Sagapenum ( Greek σᾰγάπηνον, [1] σικβινίτζα ( Du Cange), [2] σεραπίων; [3] Arabic sakbīnadj; [4] Latin sagapenum, [5] sagapium, [3] seraphinum ( Pharm. Witenbergica) [2]) is a historical plant from Media, identified with Ferula persica [1] [3] and Ferula szowitziana, [4] also denoting its yellow translucent resin, which causes irritation of the skin and whose smell resembles that of asafoetida.
Pliny ( Historia Naturalis 12.126, 19.167, 20.197) holds that sagapenum is similar to ammoniacum, and mentions its use in adultering laser. [5]
According to Dioscorides ( De materia medica 3.85, 95), sagapenum smells like silphium and galbanum, and has expectorant, topical, anti-convulsant, and abortifacient properties. [6]
Sagapenum ( Greek σᾰγάπηνον, [1] σικβινίτζα ( Du Cange), [2] σεραπίων; [3] Arabic sakbīnadj; [4] Latin sagapenum, [5] sagapium, [3] seraphinum ( Pharm. Witenbergica) [2]) is a historical plant from Media, identified with Ferula persica [1] [3] and Ferula szowitziana, [4] also denoting its yellow translucent resin, which causes irritation of the skin and whose smell resembles that of asafoetida.
Pliny ( Historia Naturalis 12.126, 19.167, 20.197) holds that sagapenum is similar to ammoniacum, and mentions its use in adultering laser. [5]
According to Dioscorides ( De materia medica 3.85, 95), sagapenum smells like silphium and galbanum, and has expectorant, topical, anti-convulsant, and abortifacient properties. [6]