Frankincense Arabian Organic Oil

100% Pure Organic Frankincense Essential Oil (Boswellia carterii)Origin: Somalia, certified organic cultivationProduction: Steam distillationScent: Warm, rich with sweet-balsamic undertones and a fresh top note.Effects/Applications: The history of frankincense has been documented for at least 5000 years!Mystics particularly enjoy using both the smoke and the oil to enter meditation. The pyrolysis of the resin produces tetrahydrocannabinol, the main active ingredient in hashish and marijuana. It is believed that some famous soothsayers were able to enter a clairvoyant state only by inhaling frankincense.In China and Egypt, masks made from frankincense powder or oil were used as skin rejuvenating agents.Frankincense calms the nerves, has a relaxing and simultaneously toning effect. As an expectorant, it helps with bronchitis and asthma, especially when accompanied by nervous tension. Applied to the skin, frankincense has a calming effect and is a strengthening agent for mature skin.Frankincense oil is also frequently used in perfumery. Aside from its scent for oriental and woody compositions, it is a popular and very strong fixative.Frankincense generally has up to 250 ingredients. The strength of frankincense oil lies in its psychological effects. Like all resins, it also has mucolytic (mucus-dissolving) effects in the bronchial system, as well as regenerating and epithelizing effects on the skin. As a room spray, it reduces germ load in the ambient air.Source: Wabner, D., Beier, C., Demleitner, M., Struck, D., 2012 Aromatherapy: Fundamentals, Principles of Action, Practice, 2nd edition, Elsevier GmbH, Munich