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Words by Anny Schneider

The balsam fir gum is a traditional Aboriginal remedy to relieve the acute and chronic inflammation of the lungs.

It was called "Indian diachylon" because it was also used against infections, boils and stubborn wounds.

It also helps to quit smoking and to cleanse the lungs.

It is possible to make a syrup or to add it to an oil, an ointment or even a pectoral syrup.

It is recommended to dilute it in vegetable oil or strong alcohol because it sticks to the teeth.

⇒ Pay attention to the dose! Taken in excess, it is indigestible and laxative.

Origin

Naturally produced by balsam fir in Canada.

Suggestions for use

Fabrication de sirop.

Fabrication d'onguents.

Inhalations chaudes.

Cautions

Keep away from children, air, heat and light.

• Éviter pendant les trois premiers mois de grossesse.

More information

The Balsam Fir is a beautiful tree native to North America.
It can live for more than 150 years and reaches around twenty meters in height.
Its cones (the cocotes) are erect, the needles flat, fragrant with 2 white stripes on the underside.
A small peculiarity, The branches in the shade have their needles in two horizontal rows while those exposed to the sun have them all around the stem.
The bark carries vesicles containing resin, from which fir gum or Canada balsam is obtained.

Canada balsam, also called Canada turpentine (Terebenthina canadensis) or fir gum, is a viscous, sticky and colorless (sometimes yellowish) resin after evaporation of essential oils.
Native Americans from the boreal areas of Canada used fir gum as a remedy for the flu, scurvy, wounds, and to seal their bark canoes.
Thanks to its high quality of transparency and its refractive index (1.55) close to that of glass, this balm is mainly used in optics to attach glass objects (precision optical lenses) and to make microscope slides.
In Quebec, the artisanal harvest of fir gum is still the subject of a seasonal trade.

According to a study by Dalhousie University in Halifax, Nova Scotia (Canada), (Shelley A. Adamo, Amal El Nabbout, Laura Ferguson, Jeffrey Zbarsky, and 1 more. Using Cold As An Ally: Balsam Fir (Abies Balsamea L ., Mill) Needles And Essential Oil Kill Overwintering Ticks (Ixodes Scapularis). (preprint) ahttps://doi.org/10.21203/rs.3.rs-1096371/v1), bumier fir gum could be an antiparasitic with respect to Ixodes scapularis, the blacklegged tick, vector of Borrelia burgdorferi, agent of transmission of Lyme disease, especially at low temperatures of around 4°C.

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