balsam, n.All

Balsam (n.) is, ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠for Paracelsus and Dorn, a life-elixir hidden in the body, higher than nature, an aetheric substance that heals mind as well as body.

Balsam (n.) is, ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠for Paracelsus, the life principle that keeps a body alive or incorrupt, higher than the quintessence, just as a venomous snake must carry its own antidote or die of its poison.