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Biology (plants and animals)
Source: Google Books: CRC World Dictionary (Regional names)Balsam in English is the name of a plant defined with Croton flavens in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Oxydectes flocculosa (Geiseler) Kuntze (among others).
Example references for further research on medicinal uses or toxicity (see latin names for full list):
· Phytochemistry (1967)
· Flora Jamaicensis Pug. (1759)
· Journal of Ethnopharmacology (2006)
· Species Plantarum. (1805)
· Phytologia (1935)
· Guihaia (1994)
If you are looking for specific details regarding Balsam, for example health benefits, side effects, diet and recipes, pregnancy safety, extract dosage, chemical composition, have a look at these references.
This sections includes definitions from the five kingdoms of living things: Animals, Plants, Fungi, Protists and Monera. It will include both the official binomial nomenclature (scientific names usually in Latin) as well as regional spellings and variants.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Starts with: Balsam apple, Balsam copaiba, Balsam fig, Balsam fir, Balsam of gilead, Balsam pear, Balsam poplar, Balsam tree, Balsam weed, Balsam-scented geranium, Balsamina, Balsamjari, Balsamo, Balsamo amarillo.
Ends with: Cebu balsam, Cebur balsam, Copaiba balsam, Garden balsam, Jumbie balsam, Maracaibo balsam, Mecca balsam, Orange balsam, Para balsam, Rock balsam, Rose balsam, Seaside balsam, She-balsam, Yellow balsam, Zanzibar balsam.
Full-text (+99): Katillaka, Terada, Maracaibo balsam, Balsam fig, Para balsam, Balsam of gilead, Cebu balsam, Yellow balsam, Mecca balsam, Jumbie balsam, Balsam weed, Balsam-scented geranium, Zanzibar balsam, Rose balsam, Jesuit's balsam, Orange balsam, Seaside balsam, Bhuguggala, Cebur balsam, She-balsam.
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Search found 5 books and stories containing Balsam; (plurals include: Balsams). You can also click to the full overview containing English textual excerpts. Below are direct links for the most relevant articles:
Srila Gurudeva (The Supreme Treasure) (by Swami Bhaktivedanta Madhava Maharaja)
Third Letter < [Chapter 2.9 - Letters From America]
Second Letter < [Chapter 2.9 - Letters From America]
Bhesajjakkhandhaka (Chapter on Medicine) (by Hin-tak Sik)
Medicines (f): Gum-Resins (Jatu) < [Chapter 4 - Medicinal Substances in the Chapter on Medicine]
The Wayward Woman in the “Romantic < [October 1990 – December, 1990]
Wordsworth’s Light–and its Shadows < [March 1944]
Folk-Songs of Bengal < [Jul-Aug-Sept 1940]
Yoga Vasistha [English], Volume 1-4 (by Vihari-Lala Mitra)
Chapter XXXVI - Sermon on the seed or source of the world < [Book VII - Nirvana prakarana part 2 (nirvana prakarana)]
Chapter XXXIII - Sermon on the true sense of truth < [Book VII - Nirvana prakarana part 2 (nirvana prakarana)]
Chapter XXVIII - Lecture on theopathy or spiritual meditation < [Book VI - Nirvana prakarana part 1 (nirvana prakarana)]
The Jataka tales [English], Volume 1-6 (by Robert Chalmers)
Jataka 12: Nigrodhamiga-jātaka < [Book I - Ekanipāta]