Dorema ammoniacum.   Gum ammoniac   Family: Umbelliferae         
PART USED: Gum-resin obtained by exudation from the stem of the flowering and fruiting plant. It occurs in rounded nodules, or rarely, compacted into masses, which are opaque, whitish becoming brown with age, with a glossy facture. It forms an emulsion with water which is turned orange-red with chlorinated lime.
ODOR: Slight TASTE: Acrid and persistent.
ACTION
1. Expectorant. [1,2] Diaphoretic.[1,2]
2. Spasmolytic.[1] Antispasmodic.[2,3]
3. Diuretic- mild.[3]
4. Stimulant.[3] Emmenagogue.[3]
INDICATIONS
1. Chronic bronchitis,[1,3] especially in the aged when the secretion is tough and viscid.[3] Asthma.[1] Chronic conditions of the respiratory tract, in coughs, asthma, bronchitis and catarrh.[2]
2. Used as a plaster for white swellings of the joints and for indolent tumours.[3]
COMBINATIONS
- Respiratory disease- use with Balsam of Tolu.[1]
PREPARATIONS:   3X /day
Powdered resin  0.3-1 g.[1,2]
Emulsion-Ammoniacum, Balsam Tolu, Distilled water  1:2:30  15-30 ml.[1]
  


ORIGIN: Central and Eastern Iran, to Northern Russia.
DESCRIPTION: The plant grows to the height of 2½ or 3 meters, and its whole stem is pervaded with a milky juice, which oozes out on an incision being made at any part. This juice quickly hardens into round tears, forming the "tear ammoniacum" of commerce. "Lump ammoniacum," the other form in which the substance is met with, consists of aggregations of tears, frequently incorporating fragments of the plant itself, as well as other foreign bodies.
References
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Research

Dorema ammoniacum treatment of Epilepsy