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Although the term balm of Gilead traditionally refers to a perfume, it has also been widely used throughout history for a number of health conditions, as it has rather powerful antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, antiseptic, and diuretic properties, amongst others. It is derived from a species of Arabian shrub bearing the scientific name Commiphora gileadensis. The plant bleeds or leaks the Balm of Gilead, where it can be collected, processed, and applied for a number of purposes. As it is an Arabian shrub that also may have been present in parts of Egypt, its use dates back thousands of years. As one of the oldest and most respected herbal remedies, it remains an important remedy for many herbalists across the world.
==Common Uses=={{Uses|Fever}}, {{Uses|emaciation and debility,}}, {{Uses|impaired digestion}}, {{Uses|Diarrhea}}, {{Uses|Urinary infections}}<ref name=="Uses"/>
== External Links Chemical Composition==
==Properties==
Reference: Dravya - Substance, Rasa - Taste, Guna - Qualities, Veerya - Potency, Vipaka - Post-digesion effect, Karma - Pharmacological activity, Prabhava - Therepeutics.
===Dravya===
===Rasa===
===Guna===
===Veerya===
===Vipaka===
===Karma===
===Prabhava===
==Habit==
{{Habit|Tree}}
==Identification==
===Leaf===
{{Leaf|Simple|alternate|Leaves are ovate or broadly lanceolate, 2.25 to 4.5 inches long (6-11 cm) and 1.5 to 3 inches wide (4-7.5 cm). Leaves are shiny green above and pale green below with finely toothed margins }}
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===Flower===
{{Flower|Unisexual|Pistillate and staminate catkins||Winter buds are 1 inch long (2.5 cm) with sticky resin and a pungent balsam odor in the spring. Drooping pistillate and staminate catkins occur on separate trees. |}}
===Fruit===
{{Fruit|Capsules||Ripe capsules split into 2 parts. Tiny seeds have a tuft of soft, white hairs at the tip and are often dispersed in large, fluffy masses.|Fruiting occurs in late May to early or mid-July and when rivers are most often in the flood stage.|}}
<ref name="Fruit"/>
===Other features===
==List of Ayurvedic medicine in which the herb is used==
==Where to get the saplings==
==Mode of Propagation==
{{Propagation|Seeds}}, {{Propagation|Cuttings}}.
==How to plant/cultivate==
===Season to grow===
===Soil type===
===Propagation===
==Commonly seen growing in areas==
{{Commonly seen|Temperate area}}.
==Photo Gallery==
<gallery class="left" caption="" widths="140px" heights="140px">
File:Populus balsamifera.jpg|Seeds
File:Populus balsamifera L..jpg
</gallery>
==References==
<references>
<ref name="Uses">https://www.henriettes-herb.com/eclectic/kings/populus.html "Uses"]</ref>
<ref name="Fruits">[https://budburst.org/plants/balsam-poplar "Fruit description"]</ref>
<ref name="Leaf">[https://www.fs.fed.us/database/feis/plants/tree/popbalb/all.html "BOTANIC DESCRIPTION"]</ref>
</references>
==External Links==
* http://www.naturalmedicinalherbs.net/herbs/p/populus-balsamifera=balsam-poplar.php
* https://www.srs.fs.usda.gov/pubs/misc/ag_654/volume_2/populus/balsamifera.htm
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