Abies balsameca

Name

balsam fir

Family

Pinaceae

Toxic

Duration

Habitat

forest

Kohler Image

Kohler's Plate

Kohler's Volume

Actions

antiseptic,diuretic,expectorant,nutritive,cholagogue,immunostimulant

M-Common Names

M-Culinary Use

Energetics

Geographic Range

M-Habitat

Harvest Guidelines

Harvest Month

February

Harvest Season

M-Illustration Source

Medicinal Notes

for a bath, decoct 100g needles and or tips in 4 cups water for 5 monutes

Physical Description

Balsam fir is a small to medium-size evergreen tree typically 14–20 metres (46–66 ft) tall. The bark on young trees is smooth, grey, and with resin blisters, becoming rough and fissured or scaly on old trees. The leaves are flat and needle-like, 15 to 30 mm (5⁄8 to 1 1⁄8 in) long, dark green above often with a small patch of stomata near the tip, and two white stomatal bands below, and a slightly notched tip. They are arranged spirally on the shoot, but with the leaf bases twisted so that the leaves appear to be in two more-or-less horizontal rows on either side of the shoot. from Wikipedia

Preparation

needles used as infusion, bath, honey, inhalation, opical application of resin, inner bark used as an infusion. Fir needles contain vitamins A, C, Calcium and iron

Safety

resin can be irritating to digestive system in high doses, maximum 1tsp daily in divided doses, can also be a skin irritant to some

Uses

pneumonia,bronchitis,colds,flu,cough,muscular spasms,joint pain,warts,wounds,tooth abcess,rheumatism,gout

Other Vintage

Parts Used

tips

sap

resin

Activities

herbal bath,hot water infusion,syrup or honey,vinegar infusion