Containing anti-inflammatory compounds, frankincense may slow tumour growth in some types of leukaemia and help treat other diseases.

Frankincense is a resin or essential oil (concentrated plant extraction) with a rich history as an incense, perfume, and medicine. Derived from Boswellia trees, it still plays a role in the Roman ...

Frankincense oil is sourced from frankincense trees, which are native to Africa and the Middle East. The oil is sapped straight from the bark, a practice that’s been done for over 6,000 years.

Frankincense production is difficult to regulate, since most of the trees are on tribal land, but even so Bongers is seeing a move toward farmer-run organizations, as well as the establishment of ...

Frankincense comes from the dried sap of Boswellia trees, while myrrh comes from the lifeblood of the Commiphora. Extracting the sap is a tenuous dance—you must injure the tree without killing it.

"It seems frankincense has a re-set function. It can tell the cell what the right DNA code should be. "Frankincense separates the 'brain' of the cancerous cell - the nucleus - from the 'body' - the ...

The Magi, the three wise men, famously offered the baby Jesus gifts of gold, frankincense and myrrh. We can still understand why they brought gold, but what Mary and Joseph were meant to do with ...

Frankincense is harvested by making cuts in the tree bark during the dry season. A cut is made every two or three weeks, and the resin that emerges to heal it is collected.

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Scientists predict a 50% decline in frankincense harvests over the next 20 years. Gold is probably fine, and we're not sure about myrrh, but frankincense appears to in trouble.

Frankincense has a long history in gift giving, all the way back to the pharaohs of Egypt, Alexander the Great and at least one of those three wise men at the manger.