The Guggul tree is nothing short of legendary. The apparently unassuming shrub that dots the deserts and hills in this part of the world holds immense medicinal value. It has been used in Ayurveda ...

Guggul sap, also called guggul, is tapped from plants similarly to how maple syrup is extracted from maple trees. ... Kunnumakkara AB, et al. (2018). Googling the guggul (Commiphora and Boswellia ...

Researchers say guggul tree extract, used for more than 2,500 years in India, lives up to its reputation in lowering cholesterol. Hopes for an Age-Old Remedy - Los Angeles Times ...

Guggul tree helps lower cholesterol. HOUSTON, May 2 (UPI) -- Texas researchers believe the ancient people of India might have been way ahead of Western medicine's ability to lower cholesterol ...

Some say a herbal drug called guggul made from myrrh tree resin contains substances which could be good for cholesterol levels. But a study shows that guggul raises the bad form of cholesterol by ...

The sap from a tree known in India as guggul contains a compound that blocks the action of a cell receptor, called FXR, that helps regulate the level of cholesterol in the body, said David D ...

Guggul is the common name for the flowering myrrh tree (Commiphora mukul or Commiphora wightii), native to India, Bangladesh and Pakistan. Called the Indian bdellium, it is a small flowering plant ...