Balm of Gilead (disambiguation)

The Balm of Gilead was a rare perfume of the Bible, now used in figurative speech to signify a universal cure .

Balm of Gilead or Balm in Gilead may also refer to:

Nature

Balsam of Mecca, resin and other products of the Arabian tree species Commiphora gileadensis (syn. Commiphora opobalsamum).
Canada balsam, resin produced by the fir species Abies balsamea
A common name for several plants that yield aromatic resin:
- Cedronella canariensis, a shrubby herbaceous plant in the family Lamiaceae, native to the Canary Islands and introduced elsewhere
- Commiphora gileadensis, a shrub native to the Middle East, source of Balm of Gilead resin
- Populus x jackii, a North American hybrid poplar tree, also called Populus x candicans or Populus x gileadensis.
An alternative name for ginger beer plant, a symbiotic culture of bacteria and yeast used for making ginger beer

Balm in Gilead, 1965 play by Lanford Wilson
Balm in Gilead: Journey of a Healer, 1988 biography of Margaret Morgan Lawrence
"Is there balm in Gilead?", a line from poem The Raven, in which the narrator asks if there is to be any healing over the loss of his love, Lenore. The bird replies in the negative.
In Charlotte Brontë's novel, Shirley, chapter XI, “ ...We’ll find balm in Gilead.” Referring to the character Caroline's female malaise.

"There Is a Balm in Gilead", traditional African-American spiritual or hymn
- By Paul Robeson on his 1945 album Spirituals
- By George Beverly Shea on his 1957 album A Billy Graham Crusade In Song
- By Rahsaan Roland Kirk on his 1972 album I, Eye, Aye: Live at the Montreux Jazz Festival, 1972
- By Nina Simone on her 1978 album Baltimore
- By Jessye Norman on her 1979 album Negro spirituals
- By Nana Mouskouri on her 1990 album Oh Happy Day
- By Sweet Honey in the Rock on their 1995 album Sacred Ground
- By Karen Clark Sheard on her 1997 debut album Finally Karen
- By Toshi Reagon on the 1998 TV soundtrack Africans in America
- By Larry Willis on his 2003 album Sanctuary
- By Leon Bibb and Eric Bibb on their 2004 album A Family Affair
"Balm of Gilead", a song by Iceage
"Balm of Gilead", a song by the Sunday Service Choir on their 2019 album Jesus Is Born

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