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Castoreum

Elements

The named beaver-castor secretion used in medicine and perfume. Not musk as a different animal scent, and not a bare beaver dump.

Also known as Castoreum secretion

  • Castoreum is used in Medicine.

    Dioscorides’ De Materia Medica lists castoreum (καστόριον) among animal drugs taken for spasm, sleep, and related compound medicines. A named castoreum in that handbook, not beaver as a being dump and not musk as a later scent animal.

    from Pedanius Dioscorides · De Materia Medica, 1st century CE

    used in · sourced · documented

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