What did the ancients use frankincense for?
Our ancestors used it to awaken higher consciousness and to enhance spirituality, meditation, prayer and mental perception. Frankincense slows and deepens breathing, reducing tension and helps to calm and comfort oneself while lifting one’s spirits. It is said to relieve past links and subconscious stress. Widely used as an anti-inflammatory in many cultures and fast becoming popular in the West for such treatments. The University of Munich conducted a study which found frankincense very effective treatment to relieve joint pain. Ancient herbal books recommend suspending painful joints over the smoke of frankincense. We can now use the oils instead of the smoke. Frankincense is antiseptic, anti-inflammatory and an expectorant to the lung, genital, urinary and digestive tracts. However, it will sting sensitive skin, as mentioned before. It has been used extensively as an anti-bacterial and anti-fungal treatment and has proven excellent for mature skin and acne and to heal wounds and sca
