It's said to be sweeter, fresher and cleaner than
frankincense resin.6
Dr. Eric Zielinski: So when you steam distill
the frankincense resin, coz again, the resin comes out of the tree just like maple syrup and sap.
The purest (and most expensive)
frankincense resin is almost white and comes from the second «bleeding» of the tree — and even then only under the right weather conditions.
Not exact matches
(Incidentally, both
frankincense and myrrh are edible
resins, leading one to postulate the Wise Men were simply delivering a deli platter to the baby Jesus.)
Around 500 B.C., this prized
resin made its way to China, where Eastern medicine practitioners began to realize the medicinal value of
frankincense in increasing circulation.
Frankincense essential oil (Boswellia frereana, Boswellia carterii, and / or Boswellia sacra) is a tree or shrub that produces a gum or
resin that can be steam distilled into an essential oil with HUGE health benefits.
There are several boswellic acids found in
frankincense gum
resin, and they have molecular weights in the 450 — 500 range.
One reason at least is because they are being told, in videos and blog posts, that
frankincense oil contains boswellic acid — the antitumoral active ingredient in
frankincense gum
resin.
But anyway,
frankincense is known by far to be one of those healing traditional
resins on the market and we've been using it for centuries, if not, thousands of years.
So you tap the
frankincense tree, you get the
resin, you crush it up, you distill it — steam distill it.
The Boswellic acids are heavy molecules called triterpenes, and while many beneficial compounds are light enough to separate themselves from the
frankincense oleo - gum -
resin when heated during the distillation process, the Boswellic acids are not.
In illness Like other
resins,
frankincense is said to be bechic, a sedative, pectoral and a good antiseptic.
Put on a couple of drops of
frankincense, a tree
resin considered to cleanse and protect the soul, just before you light it.
The value of
frankincense has declined over the centuries, and now the Roman Catholic Church, Oman's greatest customer in early times, buys the
resin from Somalia, where the product is inferior, but cheaper.