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Frankincense Essential Oil
Boswellia carterii

Aromatherapy- Frankincense Essential Oil

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Properties
Frankincense essential oil has a woody, spicy, haunting smell, a little bit camphoric, but very pleasant. It is pale yellow-green in color.
Origin
It originated in the Middle-East, Ethopia.
Extraction
It is extracted using steam distillation process from the oleo gum resin.
Chemical composition
A-pinene, actanol, linalool, octyl acetate, bornyl acetate, incensole and incensyl acetate.
Therapeutic properties
Antiseptic, astringent, carminative, cicatrisant, cytophylactic, digestive, diuretic, emmenagogue, expectorant, sedative, tonic, uterine, vulnerary and expectorant.
Uses
  1. Frankincense essential oil soothes and calms the mind, slowing down and deepening breathing.
  2. Its use is excellent while meditating.
  3. It also helps to calm anxiety and obsessive states linked to the past.
  4. On the respiratory tract, it clears the lungs and helps with shortness of breath, asthma, bronchitis, laryngitis, coughs and colds.
  5. It can be useful to ease heavy periods, is a general tonic to the uterus and has a calming effect during labor
  6. It is also most helpful for rheumatism and has a positive impact on the urinary tract.
  7. Frankincense oil helps in rejuvenating ageing skin, is a skin tonic and is effective with sores, carbuncles, wounds, scars and skin inflammation.
Precautions
Frankincense oil is non-toxic and non-irritant and could be used by most people.
Blends with
basil, bergamot,  cedarwood, chamomile, cinnamon, clary sage, coriander, geranium, ginger.
         
 

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