Galbanum

[Lat.] A fetid gum-resin used in medicine, internally as an anti-spasmodic, and externally as a stimulant and discutient application to tumors and chronic swellings. It is imported from Turkey and the East Indies, and is usually met with in ma es of a brownish-yellow color, more or le translucent and shining. It has a peculiar balsamic odor, and an acrid, bitter taste. It is uncertain from what plant it is derived. Species of at least 4 different genera have been suggested as its source by different writers. It is supposed to be the chelbenah of the Scriptures, and is translated galbanum in the English Bible.