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How Indians use an edible gum to keep cool in searing heat, and its other health benefits
Social media has been buzzing with posts about this unusual superfood – but what is tragacanth gum exactly? The gum comes from the sap of a thorny shrub, Astragalus gummifer, alos called gum tragacanth milkvetch, that grows in deserts and mountainous …