Ingredient Frankincense

Ingredient Frankincense

Benefits:

  • It is useful in the treatment of bronchitis, asthma, cough, bad throat and various intestinal problems.
  • It is a diaphoretic and astringent prescribe in various syphilitic and pulmonary diseases.
  • It acts as both internal and external stimulant, expectorant, diuretic and stomachic.
  • The gum is also prescribed in cases of jaundice, diahhroea, dysentery, dyspepsia and haemorrhoids.
  • It is also useful in weak and unhealthy kind of ulceration.

 

Geographical Distribution

Boswellia serrata (Family: Burseraceae) is a deciduous middle sized tree, which is mostly concentrated in tropical; parts of Asia and Africa. In India it occurs in dry hilly forests of Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat, Bihar, Orrisa as well as central peninsular regions of Andhra Pradesh, Assam etc.