Mastic gum is a licorice-flavored resin extracted from the bark of the Pistacia lentiscus tree native to the Mediterranean ...

But the way mastic gum exerts its healing effect was the subject of some debate. It was initially thought it helped to protect the cells lining the digestive tract. However, a study published in ...

Mastiha is made exclusively on the Greek island of Chios since antiquity. It derives from the resin that seeps from the bark of Mastiha trees ...