ammoniacum การใช้

Under the name of East Indian sumbul, the root of " Dorema ammoniacum " has occasionally been offered in English commerce.
It is of a browner hue, has the taste of ammoniacum, and gives a much darker tincture than the genuine drug; it is thus easily detected.
This harvesting technique, and the product so obtained, very much recall those of two other medicinal umbellifers : " Ferula assa-foetida " and " Dorema ammoniacum ".
The hard transparent resins, such as the copals, dammars, mastic, and sandarac, are principally used for varnishes and adhesives, while the softer odoriferous oleo-resins ( frankincense, elemi, turpentine, copaiba ), and gum resins containing essential oils ( ammoniacum, asafoetida, gamboge, myrrh, and scammony ) are more used for therapeutic purposes and incense.
A decoction of the root of " P . officinale " is diuretic, sudorific, antiscorbutic and controls menstruation . " Gummi Peucedani ", the oleoresin derived from the drying of the root latex, has properties similar to those of " Gum Ammoniac " ( the oleoresin derived from " Dorema ammoniacum " ) . " Peucedanum officinale " has also been used in veterinary medicine.