Frankincense or Indian Frankincense or Frankincense from India or Guggul
Botanical name: Boswellia serrata
Botanical family: Bureraceae
Biochemical composition:
- Ethers: Methyl Chavicol (=Estragol)
- Monoterpenes: Alpha Pinene, Alpha Thuyene, Beta Myrcene, Limonene, P Cymène, Sabinene
- Sesquiterpenes: Beta Bourbonene
Diverses:
Sacred Plant
GUGUL = “Indian incense”
In India, it is used for Ayurvedic medicine in various areas of care.
Mixed with other plants, it is ingested in the form of pills:
“NARAKA GUGGULU and TRIPHALA GUGGULU”
GUGGUL is sold in India as an Ayurvedic medicine called: SALLAKI to treat inflammatory polyarthritis. (This medicine exists in Switzerland under the name H15 AYURMEDICA).
On a physical level, GUGUL is recommended in Ayurvedic medicine as a universal remedy to regenerate and revitalize oneself. It helps the soul access a state of well-being, purifies the aura and dissipates interference that may arise during meditations and prayers. Due to its virtues, fumigations based on GUGGUL are therefore also recommended in cases of great nervousness, stress, insomnia and lack of dynamism.
Use in the evening when you have “time to relax”
Another Frankincense: Boswellia carterii from Somalia and the island of Socotra.
Boswellia Serrata and Carterii are: anti-inflammatory, and treat Crohn's disease (chronic inflammation of the intestines).
Reference and bibliographic source: Lily BAYER and Dr Hervé STAUB, (2013) “In-depth treatise on Phyto and Aromatherapy”, Ed. Grancher. p. 499.
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