Sagapenum
Sagapenum, σεραπίων; Arabic sakbīnadj; Latin sagapenum, sagapium, seraphinum ) is a historical plant from Media, identified with Ferula persica and ''Ferula szowitziana.''
History
holds that sagapenum is similar to ammoniacum, and mentions its use in adultering laser.According to Dioscorides, sagapenum smells like silphium and galbanum, and has expectorant, topical, anti-convulsant, and abortifacient properties.