Notes on some Saps and Secretions used in Pharmacy.
Classic texts: Journals: AJP 1895.
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Populus balsamifera L.
Engl.: balsam poplar, eastern balsam poplar, balm of Gilead, balm of Gilead buds, black cottonwood, hackmatack, tacamahac, tacomahaca, western balsam poplar.
Deu.: Balsampappel, Östliche Balsampappel.
Fran.: peuplier baumier.
Sven.: balsampoppel, äkta balsampoppel.
Suom.: kartanopoppeli, palsamipoppeli.
Pharm.: populi gemmae.
Bot. syn.: Populus candicans Ait., Populus hastata Dode, Populus michauxii Dode, Populus tacamahaca P. Mill., Populus tristis Fisch., Populus x candicans auct.
Classic texts: Journals: AJP 1895.
Henriette's herbal blog: They're brown, compact, and very very resiny.
Classic texts: Scudder's Materia Medica, 1898: Tonics.
Henriette's herbal blog: Meadowsweet vs. poplar buds and salicylous tree barks.
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Classic texts: USDisp 1918.
Classic texts: USDisp 1918.
Classic texts: Sayre 1917.
Classic texts: King's 1898.
Classic texts: Cook 1869.
Classic texts: Boericke 1901.
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