Milk from the root: mountain gum

In Diyadin and Doğubayazıt, “dağ sakızı” (mountain gum, Scorzonera latifolia) is made like this: the root is cut, the milky sap that flows out is collected in a jar, boiled while being stirred and left to harden. The resulting gum is chewed for stomach ache. What is made from the plant is not a “medicine” but a craft product.

Source: Oğuz Doğan, “Diyadin ve Doğubayazıt Yöresi Halk Hekimliğinde Kullanılan Yabani Bitkiler”, Lokman Hekim Dergisi 13(1), 2023 (Doğan, Lokman Hekim Dergisi, 2023). This is a folk record, not a treatment recommendation.