15 Sep
Gums

Tragacanth Gum

Tragacanth Gum

Scientific Name: Astragalus Gossypinus Fisch
English Name: Tragacanth gum, Locoweed, Milk-vetch, Astragal
Persian Name: Katira, Gavan, Gavan sefid, Gavan panbeie
Arabic Name: Astragalus, Qatad, Kathira, Kathira Beida, Makhlab Al-Eqab

Astragalus belongs to the Leguminosae family, which is found in nature in two types of annuals or perennials. The height of this plant is around 75 cm and its mature stems are dark purple and the flowers are purple, blue or white. The gum of Astragalus called tragacanth contains compounds such as polysaccharides, basurin and tragacanth that has many applications in food, cosmetics and medicine industries.
Important properties and medicinal effects of tragacanth:
This plant is used as a binding object in the medical industries, such as toothpastes, body lotions, dentures and ointments.
It is widely used in the cosmetics industry, such as hair styling gels.
In the food industry, this plant is used to stabilize and thicken substances in salad dressings, foods and beverages.
It is used in medicine to treat heatstroke, treat urinary problems, strengthen skin and hair, treat constipation and other.
This plant is found in Iran, Syria and some other Asian countries. Iran, Turkey and Syria are the largest producers of tragacanth gum in the world. The best type of tragacanth gum in the world belongs to Iran, which is very famous and popular in the international markets. In Iran this plant grows in the heights area of Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad, Fars, Khorasan Razavi and Kerman provinces.

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15 Sep
Gums

Galbanum

Galbanum

Scientific name: Ferula gummosa Boiss, Ferula Gummosa
English name: Galbanum
Persian name: Barijeh, Ashagh, Ghasni, Bazard,
Arabic name: Ghaneh, Kalakh

This plant is one of the perennial herbaceous plants that belongs to the Apiaceae family and the most important part of its medicinal use is gum. The root of Galbanum is bulky with a thickness of 1-3 millimeters. The height of this plant varies from 1-4 meters.
Galbanum gum contains valuable chemical and medicinal compounds such as alpha, monoterpene, sabinene, alpha pinene, beta-pinene and paracetamol.
Some of the important therapeutic properties and effects of Galbanum:
• Treatment of cardiovascular problems
• Treatment of anorexia
• Anti-cough
• Healing skin wounds
• Anticonvulsants
• Treatment of stomach pain
• Healer of superficial wounds

Galbanum essential oil and gum are widely used in food and cosmetics industries. This plant is native to the Mediterranean, Central Asia and the Middle East and grows in Iran, Afghanistan and Turkey. It grows in the central mountainous regions and northeastern of Iran, especially in Zanjan, Tehran, Damavand, Kermanshah and Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari.

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15 Sep
Gums

Dorema Ammoniacum

Dorema Ammoniacum

Scientific name: Dorema Ammoniacum
English name: Gum Ammoniacum, Dorema, Amoniac
Persian name: vosha, voshagh, coma candle, ashagh, ooshagh
Arabic name: shajarat-al-ashagh, voshaj, lazagh-al-zahab

Vasha is one of the famous medicinal plants in Iran and is a perennial and very large type of plant with the height of 1-3 meters. It has strong, single, long and cylindrical stems. It belongs to the Umbelliferae family. The most important medicinal and economic value of this plant is the production of substance called ammonia or washa, which flows in its stem and roots and is secreted through the cracks or wounds caused naturally or by humans and then collected.
The most important compounds in this plant are trypanids and limonene, which have reducing effects on cell excitability. Vasha gum is used in the pharmaceutical, medical, cosmetic, perfumery and food industries.
• An-ticoagulant
• Treatment of bronchitis
• Treatment of respiratory disorders
• Treatment of chronic and long-term dry cough
• Treatment of osteoarthritis and joint swelling
• Increased urination
• It opens the arteries
• Treatment of bronchitis
• Antispasmodic
• Relieve liver congestion
• Relieve rheumatic pains
• Relieve asthma and dry cough

Vasha grows around Dena and Oshtrankooh peaks, Sistan and Baluchestan, Kerman, Alvand mountain, Kohkluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad provinces, Isfahan, Kashan, Qazarvin, Lorestan, Hamedan, Kermanshah, Fars, Semnan and Yazd.

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15 Sep
Gums

Astragalus

Astragalus

Scientific name: Astragalus sarcocolla
English name: Astragalus sarcocolla
Arabic name: anzaruṭ, anzarut, kuḥl farisi, kuḥl kirmani
Persian name: anzarut, tashm, kandjuba

This medicinal plant belongs to Fabaceae family and is native to southwest and west Asia to southern Europe. it has a height of 1 to 2 meters and usually in late winter and spring gives balloon-like flowers in the pink and white color.
This plant has a white and crisp resin with a bitter and slightly sweet taste and contains compounds such as antioxidant, flavonoids, anthocyanins, steroids, tannins, phenic acid, saponin, iron, fiber, magnesium, potassium, calcium, phosphorus, vitamin A, vitamin, Vitamin C, niacin, riboflavin, thiamine and protein.
Therapeutic properties of Astragalus sarcocolla:
• Strengthen the immune system
• Reducing the symptoms of chemotherapy
• Anti-inflammatory
• Treat ear infections and pain
• Reduce seasonal allergies
• Removal of warts and excess meat
• Relieve constipation
• Anti-flatulence
• Bile laxative
• Treatment of joint pain

This plant grows in mountainous areas and Zagros Mountain range and in Fars, Bushehr, Khuzestan, Kohkiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad, Hormozgan, Kerman and Sistan and Baluchestan provinces.

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Gums

Asafoetida

Asafoetida

Scientific name: Ferula assa-foetida L
Persian name: Angozeh
English name: Asafoetida, Asafoetida gum
Arabic name: Al-Najdan gum, Aanjdan

Angozeh is a perennial plant of the Umbelliferae family with a height of two meters, which has thick and prominent roots and yellow flowers in the shape of an umbrella. Two types of gum are extracted from this plant. A type of tear or seed shape that comes out from the plant stem in the small amounts naturally. And the mass type that collected in different colors of yellow, red, brown and gray from the wounded parts of the plant. It is usually softer and more impure than its tear type. This plant contains the chemical compounds such as, azarzinotanol, ferulic acid, acetyl essential oil, oxinyl disulfide, vanillin and also contains carbohydrates, proteins and minerals such as calcium and phosphorus. With different application in pharmaceutical, health and cosmetic industries.
Some of the medicinal properties of Angozeh:
• Treatment of asthma, colds and flu
• Treatment of chronic bronchitis and cough
• Decreased blood concentration
• Boost the immune system
• Constipation treatment
• food digestion
• Treatment of fungal infections of the stomach

This plant grows in the warm arid and calcareous areas of Asia such as the arid deserts of Iran, the mountains of Afghanistan and India. In Iran, it often grows in Damghan, Baluchistan, Khorasan, Shahroud, Sabzevar, Zarrin Dasht, Kurdistan, Kerman, Kohgoliyeh, Boyerahmad and Yazd.

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