Gum Plant Health Benefits
The gum plant contains phenolic and flavonic substances, which give it antispasmodic properties, and saponins, to which it owes its expectorant properties. The resin of the gum plant is formed by terpene acids, among which the most important is grindelic acid, which has antitussive, antispasmodic, and bradycardic properties (slows the heartbeat rate). The use of…