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Incense

Boswellia sacra

Incense is a resin that exudes from a tree of the Burseraceae family (genus Boswellia), which can reach three metres. It is native of the southern Arabic peninsula (sultanate of Oman and Yemen) and from the horn of Africa (Somalia).

Only the male tree is productive, and it takes ten years before it provides the best quality resin.

Main aromatic molecules: Monoterpenes (α-pinene), sesquiterpenes, terpene alcohols, oxides and esters.
Family: Burseraceae.
Producing organs: Gum or oleoresin.
Yield: 8 to 10kg of essential oil per 100kg of gum.
Equivalence: 1ml → 36 drops (dosage calculated for a calibrated dropper European Pharmacopoeia).

Bath

Skin application

Oral route

Respiratory route

”From the land of Arabia a marvellously suave scent arises. It is the only country in the world that produces incense” wrote Herodotus, who was wrong because the Pharaohs got it from African, in the land of Punt (now Sudan). Ever since camels were domesticated in the 13th century B.C., caravans have been travelling the ”incense route”.

In the ancient world, it was the first aromatic resin offered to the gods. Thus, in 287 B.C., the king of Syria Seleucos donated three hundred sixty kilograms of incense, among other presents, to the temple of Apollo at Miletus. It is also used as a remedy in fumigation against respiratory diseases and to purify ambient air.

AROMATHERAPIA

Extracts from the book ’Aromatherapia – All about essential oils’, by Isabelle Pacchioni, watercolors by Patrick MORIN, Aroma Thera Editions . Extracts from the book ’41 essential oils essential for treating yourself differently’ and ’48 essential oils which every home needs to be healthy’ by Isabelle Delaleu and Isabelle Pacchioni, Publications of the Mandadori France group. Botanical illustrations by Agathe Haevermans.

The properties, benefits and method of use are given for information; they cannot in any case constitute or replace medical information that only health professionals can provide. For any use of essential oils for therapeutic purposes, please consult your GP or pharmacist.

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