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What Are Frankincense and Myrrh? Posted: May 13, 2025 | Last updated: May 13, 2025. According to the Gospel of Matthew, the magi bring gold, frankincense, and myrrh as expensive gifts to the young ...
Some research suggests that frankincense oil has anti-inflammatory and anticancer properties. However, more research is necessary to learn the short- and long-term effects. Known to some as the ...
Olibanum oil has been used for centuries as a traditional treatment for several conditions, including pain and wounds. There are some studies that suggest it may be effective for more serious ...
Frankincense is grown in the Dhofar region of southern Oman, on the eastern border of Yemen. As part of Khalid’s training to ...
Mention frankincense, and it’s hard not to instantaneously think of Christmas. Cited in the story of the birth of Christ in the Bible’s Book of Matthew, it was one of the precious gifts ...
Frankincense and myrrh, aromatic resins from spindly trees, were once highly prized from Rome to India, and deemed essential for a host of uses ranging from religious to cosmetic to medicinal ...
Socotra’s Boswellia trees are currently not the main source of commercially traded frankincense, although the island was historically part of the incense trade, researchers say.