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 Galbanum Essential
Oil ProfileGalbanum is a large perennial herb with a smooth stem shiny leaflets and small flowers. It contains resin ducts that exude a milky juice, a natural oleresin. Essential oils is extracted through steam distillation.The whole plant abounds with a milky juice, which oozes from the joints of old plants, and exudes and hardens from the base of the stem after it has been cut down, then is finally obtained by incisions made in the root. The juice from the root soon hardens and forms the tears of the Galbanum of Commerce. The best tears are palish externally and about the size of a hazel nut and when broken open are composed of clear white tears. It was well known to the ancients and Pliny called it 'bubonion.' Galbanum under dry distillation yields a thick oil of a bluish colour, which after purification becomes the blue colour of the oil obtained from the flowers of Matricaria Chamomilla. ....more |
| Botanical Name: | Ferula gummosa, syn. galbaniflua L. |
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| Family: | Apiaceae |
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| Synonyms: | Ferula gumosa, galbanum gum, galbanum resin, bubonium. |
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| Parts Used: | Gum |
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| Extraction Method: | Water or steam distillation |
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| Colour: | Pale yellow to greenish transparent liquid |
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| Consistency: | Thin |
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| Aroma Description: | Green, woody, balsamic |
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| Historical Uses: | It was used by the ancient civilzations as an incense, and in Egypt for cosmetics and in the embalming process. It is generally used in the East in a similar way to asafoetida: for treating wounds inflammations, and skin disorders. |
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| Modern Uses: | Stimulant, expectorant in chronic bronchitis. Antispasmodic and considered an intermediate between ammoniac and asafoetida for relieving the air passages, and used externally as a plaster for inflammatory swellings. Analgesic, antiflammatory, antiseptic, antispasmodic, digestive, emmenagogue, expectorative, restorative, tonic. |
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| Cautions: | Non-toxic, non-irritant, non-sensitizing |
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| Physical Actions |
| Analgesic, anti-inflammatory, antimicrobial, antiseptic, antispasmodic, aphrodisiac, balsamic, carminative, cicatrizant, digestive, diuretic, emmenagogue, expectorant, hypotensive, restorative, tonic. |
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| Toxicity |
LD50 - (oral) rat >not known. (dermal) rabbit >not known.
Irritation/Sensitisation - Not available
Phototoxicity - Not available
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