Mastic Mastiha (Greek): Μαστίχα) is a resin obtained from the mastic / mastiha tree (Pistacia lentiscus). in pharmacies and Nature shops it is called “arabic gum” (not to be confused with gum Arabic and “Yemen gum”. In Greece it is known as the “tears of Chios, ” being traditionally produced on that Greek island, and, like other natural resins is produced in “tears,” or droplets. Originally liquid, it is sun dried into drops of hard, brittle, translucent resin.
When chewed, the resin softens and becomes a bright white and opaque gum. The word mastic derives from the Greek verb mastichein “to gnash the teeth”, origin of the English word masticate.
The word for mastic is a synonym for “gum” in many languages.
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