Azil Organic Galbanum Gum

Azil Organic Galbanum Gum

Galbanum is an aromatic gum resin and a product of certain umbelliferous Persian plant species in the

genus Ferula, chiefly Ferula gummosa (synonym F. galbaniflua)

and Ferula rubricaulis.

Azil Organic Galbanum Gum

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Galbanum-yielding plants grow plentifully on the slopes of the mountain ranges of northern Iran.

It occurs usually in hard or soft, irregular, more or less translucent and shining lumps,

or occasionally in separate tears, of a light-brown,

yellowish or greenish-yellow colour, and has a disagreeable, bitter taste, a peculiar, somewhat musky odour,

an intense green scent, and a specific gravity of 1.212.

It contains about 8% terpenes; about 65% of a resin which contains sulfur; about 20% gum;

and a very small quantity of the colorless crystalline substance umbelliferone.

It also contains α-pinene, β-pinene, limonene, cadinene, 3-carene, and ocimene

Galbanum is a gum-like material (resin) from the roots and trunk of a tree.

It is used to make medicine.

People take galbanum for digestion problems,

intestinal gas (flatulence), poor appetite, cough, and spasms.

Galbanum is sometimes applied directly to the skin for wounds.

In food and beverages, galbanum oil and resin are used as flavoring.

In manufacturing, galbanum oil and resin are used as fragrance in cosmetics.

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