Lamps. Diwali, popularly known as the festival of lights, is a five-day Hindu festival in India. The name Diwali or Divali is a contraction of deepavali which translates into row of lamps.
Mastic gum is principally used either as a flavouring or for its gum properties, as in mastic chewing gum. As a spice, it continues to be used in Greece to flavour spirits and liquors (such as Chios's native drinks of Mastichato and mastica), chewing gum, and a number of cakes, pastries, spoon sweets, and desserts.istacia lentiscus (also mastic; Greek: Î¼Î±ÏÏÎ¯ÏÎ± mastikha) mastÃ­kha is a dioecious evergreen shrub or small tree of the pistacio genus growing up to 4 (m 13) ft tall which is cultivated for its aromatic, resin mainly on The greek island Of. chios
Even low doses of mastic gum â 1 mg per day for two weeks â can cure peptic ulcers very rapidly, but the mechanism responsible has not been clear. We have found that mastic is active against Helicobacter pylori, which could explain its therapeutic effect in patients with peptic ulcers.ven low doses of mastic gum â 1 mg per day for two weeks â can cure peptic ulcers very rapidly, but the mechanism responsible has not been clear. We have found that mastic is active against Helicobacter pylori, which could explain its therapeutic effect in patients with peptic ulcers.