minim,
Oil of Eucalyptus...................1/2 minim.
Put these in the simple syrup in the order given,
for their combination makes for a difference in the reaction. This taken
internally will aid as an antiseptic, as an expectorant, as an active force
on the organs of the digestion; especially through the liver, duodenum
and pancreas, making also the tendency to increase eliminations through
the activity of the kidneys.
340-17
Take the oil of butterfat (fresh butter, not that
that's been salted), and reduce same so that there is no water in same,
or milk - see? Take one-half ounce of this, see? To this add
one-quarter ounce of Burton's powdered tobacco or snuff. Boil this
together, or heat together, so that the tobacco is cooked. To this
add four drops of Tincture of Iodine and one drop of Oil of Turp
(not turpentine, but Oil of Turp, or Canadian Balsam). Use this as
an ointment, mixed thoroughly together while hot - then let
congeal, see? [Another simple formula for that called TIM?]
5536-1
These (we don't find their name, but) in shape are
that of the scorpion (Pellagra), and are attacking the vital forces, or
through the blood supply, which in turn attacks the vitality of the body,
taking from the serums of the system that which gives to the bone, to the
vital forces, even in the return nerve energy in the system. Hence
these are hard to combat with.
This PREFERABLY given in capsule, and this in each
dose, and not more than one dose every OTHER day, see?
Oil of Eucalyptus..........1 minim,
Canadian Balsam..........1/2 minim,
Rectified Oil of Turp.....1/2 minim,
Benzosol......................1/2 minim.
This, as we find, will give the system the opportunity
to see - through the change - the effect these various conditions internally
have upon the system. Eucalyptol acting (internally) directly for
the respiratory system. The Balsam as that of a clarifier of the
blood, separating in its activity that portion which COMES to be in the
system the ability to form the differentiation between white and red blood;
while with the REST of the reaction of the Balsam and the Turp will act
directly with the portions of kidneys that will AID the respiratory system
as in reference TO the action of the lymphatic circulation and the hepatic
circulation; while those of the Benzosol (Be sure it's this Benzosol, see?)
will act WITH the other properties to assist the activity of the respiratory
system, and heart stimulant, and also separating in the liver in the form
that will assist in division in the eliminations and assimilation in system.
3857-2
Prepare in capsules as many as necessary to ease
the pain, and only using when necessary to ease the pain:
Eucalyptol.....................1 minim,
Canadian Balsam..........1 minim,
Oil of Turp....................1 minim.
These taken inwardly will create a different effect
to the condition in the system.
4357-1
Also the condition as exists in the right side of
the body, this will be reduced by the application to the system of those
properties internally that brings relief to the tissue that has become
involved in this condition, and by giving to the circulation that allaying
and that creative force wherein the correct cellular rebuilding forces
may be multiplied within the system and combat and meet those conditions
that need to be brought to that wherein the system may come to a more normal
condition, reducing the swelling, reducing the inflammation, reducing the
pain and distress that is caused at times.
Take, then, into the system in the small dose -
this being the dose. This should be taken, preferably, in capsule.
Eucalyptol..............1 minim,
Oil of Turp.............1 minim,
Canadian Balsam.........1 minim,
Heroin...............1/80 grain.
4520-3
To add medicinal properties in this would assist
in some ways, which would be given as this: Make this in solution
in simple syrup - four ounces of same. Add:
Eucalyptol........................24 minims,
Rectified Oil of Turp.........5 minims,
Canadian Balsam..............5 minims,
Benzosol..........................10 minims.
The dose of this would be (and must be shaken well
together before giving) 5 to 10 drops in water twice each day. This
will assist in the blood supply and in preventing the increase of the white
blood forces and build the red blood supply. Better that the body
be outside as much as possible.
4653-1
Eucalyptol.....................20 minims,
Canadian Balsam...........15 minims,
Oil of White Pine............10 minims,
Creosote (liquid).............5 minims.
This would be heated and the fumes from this, - that is a small
quantity of this after it is shaken together, see, - every four hours,
heated and inhaled through the nostrils and mouth into the lungs, see.
After this has been used, - that is the whole quantity of four ounces,
heated so the evaporations come off, - use the same solution and add that
of the forces as would be found in that of Heroin, one grain would be added
to this solution, you see, so the effect in the inhalation would come from
this, not taken internally, but breathed in.
4590-2
Those of the oil of pine and eucalyptol, or Canadian
Balsam and eucalyptol, kept steaming or in hot water, or in those containers
that allow this to be loosed in the air the body breathes. THIS will
aid also. The quantity would be half a teaspoonful of each in a gallon
of water. Not STEAM the body, but loosed, that the body may BREATHE
same through the lungs, and thus CLARIFY the blood in its circulation.
5620-1
For the irritation as is produced in the membrane
of the throat and bronchials, and lungs, we would prepare as these:
First we would take 3 ounces Wild Cherry Bark, this
put in 16 ounces of distilled water. Reduce by simmering to 1/2 the
quantity. This made as a carrier. TO this we would add, after
this has been strained, 4 ounces of beet sugar first dissolved in 2 ounces
of water. Then reduce to the original quantity, or the 8 ounces.
Then add:
Syrup of Horehound.........................2 ounces,
Compound Syrup of Sarsaparilla.......1 ounce,
Tincture of Elixir of Stillingia...............1/4 ounce,
Canadian Balsam...............................3 minims,
Creosote, Rectified............................3 minims,
Oil of Eucalyptus...............................10 minims.
Shake the solution well together before the dose
is taken. Take the dose whenever there is IRRITATION for the system, or
throat or bronchials, or just before lying down, see? In this same
solution there should be also added Spirits Frumenti at least 4 ounces,
see? All this shaken together. Don't take them separate! but
take them together!
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