A resin known as opopanax can be extracted from this plant by cutting at the base of a stem and sun-drying the juice that flows out.
Different from the opopanax of perfumery which is actually sweet myrrh, the true opopanax has a strong, peculiar and unpleasant odor.

The resin has been used in the treatment of spasms, and, before that, as an emmenagogue, in the treatment of asthma, chronic visceral infections, hysteria and hypochondria.
Opopanax resin is most frequently sold in dried irregular pieces, though tear-shaped gems are not uncommon.
A resin known as opopanax can be extracted from this plant by cutting at the base of a stem and sun-drying the juice that flows out. Different from the opopanax of perfumery which is actually sweet myrrh, the true opopanax has a strong, peculiar and unpleasant odor.
The resin has been used in the treatment of spasms, and, before that, as an emmenagogue, in the treatment of asthma, chronic visceral infections, hysteria and hypochondria. Opopanax resin is most frequently sold in dried irregular pieces, though tear-shaped gems are not uncommon.
Opopanax chironium