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:''The term "muskroot" can also refer to [[spikenard]]''
'''Sumbul''', also called '''sumbal''' or '''muskroot''', is a drug occasionally employed in [[Europe]]an [[medical]] practice. It consists of the root of ''[[Ferula]] sumbul'', a tall umbelliferous plant found in the north of [[Bokhara]], its range apparently extending beyond the [[Amur]]. It was first brought to [[Russia]] in 1535 as a substitute for musk; and in 1867 was introduced into the [[United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland|British]] pharmacopoeia. The root as found in commerce consists of transverse sections an inch or more in thickness and from 1 to 3 or more inches in diameter. It has a dark thin papery bark, a spongy texture, and the cut surface is marbled with white and blackish or pale brown; it has a musky odor and a bitter aromatic taste. The action and uses of the drug are the same as those of [[asafetida]]. It owes its medicinal properties to a [[resin]] and an [[essential oil]]. Of the former, it contains about 9% and of the latter 3%. The resin is soluble in [[diethyl ether|ether]] and has a musky smell, which is not fully developed until after contact with water. Under the name of East Indian sumbul, the root of ''[[Dorema]] ammoniacum'' has occasionally been offered in English commerce. It is of a browner hue, has the taste of [[ammoniacum]], and gives a much darker tincture than the genuine drug; it is thus easily detected. The name "sumbal" (a word of [[Arabic]] origin, signifying a spike or ear) is applied to several fragrant roots in the East, the principal being ''[[Nardostachys]] jatamansi'', (see [[spikenard]]).

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