BALM. 47 



sudorific, and the oil as a high cordial, a 

 carminative, and a deobstruent. 



In France, the women bruise the young 

 shoots of balm, and make them into cakes 

 with sugar, eggs, and rose-water, which 

 they give to the mother in child-birth, as 

 a strengthener. It has also been thought 

 beneficial to those who are troubled with 

 the palpitation of the heart. 



