Another name for gurjan resin, a valuable aromatic substance extracted from Asian trees and used in traditional medicine, varnishes, and incense.
This is a variant spelling of 'gurjan,' coming from the same Sanskrit and Malay roots, with slight phonetic variations as the word was transliterated by different European traders.
Gurjun oil was so medicinally valued in India and Southeast Asia that it was prescribed for everything from respiratory problems to skin conditions—basically the ancient world's all-purpose healing elixir!
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