Frankincense
(Boswellia serrata)
✨ Frankincense also known as olibanum, is a resin from trees, that was once valued alongside gold and ivory, for its use as incense for religious, and cultural ceremonies, and for its psychoactive, anti-inflammatory, and wound healing properties.
✨ Frankincense contains triterpenoids that, along with other compounds, have immunomodulatory, anti-inflammatory and anti-cancer activity.
✨ Frankincense is used to treat inflammatory conditions such as rheumatoid arthritis, osteoarthritis, Crohn’s disease and asthma, as well as being used for various cancers.
✨ Frankincense also has psychoactive properties and exerts neuroprotective, anti-depressive, sedative, analgesic, as well as anti-anxiety effects.