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Posted by on Nov 23, 2016 in Essential Oils, Essential Oils A-F | 0 comments

Frankincense Essential Oil

Frankincense Essential Oil

Botanical Name: Boswellia carterii

Common Method of Extraction: Steam Distilled

Part Typically Used: Resin

Color: Light Yellow

Consistency: Thin

Perfumery Note: Base

Strength of Initial Aroma: Mild – Medium

Aromatic Description: Fresh, woody, balsamic, slightly spicy and fruity.

There is a great deal of risky and inaccurate information being propagated about the applications of Frankincense Essential Oil in cancer treatment and prevention. For more information, read Frankincense Oil and Cancer in Perspective by essential oil expert Robert Tisserand.

Major Constituents:
a-Pinene
a-Phellandrene
(+)-Limonene
B-Myrcene
B-Pinene
B-Caryophyllene
p-Cymene
Terpinen-4-ol
Verbenone
Sabinene
Linalool

Frankincense is a tree resin that has been used and valued since ancient times for its medicinal, cosmetic, aromatic and spiritual applications. In Christianity, Gold, Frankincense and Myrrh were the gifts given to the baby Jesus by the three wise men.

Frankincense Essential Oil is used most often for spiritual, perfumery and incense /room fragrance applications but is useful as an expectorant and sometimes is used in respiratory and cough formulations.

Frankincense Oil is steam distilled from frankincense resin. Frankincense Essential Oil smells sweeter, cleaner and fresher than the resin, and more people prefer the aroma of the essential oil to that of the resin.

I adore the aroma of Frankincense Essential Oil and include it in room fragrance, incense and spiritual blends all year round.

Emotionally, I find the aroma to be grounding, calming and relaxing without being sedating. The aroma is woody, earthy and also has a slightly fruity/sweet, warm, spicy attitude to it. The country of origin and quality of the frankincense tears play a big part in the overall aroma of the essential oil.

Contrary to opinion and many posts online the powdered resin is better for dissolving tumors than the essential oil. Another way to use Frankincense resin it place enough resin in a mason jar to fill the jar 1/3rd of the way, fill with pure, hot water and allow to sit overnight, then you can take a shot of this liquid 2-3 X a day. Just keep adding hot water until all the resin has dissolved.