Definition of balm of gilead:
(n) :
(figurative) A remedy believed to cure all disease; panacea.
(n) :
A rare perfume produced in Gilead and used medicinally, mentioned in the Bible. It is sometimes thought to have come from the plant Commiphora gileadensis, and sometimes from a terebinth tree in the genus Pistacia.
(n) :
Any plant of species Cedronella canariensis, family Lamiaceae, native to Macaronesia.