Galbanum has long been valued for it's wonderfully complex green, spicy, woody, balsamlike fragrance.
The Egyptians imported Galbanum resin in vast amounts, it was among their most treasured incense ingredients.
Galbanum, also called "Mother resin", is discharged from the roots and lower trunk of this small wild plant. It originally grew in the Mesopatamia area and was exported to India, China, Israel and Egypt. Today Iran is the primary, if not solitary, source of all Galbanum.
Galbanum was often used to relieve tensions due to anxiety and severe restlessness and to relieve muscle spasms. It was often used during childbirth.
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