You need to know the effects and functions of frankincense

Frankincense is one of the common Chinese medicines, mainly used to reduce swelling, bruises, etc. It has analgesic and anti-inflammatory effects. If girls suffer from dysmenorrhea, they can also use frankincense to relieve pain. At the same time, it has many functions, such as anti-inflammatory and preservative effects, because frankincense can devour dead cells, thereby playing an anti-inflammatory role. In addition, it also has a stomach-protecting effect.

effect:

Frankincense is a commonly used Chinese medicine. It is pungent, bitter and warm in nature, and enters the heart, liver and spleen meridians. Efficacy: Promotes blood circulation, relieves pain, reduces swelling and promotes tissue regeneration. It is used for injuries from falls, sores, carbuncles, and pain caused by qi stagnation and blood stasis, and is an important medicine in traumatology. Its main components are resin, gum and volatile oil. Modern pharmacological effects: analgesia, anti-inflammatory, increase of white blood cells, promotion of wound healing; reduction of drug damage to gastric mucosa, etc. In clinical application, 3-10g, decocted in water, preferably fried to remove oil; for external use, appropriate amount, used raw or fried, grind into powder and apply externally.

Indications

Regulate Qi and activate blood circulation, relieve pain, and expel toxins. It is used to treat stagnation of qi and blood, heart and abdominal pain, carbuncle, swelling and infection, bruises, dysmenorrhea, and postpartum blood stasis and pain.

1. Promote blood circulation and relieve pain

Frankincense is pungent, bitter and warm, with a fragrant aroma. Its pungent taste can disperse, its bitter taste can break, its warm taste can unblock, and its fragrant aroma can travel. It enters the heart, liver and spleen meridians, and then enters the blood, so it can promote blood circulation and relieve pain. "Compendium of Materia Medica" says: "Frankincense is fragrant and enters the heart meridian, promoting blood circulation and relieving pain, so it is an important medicine for carbuncles, ulcers, and heart and abdominal pain." It is often used to treat dysmenorrhea, amenorrhea, rheumatic pain, heart and abdominal pain, bruises, carbuncles, ulcers and other symptoms.

2. Detoxification and swelling

This product is pungent, bitter and warm in nature, and enters the heart, liver and spleen meridians. The spleen governs muscles, and pain, itching and ulcers are all caused by heart fire. This medicine enters the two meridians, and its pungent fragrance can disperse all lingering knots. "Compendium of Materia Medica" records that frankincense "eliminates carbuncles and clears away toxins." Therefore, this product is often used to treat sores, carbuncles, etc.

3. Regenerates skin and relieves itching

Frankincense is pungent, bitter and warm, and enters the spleen and heart meridians. The spleen governs muscles, so it can grow muscles; its bitterness can dry dampness and relieve itching. "Ming Yi Bie Lu" says: Frankincense "treats wind addiction, sores, itching and poison. "Medical Records of Combining Chinese and Western Medicine" states that frankincense has the effect of "regenerating flesh". Therefore, since ancient times, this product has been often used to treat sores that do not heal for a long time, as well as eczema and itching. It can be taken orally or applied topically.

effect:

1. Anti-inflammatory and antiseptic effects

Frankincense can promote the increase of multinuclear leukocytes to phagocytize dead blood cells and cells, improve metabolism, and thus play an anti-inflammatory role. It has significant anti-inflammatory effect on formaldehyde-induced arthritis in mice. Frankincense has a significant antagonistic effect on edema induced by carrageenan and dextran in mice and rats. It can significantly inhibit the production of sheep erythrocyte antibodies and cellular reactions, inhibit the infiltration of multinuclear cells, and reduce carrageenan-induced pleural effusion in rats.

2. Analgesia

It has a significant analgesic effect when administered orally to mice. Its active ingredient is volatile oil. The hot plate method was used in mice to prove that frankincense volatile oil has analgesic effect, and the residue after extracting the volatile oil is ineffective. The analgesic in the volatile oil is mainly n-octyl acetate.

3. Protect the stomach

Frankincense has the effect of inhibiting experimental peptic ulcer. Its mechanism may be related to local protection.

Burning frankincense can repel mosquitoes. Because of this property, some families like to use frankincense in their homes to prevent mosquito-borne diseases such as West Nile virus, malaria, dengue fever, etc.

4. Frankincense essential oil

Often used in religious ceremonies. For example, Christians, Muslims, and Jews use this essential oil to bless newborns and other followers. The Egyptians also ground frankincense into powder and used it as eye shadow makeup powder. Pure frankincense can also be chewed as gum.