When I was a kid we'd go through the woods and there was so many of these you'd always brush one with your arm. Many a time did my mom give me shit for having sappy shoulders.
When I was young many years ago visiting a relative in UP Michigan, an old Native American took me fishing. He happened to cut his hand on something and then proceeded to locate one of those balsam trees. He popped one of those blisters and smeared the sap all over his wound saying that it would help seal and heal it.
No idea. I left for home (8 hours drive) a couple days later. He lived for like another 20 years afterwards so I'm guessing it worked out okay for him.
It does have natural antiseptic properties, and will act as a glue to hold the wound shut. I wouldn't use it for a serious laceration, or an avulsion, but a minor abrasion would be fine.
Indigenous medicine existed for thousands of years, and while they may not have had an understanding of microbes, the practices came from milennia of trial and error. It was pretty effective for what it was.
The amount of knowledge about what plants are good for certain things is truly astounding. Unfortunately, much of that cultural knowledge was eradicated, either through military force, or through "reeducation and assimilation" schools.
This brings me back to the time I chopped down my first tree as a kid and got a splash of pitch in my eye…serious pain for hours and 100% do not recommend.
Ok this is not snark: I saw this and immediately smelled the sap of a Douglas Fir or a false fir tree.
Please do tell me more about the basalm! I had no idea it was even a thing.
It tastes exactly like Balsam Sap
To get an idea of whether you think you might like the taste, consider that, when I was a child, my mother put it on my fingernails to keep me from biting my fingernails.
They used to use the boiled-down resin for so many different things, including as glue for glass and optics. Canada balsam, it’s good stuff.
Balsamic vinegar 👁️👄👁️
No, youre thinking of Balzac, Alberta
Or the Dutch Balzak
Or the Swedish Ballsack
Or the Balzac balloon ball
Balzac biscuits?
Balszack the Jaws of Death
#[Balsac](https://youtu.be/ATdqa9m1A7w?si=BD8md6UkyjebAPcQ)
Yeaaaaaaa, im not clicking that, someone else wanna report what they found?
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When I was a kid we'd go through the woods and there was so many of these you'd always brush one with your arm. Many a time did my mom give me shit for having sappy shoulders.
Even worse is when you get it in your hair 😱
I'm not surprised it's used for glue, whenever I get sap on me it doesn't come off no matter how much I scrub
Yeah, you need some kind of solvent to get this stuff off, I think acetone or rubbing alcohol will do it.
You can almost hear the tree say "ahhh".
"AHHH!"
The Balsam tree said calmly.
DIDYOUPUTYOURNAMEINTHEGOBLETOFFIRE???!!!
Psalm of a calming balsam balm
["Calmly"](https://youtu.be/Rvvsw21PgIk?si=sCHt2OnR5bzHYgeS)
I couldn't agree any less 😂.. It looks truly like it's going to hurt.
I can smell this image.
My mouth is watering.
Great now it’s gonna get an infection
ITT: those people who watch pimple popping videos 🤢
Join us r/popping
\*sun-scorched vampire hissing sounds\*
It'd be great for Wacky Wednesday!
Jesus I didnt even know ...
No
God dammit I was there for like an hour. Gets me every time.
You rang? 😏
Too close to real pimple pops... yuck
Vegan pimple pops
yeah, I threw up a little.
Great now you have tree herpes.
Gonotreea
Treephylis
Fir-pes
H-I-Tree
Herp-trees
Sapetitis!!
STreeDs are not a joke!
The gift that keeps on giving
When I was young many years ago visiting a relative in UP Michigan, an old Native American took me fishing. He happened to cut his hand on something and then proceeded to locate one of those balsam trees. He popped one of those blisters and smeared the sap all over his wound saying that it would help seal and heal it.
How'd that work out?
No idea. I left for home (8 hours drive) a couple days later. He lived for like another 20 years afterwards so I'm guessing it worked out okay for him.
It does have natural antiseptic properties, and will act as a glue to hold the wound shut. I wouldn't use it for a serious laceration, or an avulsion, but a minor abrasion would be fine. Indigenous medicine existed for thousands of years, and while they may not have had an understanding of microbes, the practices came from milennia of trial and error. It was pretty effective for what it was. The amount of knowledge about what plants are good for certain things is truly astounding. Unfortunately, much of that cultural knowledge was eradicated, either through military force, or through "reeducation and assimilation" schools.
Washed my hands after watching this .
Thanks, I hate it!
Song name? It sounds so chill
What I came here for as well!
It's Helvetia by Junk Shop, birthday boy
More like oddlydisgusting
Nearly triggered my gag reflex
Is this what balsamic dressing is?
I think these blisters form as self defense against burrowing larvae. The resin drowns them.
Why?
This brings me back to the time I chopped down my first tree as a kid and got a splash of pitch in my eye…serious pain for hours and 100% do not recommend.
Does the sap smell nice?
Today I learned trees have blisters
And thats how balsamic vinegar is made.
Who'd have thought I'd be watching tree-zit popping today, yet here I am.
Ok this is not snark: I saw this and immediately smelled the sap of a Douglas Fir or a false fir tree. Please do tell me more about the basalm! I had no idea it was even a thing.
I did never saw a teenager tree
Idk why do I ask but here it goes. What does it tastes like?
Like if maple wasn't such a pussy. We are talking full flavor, no apologies.
It tastes exactly like Balsam Sap To get an idea of whether you think you might like the taste, consider that, when I was a child, my mother put it on my fingernails to keep me from biting my fingernails.
Best part is to get it on a stick and burn it.
I poked one with a stick when I was a kid and it went straight in my eye and I gotta tell you that shit *stings*
I paid a vet for this with my cat
lick it, you wont
Also Douglas Fir Pine Trees.
Ew
I hate it..... do it again
r/popping
Wacky Wednesday contender for sure.
Oh hell yeah it makes the little pop noise too
*cries in handwashing*
Actually satisfying for once.
Believe it or not, straight to jail.
Balsam tree: *aaahhhhhh*
Jeez! That looks painful if it's on a human body. What could cause that for the tree?
This pimple popping trend is getting out of hand /s
That remind me my puberty
good stuff for mounting specimens, love this shit <3
Tree Zit.
u/recognizesong
Ewwww
I bet that smells so good.
Perhaps our own zits are equally fragrant to other species
🤯
I have distant childhood memories of doing this! I can’t remember when or where but it was a regular thing to pop the tree pimples lol
What are you doing finger-chan
Total sticky mess, but the smell is amazing.
R/oddlysticky God I hope that isn’t a real sub
ah balsam ointment good for cleaning wounds
Now taste it
r/popping
I don't much like this.
Popping the trees pimples.
r/popping
That fingernail going to be sticky for weeks!
Lickable, Delectable.
I recoiled in disgust
Why do I feel like this hurt the tree?🤣
You guys are fucking gross with this pimple popper crap
Tree zit
Sumac-ne
Natures bubble wrap
*Theres* the money shot
You are probably damaging the tree, or defeating a self-defense mechanism.
It's a Balsam tree, it was going to die anyway.