element

Resin

Elements · Colors & materials

Tree gum hardened for incense, varnish, and seal. Not frankincense as a named Boswellia, and not pitch.

  • Resin is used in Medicine.

    Dioscorides’ De Materia Medica lists tree resins among incense-adjacent and medicinal gums. First-century pharmacological use of soft resin, not frankincense as a named gum already walked and not pitch as the cooked dark form.

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

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