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Definition of Dorema ammoniacum

Dorema ammoniacum
Ammoniac Am*mo"ni*ac(or Gum ammoniac Gum` am*mo"ni*ac, n. [L. Ammoniacum, Gr. ? a resinous gum, said to distill from a tree near the temple of Jupiter Ammon; cf. F. ammoniac. See Ammonite.] (Med.) The concrete juice (gum resin) of an umbelliferous plant, the Dorema ammoniacum. It is brought chiefly from Persia in the form of yellowish tears, which occur singly, or are aggregated into masses. It has a peculiar smell, and a nauseous, sweet taste, followed by a bitter one. It is inflammable, partially soluble in water and in spirit of wine, and is used in medicine as an expectorant and resolvent, and for the formation of certain plasters.

Meaning of Dorema ammoniacum from wikipedia

- by Michael Bernhard Valentini. Its source plant is Ferula ammonia**** (syn. Dorema ammonia****) native to Iran, Turkmenistan, Afghanistan and ****stan. The...
- Ferula ammonia**** (syn. Dorema ammonia****), also known as oshac or ussaq, is a species of flowering plant in the family Apiaceae, native to Iran, Turkmenistan...
- family species. Daucus carota has been used as coloring for butter. Dorema ammonia****, Ferula galbaniflua, and Ferula moschata (sumbul) are sources of incense...
- makes "Cyrenaican ammonia****" :Ferula ammonia**** makes "Persian ammonia****" :Ferula communis subsp. brevifolia makes "Moroccan ammonia****" :Silphium was...
- those of two other medicinal umbellifers: Ferula ****a-foetida and Dorema ammonia****. A decoction of the root of P. officinale is diuretic, sudorific,...