MASTIC GUM
Resins, acids, essential oil, bitter principle. Diuretic, stimulant, aphrodisiac, stomachic, astringent, haemostatic, expectorant, sudorific, corroborant. Solutions of Mastic in alcohol, ether or chloroform are used, applied on cotton-wool, as temporary stoppings of carious teeth, and the gum is also employed as an ingredient of surgical varnishes and plasters.
Diuretic, stimulant, aphrodisiac, stomachic, astringent, haemostatic, expectorant, sudorific, corroborant. Solutions of Mastic in alcohol, ether or chloroform are used, applied on cotton-wool, as temporary stoppings of carious teeth, and the gum is also employed as an ingredient of surgical varnishes and plasters.