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Botanical Name
Ferula moschata
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Sumbul, also called musk root, is a flowering plant of the carrot family found from Central Asia to western Xinjiang. Wikipedia says its roots are the source of muskroot, used as a substitute for animal musk in medicine and perfumery, and lists Ferula sumbul as a synonym of Ferula moschata, which is how Cunningham's heading is matched to this entry. Cunningham gives the folk names Euryangium Musk Root, Jatamansi, Ofnokgi and Ouchi, and lists love, psychic powers, health and luck as its powers. To attract love it is carried, burned as incense or added to the bath as an infusion. It is burned to increase psychic powers, and worn around the neck for luck and to keep disease away. Only love matches a category here.

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Folk Names

  • Euryangium Musk Root
  • Jatamansi
  • Ofnokgi
  • Ouchi

Categories

  • Healing
  • Love
  • Luck

Substitutes

No substitutes recorded.

Forms

Root

Wikipedia names the roots as the source of muskroot. Cunningham has the root carried, burned as incense, or infused into a bath.

References

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References

Notes

  1. Cunningham, Cunningham's Encyclopedia of Magical, under "Sumbul".
  2. Wikipedia, under "Ferula moschata."
  3. Cunningham, Cunningham's Encyclopedia of Magical, under "Sumbul".
  4. Wikipedia, under "Ferula moschata."

Bibliography

  • Cunningham, Scott. Cunningham's Encyclopedia of Magical Herbs. 2nd ed. Woodbury, MN: Llewellyn Publications, 2012. (EPUB.)13
  • Wikipedia, under "Ferula moschata." Accessed October 23, 2026. https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ferula_moschata&oldid=1352542991. Open the Source (opens in a new tab)24