Resin combed from goat hair

The resin of laden (rockrose, Cistus; also kaya gülü, pamukluk, tavşancıl) used to stick to the fleece of goats and sheep grazing among the plants, and was collected by combing the fleece. Today leafy branches are boiled in water and the resin that sinks to the bottom is collected. Laden is one of the three plants most collected from the wild in Turkey.

Source: Nazım Şekeroğlu, Sevgi Gezici, “Türkiye’nin Virüs Savar Bitkisi Laden (Cistus spp.) Türleri”, Lokman Hekim Dergisi 11(2), 2021 (Şekeroğlu and Gezici, Lokman Hekim Dergisi, 2021). This is a folk record, not a treatment recommendation.