Botanical Name: Ferula Galbaniflua

Origin: Iran

Galbanum is a gum-resin from the stems of Ferula galbaniflua, a tall plant of the Umbelliferae family which grows mainly in Iran and other parts of the Middle East. The thick juice oozes from natural cracks in old stems, but is collected commercially by making cuts near the base of the stem.
Galbanum is extracted by distillation and is thick, dark yellow, with a hot, strong aromatic aroma. The active principles include carvone (50% or more) pinene.iimonene, cadinene, myr-cene and cadinol.
Galbanum has been used as an incense in various religions for thousands of years, and is mentioned both in the Old Testament and Egyptian papyri. Dioscorides and other early medical writers describe Galbanum as painkilling, antispasmodic, diuretic and emmenagogue.