Talk:Mastic (plant resin)

Merging this article with Chios Mastiha liqueur
It has been proposed to merge this article with Chios Mastiha liqueur. I think they should be separate, because even though both may concern mastic liqueur, Chios Mastiha distinguishes itself through its PDO status and being produced exclusively in Chios. Avarosalia (talk) 09:11, 22 June 2016

Mastic (resin)
I'm still not finished! I have a lot to write about. and maybe To be translated into other languages in the future. shaharmos (talk) 12:45, 22 February 2010 (UTC)


 * There's already an English-language article on mastic, under Gum Arabic. Beastiepaws (talk) 01:38, 3 March 2010 (UTC)

no ! . you're wrong  ! . the "  gum  arabic  "  it  is  from  the  Acacia tree. burekas (talk) 17:18, 3 March 2010 (UTC)
 * Not the same thing, mastic comes from Pistacia lentiscus--Kimdime (talk) 08:38, 3 March 2010 (UTC)


 * " GUM  ARABIC  "  it is from the "  Acacia Tree  "

in Nature pharmacies and shops the " GUM ARABIC " and the " MASTIC " it is called in the same name as : " YEMEN MASTIC " or " ARABIC MASTIC ". They have the same nickname at the shops. burekas (talk) 17:18, 3 March 2010 (UTC)


 * Shrug*-- I'm just going by what this very article says. Beastiepaws (talk) 23:28, 3 March 2010 (UTC)

Mastic and gum arabic are indeed two very different substances, from different plants, with different properties and uses. Gum arabic is soluble in water, and once formed the basis for the glue on postage stamps and envelope flaps. It is also used in vernice bianca, which would not work at all if someone tried to substitute mastic for the gum arabic. Mastic finds one of its uses in drying-oil type varnishes incorporating, for example, linseed oil. Mastic is not soluble in water; in fact, a small piece of it makes a long-lasting chewing gum. With this in mind, I will boldly remove the merge tag on the mastic page, as not having a snowball's chance of passing. __ Just plain Bill (talk) 16:10, 7 March 2010 (UTC)

Requested move
See below Anthony Appleyard (talk) 15:48, 3 March 2010 (UTC)

Mastic (resin) → Mastic — Actually, Mastic is used as a redirection to Pistacia lentiscus, the tree where this gum come from, so it would be more logical to name this page directly mastic. Kimdime (talk) 12:54, 23 February 2010 (UTC)


 * Oppose it is, in primary usage, a compound used to build bathrooms . The disambiguation page should be at the primary name. 70.29.210.242 (talk) 11:31, 25 February 2010 (UTC)
 * Right, in this case do a disambiguation page because "Mastic" is actually a redirect for Pistacia lentiscus--Kimdime (talk) 13:33, 25 February 2010 (UTC)

I moved Mastic (resin) to Mastic (plant resin), as there are 2 sorts of mastic resin, the plant resin and the synthetic resins. Page Mastic (resin) now points to page Mastic, which is now the disambig page. Anthony Appleyard (talk) 15:48, 3 March 2010 (UTC)

Mastic (resin) it is not Gum arabic !!!
" Gum arabic " system made of acacia tree ! , And " Mastic " is made out of Pistacia lentiscus tree ! . Unfortunately many people in the world do not know this spice is known to only a few in the Middle East, And a secret except for people as a great healer. I ask not to be confused with Gum arabic is something else entirely! . " Mastic is made of wood and Pistacia lentiscus ". And Gum arabic is produced from a Acacia tree resin. This spice also does not appear in any dictionary in the world and the first time he appears in the encyclopedia That he always appears in the encyclopedia as a "resin of Pistacia lentiscus". Recently I went to the Hebrew Language Academy to recognize this word of this spice to appear in the dictionary. Greek island " Chios " know the spice is already 2000 years. Today Mastic known oriental foods, especially " Mastic ice creams " like Dondurma (turkish ice cream gum) and " Booza (arabic ice cream gum) . I would like to know about " Mastic " as an independent value for all. this spice is called only " MASTIC " and nothing else. in hebrew it is have many names and latin the word mastic is mean chewing gum. burekas (talk) 17:41, 3 March 2010 (UTC)

" מסטיקא "
in Hebrew Wikipedia I wrote a new entry on " Mastic ". I wrote a whole page and Aaron and I have much more to add! . here is the link to the value i written => מסטיקא  the word "Mastic" It's a Greek word, while in "Ancient Hebrew" it is called " Homa " or " Mastiki ". shaharmos (talk) 22:51, 23 February 2010 (UTC)

Rough translation
I am doing what I can to recast this in better English. Here is the current state of my sandbox copy. Comments welcome here or there.

In particular, someone with a good grasp of Hebrew and English might make better sense of 'Whereas the Bible describes these trees called Bcaim "(the language of" Crying ") because of similar resin weeping tears.' To me, "bcaim" looks like it could be Hebrew...

Taking a break for now, more to come as I get the energy for it. __ Just plain Bill (talk) 21:36, 7 March 2010 (UTC)

" Bcaim " in The " hebrew Bible " it means "crying" = bakha ( בכא ). the " bakha " in the bible is mean to Pistacia trees, that was a " prophecy trees ". becouse they show where the wind go and than the army of king david go to the good target to win in wars. burekas (talk) 08:15, 15 March 2010 (UTC) This article is translated from the " Hebrew Wikipedia " in the word " מסטיקא and chec it, You can also access Google's translator and test ! . burekas (talk) 08:05, 8 March 2010 (UTC)
 * I will recomend you to start from scratch if you don't know hebrew, it is not possible to fix an automatic translation if you wanna have a proper article. I would rather prefer to have a stub than to have an incomprehensible article. Also I highly recommend that User:שחר1979 which has been banned from the hebrew wikipedia stop spamming others wikis with his automated translations. If you don't know a language, don't try to edit the articles--Kimdime (talk) 11:22, 8 March 2010 (UTC)

I wrote the article in the Hebrew !!! . If incomprehensible words then it must be words from Bible to translate them into English, a Very few people in the world know about " Mastic ". I worked a lot to write about this article, and I read lots of books to write about this value. All we need to do is just translate the value of English would be a suitable value of Hebrew. " I need to work on the translation of English and everything will be ok ". burekas (talk) 11:45, 8 March 2010 (UTC) I corrected the obvious words. burekas (talk) 13:14, 8 March 2010 (UTC)
 * OK, b'seder, I see that other eyes are on it now. That said, it makes better sense for me to work on the article page itself, making small changes each time, instead of dumping in a massive rewrite from my sandbox. __ Just plain Bill (talk) 15:04, 8 March 2010 (UTC)

All right, I'm glad to hear it. I do not think you should download the links At the end of the page. burekas (talk) 15:29, 8 March 2010 (UTC)
 * I am not sure what you mean with "download the links At the end of the page." __ Just plain Bill (talk) 15:42, 8 March 2010 (UTC)

You deleted the articles of chios and Mastichochoria. i think it should be in the Paragraph of the links. burekas (talk) 23:40, 8 March 2010 (UTC)
 * Those links exist in the top section. "See also" is for items not linked in the article, but still of interest. __ Just plain Bill (talk) 23:47, 8 March 2010 (UTC)

" Cornflour "
" Cornstarch " === it is fixed now. burekas (talk) 22:01, 8 March 2010 (UTC)

" Mastic " has many names and nicknames
Mastic has a lot of " names and nicknames " in several languages in the Middle East. I think that we should add a special paragraph of " names " of Mastic. burekas (talk) 13:50, 8 March 2010 (UTC)
 * Perhaps the article can have a section such as ==Other names== . __ Just plain Bill (talk) 15:39, 8 March 2010 (UTC)

its " names " and also " nicknames ". burekas (talk) 18:48, 8 March 2010 (UTC)
 * I took that into consideration when suggesting "Other names"; I believe section headings should be brief.
 * "Nomenclature" would be too pompous and formal; "Other names and nicknames used in non-English-speaking countries" would be too long. I do not claim to have found the perfect answer. Nothing here is chiseled in stone, certainly not on the talk page... __ Just plain Bill (talk) 19:35, 8 March 2010 (UTC)

I added a paragraph called "linguistic meaning". burekas (talk) 23:30, 8 March 2010 (UTC)

Lead section too long
As it now stands, the lead is too long and somewhat disorganized. Some of the text can move to a ==History== section, which can include Biblical mentions of mastic, if reliable translations can be sourced. Other pieces of that text can find their places in other parts of the article. As I find time to edit this, that rearrangement will be my focus for now. __ Just plain Bill (talk) 15:39, 8 March 2010 (UTC) You have deleted some of the sentences, but it's not that bad because it must pass a written translation. burekas (talk) 23:33, 8 March 2010 (UTC)

Photographic use?
"it used Material protection from sun to Featured Photo"

What exactly is coated with mastic? Film? Photographic prints? Halftone reproductions of photos, such as posters? __ Just plain Bill (talk) 23:28, 8 March 2010 (UTC) No, it is protection only of " film " in the camera from the sun. burekas (talk) 23:36, 8 March 2010 (UTC)

Pistacia lentiscus
I see there is a very big confusion between the article of "Mastic (plant resin)" and article of "Pistacia lentiscus". Some of the sentences of the Value "Mastic (plant resin)" was deleted and passed to Pistacia lentiscus, Some of the " mastic articles "  are on the  Value of Pistacia lentiscus. burekas (talk) 11:15, 9 March 2010 (UTC)

Fakes, Imitations or substitutes for Mastic
I inquired and found there are some imitations and substitutes for " Mastic " Because of his high price, Such as :

1 - Pine tree resin

2 - Almond tree resin

3 - Boswellia tree resin

i think we should put New paragraph for it also.

burekas (talk) 21:29, 13 March 2010 (UTC)
 * Fine idea. My local middle eastern market has it in tiny little bags, so I get it from an online supplier. It is still expensive... but that is just my own story, anecdotal evidence. Wikipedia needs reliable sources for what goes into the articles. Someone needs to find such a reliable source that says pine sap, or almond sap, or Boswellia resin, is substituted for mastic. That text can go in the "Commerce" section, with or without its own subheading. __ Just plain Bill (talk) 22:53, 13 March 2010 (UTC)

What market are you talking about? If I may ask. burekas (talk) 00:12, 14 March 2010 (UTC)
 * A shop in my city in the US. Many people live here whose families came from Lebanon and Syria. As I said, this is only anecdotal, and will not support additions to the encyclopedia. __ Just plain Bill (talk) 01:41, 14 March 2010 (UTC)

the Spice " Mastic " is very famous in Lebanon, Syria and Turkey. In Istanbul there even a neighborhood that is called " ice cream " in the name of turkish ice cream " Dondurma ". burekas (talk) 08:27, 14 March 2010 (UTC)

in ancient hebrew books the Pistacia palaestina resin tree is called also : "  MASTIC "  ( MASTIKIN / MASTIKI in ancient hebrew ). burekas (talk) 20:43, 14 March 2010 (UTC)
 * Which particular books? __ Just plain Bill (talk) 00:32, 15 March 2010 (UTC)

in ancient hebrew books such like as rabbi Maimonides books the resin from the Pistacia palaestina tree, and the Pistacia lentiscus tree, are the same " Mastic resin ". burekas (talk) 08:05, 15 March 2010 (UTC)

Major Rework
OK, I've done some major work to try to get this into intelligible English, re-order. provide references, etc. I ditched some of the unsourced claims, as well; I hope I haven't put the baby out with the bathwater. Beastiepaws (talk) 01:51, 15 March 2010 (UTC)
 * Looks much better now. Anyone concerned about lost content may dig through the recent history; in a wiki, of course, babies are never completely lost when the bathwater is thrown out. Bits and pieces may be restored when someone finds sources for them. Thanks! __ Just plain Bill (talk) 02:37, 15 March 2010 (UTC)

I turned to " greek wikipedia " for help us in this article, and they say that is confusion in some languages " wikipedia wiki bot " between the " Mastic " and his tree. burekas (talk) 08:19, 15 March 2010 (UTC)
 * Yer what? Beastiepaws (talk) 08:28, 15 March 2010 (UTC)
 * there big mess in wikipedia between the article of the " resin " ant the article of the the " tree ", becouse poeple don't know about this spice. burekas (talk) 08:54, 15 March 2010 (UTC)
 * No there isn't. We now have two distinct articles and a disambiguation page. If that's not enough clarity, well, I don't see what else we can do. Beastiepaws (talk) 09:07, 15 March 2010 (UTC)
 * Although I'm beginning to wonder why you created such a large and garbled article on Mastic instead of just making a redirect to to Pistacia lentiscus. Beastiepaws (talk) 09:12, 15 March 2010 (UTC)

I did not do wrong article. Everything i written it is showing in books that I read And it should be a separate article. the Article on " Mastic " on the " Greek Wikipedia " has been written long time ago and he is missing here. look in this " greek wikipedia article " of Mastic =>  Μαστίχα. burekas (talk) 09:55, 15 March 2010 (UTC)
 * I don't think there was actually any "confusion". User:Just plain Bill and I have been struggling to put this into intelligible English, but it's still not as good as the Pistacia lentiscus page, which is a pretty good page about mastic shrubs and mastic.
 * If everthing you wrote is in books you've read, then maybe you could start providing citations for what you write instead of leaving other editors to try to find sources for you. Beastiepaws (talk) 18:27, 15 March 2010 (UTC)
 * What I need to quote that I've already written. You delet part of the article. As soon as I find more sources to writing I promise you I will add them here. Meanwhile, here are some links => 1 -   2 -  3 -  4 -  . burekas (talk) 20:05, 15 March 2010 (UTC)
 * I'm doing my best. Your English is sometimes too garbled for other editors to make sense of, and I simply haven't been able to find any references, let alone reliable ones for a lot of what you said.  The article is *better* now that Just plain Bill and I have cleaned it up.  Beastiepaws (talk) 23:36, 15 March 2010 (UTC)


 * Youtube videos are not reliable sources. If an editor inserts them as references or external links, they are typically removed by one bot or another, and promptly. What works well here is pointers to specific books, best with complete bibliographic information including page numbers, even better if they are accessible online. __ Just plain Bill (talk) 21:00, 15 March 2010 (UTC)

Why are you excited? I just brought a few links that I found. Besides, I saw them only today. I have sources of books in Hebrew. I do not think I can add them to the list of the English Wikipedia if don't know hebrew. burekas (talk) 22:01, 15 March 2010 (UTC)

i see that you have my picture :) hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahah  .....................  Too bad that you can not add here, " Smiley" as in the  discussion page of the Bulgarian wikipedia. burekas (talk) 22:20, 15 March 2010 (UTC)

MASTIC = CHEWING GUM
the spice " Mastic " was the first " Chewing gum " in history. i think we need to chec these. bay the way, where is all the links gone ? burekas (talk) 08:27, 15 March 2010 (UTC)
 * I got rid of links that were referenced elsewhere in the article. No need to duplicate them.  Beastiepaws (talk) 08:30, 15 March 2010 (UTC)

where is the link to " Mastichochoria " article ? . i see that you delet a lot of things. burekas (talk) 08:34, 15 March 2010 (UTC)
 * Whoops-- missed that one when I added info. I've re-linked it.  Yes, I took some stuff out-- mostly stuff for which there were no sources or were just too garbled to sort out. Beastiepaws (talk) 08:39, 15 March 2010 (UTC)

Dondurma called in isreal " ice cream gum ". burekas (talk) 17:40, 23 March 2010 (UTC)
 * I think you're rather wandering from the subject at hand. Beastiepaws (talk) 20:06, 23 March 2010 (UTC)
 * if i could upload a picture here you understand. burekas (talk) 21:47, 23 March 2010 (UTC)
 * I know what Dondurma is. I just think it's a bit of a tangent. Beastiepaws (talk) 23:17, 23 March 2010 (UTC)
 * i have picture from turkey that the ice cream is like a " shawarma " and the ice cream seller cut the ice cream with a chain saw. burekas (talk) 05:09, 24 March 2010 (UTC)
 * That's very interesting, but its still tangential. Beastiepaws (talk) 06:20, 24 March 2010 (UTC)
 * in Hebrew the ward "MASTIC" is "CHEWING GUM". פארוק (talk) 07:39, 27 June 2011 (UTC)

Spice and Herb
it is not only " spice ", but also a " herb " for many diseases. burekas (talk) 18:43, 20 March 2010 (UTC)
 * Being used in medicine doesn't make it a herb. Beastiepaws (talk) 19:13, 20 March 2010 (UTC)
 * I would hesitate to call it a spice. It is a gum, sometimes used as a seasoning (for flavor) and sometimes an ingredient used to modify the properties of one foodstuff or another. Since these two "purposes" come from the use of a single substance, it is difficult, perhaps not useful, to make a hard distinction. Medicinal use is another thing, which may or may not accompany issues of flavor or consistency.
 * I use the stuff for varnish, and sometimes chew on a little piece of it. __ Just plain Bill (talk) 19:31, 20 March 2010 (UTC)
 * But it sold in spices stores. It is costs 16 shekels for 10 grams. burekas (talk) 20:06, 20 March 2010 (UTC)
 * It's also sold in art supply shops. Does that make it a paint? I think calling it a spice might be reasonable, but it is *not* a herb. Beastiepaws (talk) 20:12, 20 March 2010 (UTC)

What is the connection to grass ? . not every spice is coming from " plants ". there are also spices that coming from the " sea " and the " earth ", not only from the trees. if you tell me that Mastic isn't a herb so way it is sold in many pharmacies under the name " YEMEN GUM " ? . burekas (talk) 21:31, 20 March 2010 (UTC)
 * Whether anything that comes from the earth qualifies as a "spice" is open to argument. However, all herbs are plants. What does being sold in pharmacies have to do with it? I think you must misunderstand what the word 'herb' means. Beastiepaws (talk) 22:56, 20 March 2010 (UTC)
 * Hmmm. Is myrrh a spice, or frankincense? Is the pine resin in retsina a spice? Formerly that was a preservative, but now it is used (in lesser amounts) mostly for flavor. Just for obvious example, I would not call mastic a paint either, since paint is a mixture of pigment, vehicle, perhaps solvents, and other ingredients to modify its working or drying or lasting properties. Here, I consider it best to call mastic simply a resin or a gum, whatever it may be called in languages other than English. __ Just plain Bill (talk) 21:07, 20 March 2010 (UTC)
 * Other resins can be called spices-- asa foetida, for example, is a resin and undeniably a spice. Beastiepaws (talk) 22:44, 20 March 2010 (UTC)

here is the links to compar =>  "  Myrrh  "  <=>  "  Frankincense  ". this " resins " are used to " Incense " in the " Solomon's Temple " in jerusalem. and they appear in jewish prayer books. burekas (talk) 21:38, 20 March 2010 (UTC)
 * I don't see what point you're making. Beastiepaws (talk) 22:44, 20 March 2010 (UTC)
 * the point is that resins are showing together in some places that i know. burekas (talk) 23:06, 20 March 2010 (UTC)
 * I'm sorry-- you're just not making any sense. Beastiepaws (talk) 23:09, 20 March 2010 (UTC)

too bad I don't have more sources of information. burekas (talk) 23:15, 20 March 2010 (UTC)

Incense
i wanted to ask you if it should be another paragraph of " Incense ". becouse almost every resin it is used for this. burekas (talk) 22:20, 20 March 2010 (UTC)
 * Only if you have some specific information. Beastiepaws (talk) 22:41, 20 March 2010 (UTC)

Mastic (plant resin) = >  Mastic
i think we should remove the parentheses. burekas (talk) 14:00, 4 April 2010 (UTC)
 * That would mean moving Mastic to "Mastic (disambiguation)". I don't know about the rest of the English-speaking world, but in this corner of the US when someone says "mastic" they usually mean a sticky gummy paste used for setting tiles that comes in plastic buckets holding 4 or 5 gallons. In this light, it is not clear that Mastic (plant resin) is the primary topic that readers will expect to see when searching for "Mastic."


 * As an unrelated side note, it is a good idea to keep levels and squares away from certain individual tile-setters, since they may use them for screeds. Lumps adhering to their straight edges make these tools unfit for most of their intended uses, and once the mastic hardens it is laborious to remove the mess without causing damage.


 * For now, I think moving the titles around as you suggest is not the best idea. __ Just plain Bill (talk) 15:21, 4 April 2010 (UTC)

Mastichochoria ( Mastic villages )
Why the link is not listed below ? .... פארוק (talk) 13:50, 21 May 2010 (UTC)
 * There's already a link to Mastichochoria in the body of the article. Beastiepaws (talk) 02:17, 22 May 2010 (UTC)

August 2010 images
Reverted the addition of some images. These two could be useful, but I haven't found the way to get at them in the commons:

Mastiha.jpg

Gotaq.jpg

__Just plain Bill (talk) 17:58, 9 August 2010 (UTC)

look at this link =>>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QzeAuq8sqgE and this link =>>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2UFW6nFRu0M&feature=related also look and read this =>>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xOYuZgjd8gs  and this  =>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3A73wV5ymnk&feature=related and if you want to cook with mastic =>>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ObAp-VMf-w

פארוק (talk) 07:21, 8 October 2010 (UTC)

Chios Massacre
by the Genocide in the Greek island of Chios were able residents Mastichochoria in South - West Island rescued thanks to the Mastic tree crops which produced the resin Mastic was worth the weight of gold that was used by the sultan and the harem wives also served as a valuable material for export of the Empire note octet. man who was stolen the Mastic was executed by the order of the sultan. פארוק (talk) 07:40, 8 October 2010 (UTC)

Mastic ice cream
in Turkey and Syria the growth of mastic tree's is for ice cream such as " Dondurma " and " Booza ".

1 . turkish masic ice cream =>> Dondurma

2 . syrian mastic ice cream =>> look in this link =>> Bakdash (ice cream parlor)

the mastic resin is prevents melting of the ice cream in hot countries, especially in Arab countries. in Istanbul there is a neighborhood that called " ice cream ". פארוק (talk) 14:40, 8 October 2010 (UTC)

Citation needed
"Mastic is also produced on the Çeşme peninsula, on the Turkish coast across the Aegean from Chios."

As far as I know this is not true. Some known tries failed. Mastic is produced only in the South part of Chios. Not even one gram of mastic is produced in the North part. I think that the only source of mastic for Çeşme is the contraband activities.

See here for unsuccesfull attempts: ecologic-evaluation-of-pistaciahttp://burcincokuysal.blogspot.com/2010/01/ecologic-evaluation-of-pistacia.html — Preceding unsigned comment added by Vardos (talk • contribs) 13:52, 16 September 2011 (UTC)

Merge "Chios Mastiha" into this
I looked through the many other merge discussions, but didn't see anything re Chios Mastiha. Is there any reason that shouldn't be merged here? TSamuel (talk) 23:01, 10 June 2019 (UTC)
 * I undid recent unexplained content deletion at Chios Mastiha. It shouldn't be merged here because Chios Mastiha is a liqueur made with mastic, not a synonym for mastic.   Pepper Beast    (talk)  03:35, 11 June 2019 (UTC)

Needs medichem/pharma attention
Please bring to bear some expertise to this, as a pubmed search gives hundreds of hits.