Sagapenum
Sagapenum, σεραπίων; Arabic sakbīnadj; Latin sagapenum, sagapium, seraphinum ) is a historical plant from Media, identified with Ferula persica L., Ferula scuntziana, or Ferula scowitziana, also denoting its yellow translucent balsam, which causes irritation of the skin and whose smell resembles that of asafoetida.History
holds that sagapenum is similar to ammoniacum, and mentions its use in adultering laser.
According to Dioscorides, sagapenum smells like silphium and galbanum, and has expectorant, topical, anti-convulsant, and abortifacient properties.
