Commiphora wightii, Commiphora mukul
Synonyms:
Mukul Myrrh Tree, Indian Bdellium
Categories: Ayurvedic Medicine, Essential Oil, Gum, Medicinal Plant, Powder, Tea, Tincture, Traditional Chinese Medicine
Guggul (Wiktionary)
English
Noun
guggul (uncountable)
- Commiphora wightii, a flowering plant most common in northern India, with thin papery bark and thorny branches; resin extracted from the plant, used in traditional medicine.
- 2006, Sandeep Kumar, S. S. Suri, K. C. Sonie, K. G. Ramawat, Development of Biotechnology for Commiphora wightii: A Potent Source of Natural Hypolipidemic and Hypocholesterolemic Drug, P. S. Srivastava, Sheela Srivastava, Alka Narula (editors), Plant Biotechnology and Molecular Markers, page 132,
- In ancient times, guggul was used primarily as treatment for inflammatory conditions, including arthritis.
- 2011, Rajarajeswari Sivalenka, Mangathayaru Putrevu, Chapter 15: Ayurvedic Ingredients in Cosmetics, Nava Dayan, Lambros Kromidas (editors), Formulating, Packaging, and Marketing of Natural Cosmetic Products, page 298,
- Guggul, the sticky gum resin from the Mukul myrrh tree, plays a major role in the traditional herbal medicine
- 2006, Sandeep Kumar, S. S. Suri, K. C. Sonie, K. G. Ramawat, Development of Biotechnology for Commiphora wightii: A Potent Source of Natural Hypolipidemic and Hypocholesterolemic Drug, P. S. Srivastava, Sheela Srivastava, Alka Narula (editors), Plant Biotechnology and Molecular Markers, page 132,
