For summer flowering, seeds are sown in January-February. Also, it is important to sow seeds thinly in nursery beds, seed pans, or seedling trays. Use fine sandy soil for seedbeds (Outdoors) and coco peat as a sowing medium ( Indoors). Balsam plant care Like most essential oils, balsam essential oil has a therapeutic effect on anxiety and depression. Copaiba balsam has been seen to improve symptoms of depression and anxiety in animal studies without affecting their general activities. Higher doses brought better results. This effect is possibly brought about by beta-caryophyllene. 18 19 It’s best to diffuse the aroma of these oils using a vaporizer. 10. Can Control Some Tumors And Cancer A positive patch test is used to diagnose an allergy to balsam of Peru. [8] [11] [26] Positive patch test results indicate that the person may have problems with certain flavorings, medications, and perfumed products. [8] Among foods, the most commonly implicated are spices, citrus, and tomatoes. [30] The plant’s different parts are used as traditional remedies to treat disease and skin afflictions. Warts and snakebite are treated with juice from the leaves. Whereas, burns are treated with the flower. Traditionally, this species has been used for treating rheumatism, fractures, and other ailments in Asia. Is the balsam plant poisonous? Easy-to-grow balsam is an annual that self-sows readily in Zones 2 to 11. Be sure to plant it in a place where you won’t mind a repeat appearance for years to come.

Pamela Brooks (2012). The Daily Telegraph: Complete Guide to Allergies. Constable & Robinson. ISBN 9781472103949 . Retrieved March 6, 2014. [ permanent dead link]Balsam of Peru is used in food and drink for flavoring, in perfumes and toiletries for fragrance, and in medicine and pharmaceutical items for healing properties. [8] Park JH, Kim JM, Do WI (2003). "Pharmacognostical studies on the folk medicine bong seon wha dae". Korean Journal of Pharmacognosy. 34 (3): 193–96. De Oliveira, Alaíde B., M. Iracema, L. M. Madruga, and Otto R. Gottlieb. “Isoflavonoids from Myroxylon balsamum.” Phytochemistry 17, no. 3 (1978): 593-595.

Despite some trepidation about rampant reseeding, I’m actually looking forward to next year’s show. In my Zone 6a garden, frost-sensitive garden balsam flowered prolifically from July to October, a time when most other annuals in my area had already played out. Its brilliant blossoms brought color to a dark spot all the way to the first frost. Balsam Seed Sources The Potawatomi use the needles to make pillows, believing that the aroma prevented one from getting a cold. [48] They also use the balsam gum as a salve for sores, and take an infusion of the bark for tuberculosis and other internal afflictions. [48] Tree emblem [ edit ]

A Much-Loved Cultivar

In Brazil, copaiba balsam enjoys a place of pride. It is considered a potent remedy for gastric problems. Indeed, a study has found that the balsam from the Copaifera langsdorffii tree could prevent gastric damage in rats caused by ethanol (a constituent of all alcohols) and artificially induced stress. It could even cure lesions in the stomach caused by a medicine’s side effects. Impatiens balsamina, commonly known as balsam, garden balsam, rose balsam, touch-me-not [1] or spotted snapweed, [2] is a species of plant native to India and Myanmar. [1] Paiva, L. A. F., L. A. Gurgel, E. T. De Sousa, E. R. Silveira, R. M. Silva, F. A. Santos, and V. S. N. Rao. “Protective effect of Copaifera langsdorffii oleo-resin against acetic acid-induced colitis in rats.” Journal of ethnopharmacology 93, no. 1 (2004): 51-56. William D. James; Timothy Berger; Dirk Elston (2011). Andrew's Diseases of the Skin: Clinical Dermatology. Elsevier Health Sciences. ISBN 9781437736199 . Retrieved March 13, 2014. Shen T, Li GH, Wang XN, Lou HX (2012) The genus Commiphora: a review of its traditional uses, phytochemistry and pharmacology. J Ethnopharmacol 142:319–330