Guggul

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Guggul resin

Guggul or bdellium resin ( synonyms : Loban, Bedolachharz , Bedellium, Bdellium, Gum guggulu, Indian myrrh, also called false myrrh) is the gum resin of the balsam tree Commiphora mukul (syn .: Commiphora wightii ) and was also called gum bdellium . The yellowish, pale greenish to brown tree sap is obtained by cutting into the trunk. The term Guggulu (Indian) literally means "that which protects against diseases".

The resin is used as incense , u. a. to ward off mosquitoes and in incense mixtures to stretch myrrh . Bedellium was imported from India as early as Roman times.

The resin is used in Ayurvedic medicine against rheumatism and obesity , among other things . Studies have shown a lowering effect on increased cholesterol and triglyceride levels . Other studies, on the other hand, showed a reduction in "good" cholesterol (HDL) while the "bad" cholesterol (LDL) remained the same or even increased. A reduction in the risk of myocardial infarction or an improvement in the survival of the almost healthy subjects (only slightly increased cholesterol levels when included in the study) was not investigated.

See also

literature

  • Lisa Takler: Volatile compounds and antimicrobial effects of selected resins and balms from A – J. Diploma thesis, Univers. Vienna, 2015, pp. 117–123, online . (PDF; 3.18 MB), from ubdata.univie.ac.at, accessed on November 1, 2016.
  • Guggul (PDF; 105 kB), from eagri.tnau.ac.in, accessed November 2, 2016.
  • Dieter Martinetz, Karlheinz Lohs, Jörg Janzen: incense and myrrh. Cultural history and economic importance. Botany, chemistry, medicine. Wissenschaftliche Verlagsgesellschaft, Stuttgart 1989, ISBN 978-3-8047-1019-1 , pp. 42, 76, 89 and 96-99.
  • Jürgen Martin: The 'Ulmer Wundarznei'. Introduction - Text - Glossary on a monument to German specialist prose from the 15th century. Königshausen & Neumann, Würzburg 1991 (= Würzburg medical-historical research. Volume 52), ISBN 3-88479-801-4 (also medical dissertation Würzburg 1990), p. 115.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Guggul resin (commiphora mukul). Retrieved December 9, 2015 .
  2. ↑ See also Petrus Uffenbach (ed.): Pedacii Dioscoridis Anazarbaei herb book [...]. (translated into German by Johannes Danzius), Frankfurt am Main (by Johann Bringern) 1610, p. 37 (“Bdellium [...] is a sap or gum from a Saracen tree [...], and there is also a gender of this Bdelli, we are brought to us outside India [...]; the best bdellium is forged with the gum arabic ”).
  3. ↑ N. L. Urizar et al. a., (2002): A natural product that lowers cholesterol as an antagonist ligand for FXR. In: Science . 296 (5573): 1703-1706, PMID 11988537 .
  4. ↑ N.L. Urizar & D.D. Moore, (2003): GUGULIPID: a natural cholesterol-lowering agent. In: Annu. Rev. Nutr. 23: 303-313, PMID 12626688 .
  5. ↑ L. A. Nohr, u. a., (2009): Resin from the mukul myrrh tree, guggul, can it be used for treating hypercholesterolemia? A randomized, controlled study. In: Complement Ther Med. 17 (1): 16-22, PMID 19114224 .
  6. ↑ P. O. Szapary, et al. a., (2003): Guggulipid for the treatment of hypercholesterolemia: a randomized controlled trial. In: JAMA . 290 (6): 765-772, PMID 12915429 .