Incense - oil, considered one of the oldest. Currently considered a church. It is used for various religious rites. But not only for this, such oil is used. It is used to create a romantic atmosphere for dinner with candles.
Description
It was first used in China and India. Frankincense - essential oil, which can create an atmosphere of peace and immersion in yourself, in your sensations.
It is widely used not only in meditation practices, but also for cosmetic and medicinal purposes. It was even used for embalming corpses.
Incense itself is a resin of a small tree growing in northern Africa and in Arab countries.
Asper Oil: Description
Essential oil is allocated in a separate group. It is made of damp yellow resin from a tree of the Burser family. It grows in North Africa, Lebanon, Iraq. High enough, up to 5 m in height.
This oil is 100% incense, no additives. Unlike its counterparts, it is almost transparent, viscous, has a bitter-tart smell.
Contraindications:
- Individual intolerance.
- Children's age up to 3 years.
- Elderly people over 60 years old.
- Pregnancy.
- Chronic diseases
Before use, consult your doctor.
Act:
- It helps with asthma. Has an expectorant effect. Relieves inflammation from the nasopharynx.
- Normalizes menstruation.
- Rejuvenates the skin. Increases its elasticity.
- Helps deal with stress.
- Normalizes sleep.
Mode of application
Asper essential oil, the reviews of which are positive, can be used in the same way as others. You can do inhalation, massage, compress, rinsing the mouth and nasopharynx with it. Also, the oil is used to enrich cosmetics, to cleanse and care for the skin of the face and neck, and for hair.
How much is and where to buy? It is sold in almost any regular and online pharmacies. The average cost is from 250 to 300 rubles. Manufacturer - “Aspera PC”.
Characteristics
Frankincense is an oil that is not extracted by the standard method, but by means of haulage with steam of resins released on the tree through cracks of bark.
The composition of the resin largely determines where the tree grew.
Incense can be:
- Citric.
- Pink Athos.
- Rosy.
To some names, the name of the place of growth, for example, "Indian", is often added.
In religious practice, oil, consisting of 4 ingredients, was generally used before. Over time, excipients were no longer used in the name. After this, only the initial incense remained. It is for this reason that most of the inhabitants of the Earth consider it to be a single substance.
Botanists consider only the incense obtained from the Boswellia carteri tree to be a real incense. The pickers had been waiting for him for a while before the tree itself secreted the juice, which hardens. Over time, they were able to learn the technique of artificial incisions that do not harm the tree. Since that time, incense has been extracted more. Currently, the collection technology remains the same: pickers make serifs before the rainy season, and when the resin hardens, they collect it. Usually it turns out up to 420 grams per tree.
The best incense is the one made from light resin, solidified in separate drops. Poor quality obtained from dark raw materials, frozen unevenly.
The composition of this oil has many other components, but it is not necessary to describe them for too long. You just need to know that thanks to them, each incense has its own specific properties. It’s about them that we’ll talk now.
Frankincense - the oil looks slightly greenish, has good fluidity, not very viscous. The aroma inherent in the source material is perfectly transmitted in essential oils, it has a certain sweet touch, somewhat reminds camphor, only more pleasant.
Frankincense is an aphrodisiac. So he is able to “open the way” to the world of pleasure.
Frankincense is wonderful combined with many essential oils such as myrrh, bergamot, sage, etc.
How does it affect the emotional sphere?
Incense belongs to the element of fire. This means that he renews the person, removing all negative influences from him. Frankincense is an adaptogen oil that acts more strongly on the emotional rather than the physical sphere of a person. Its aroma helps to relax, accept all life changes, remove the negative from fate, let go of the past and not worry in vain. Frankincense - essential oil, reviews of which are positive - calms the nervous system, relieves stress, improves mood.
It is used in meditative practices. It is believed that with the smell of incense you “breathe the desire” to live, learn tolerance, accept your life for what it is.
Very good incense helps to cope with sleep disorders. If the oil is present with you when talking with someone, it helps to listen to the interlocutor and draw the correct conclusion from his words.
Frankincense (oil): properties and application
It helps to cope with respiratory diseases and normalize heart function. It is this oil that will help overcome a strong cough due to its antiseptic effect.
Frankincense makes the effect of any medicine used to treat cough and runny nose more effective. Oil normalizes the lymphatic system, relieves inflammation from the lymph nodes. Thanks to this, the entire lymphatic system begins to work as a coordinated mechanism.
Frankincense is an oil that positively affects all metabolic processes in the body.
It acts well on the genitourinary system, and also normalizes the elasticity of the muscles of the uterus.
Frankincense is used to enrich cosmetics with useful substances, this is especially true when caring for dry skin. The main action is to increase elasticity. It also smoothes wrinkles. Frankincense gives the skin a fresh look, which is why it is often added to face creams.
What else is incense (essential oil) useful for the body ? Its properties are vast. For example, it is an excellent tool for healing wounds.
Studies are being conducted in the direction of the effect of incense on the structure of the hair. There is an assumption that the condition of the curls also improves under the influence of essential oil.
In more detail about the use of frankincense tree
Frankincense has an anti-inflammatory effect. Thanks to this, it can become a full replacement for many antibiotics used to treat inflammation of the musculoskeletal system.
For a variety of purposes, alcohol tincture and ointment are used.
1. To prepare the alcohol tincture, you need to take 6 grams. incense and dissolve them in 14 ml of 96% alcohol. This composition should stand in a warm and dark place for 7 days. Apply tincture before meals of 9 drops. The specified infusion can be used for pain in the abdomen, bladder and kidneys, as well as for migraine pain, metabolic disorders and gonorrhea.
2. To make the ointment, you will need: 9 g of frankincense, 99 g of petroleum jelly, 99 g of pre-melted lard or fat. All components of the ointment are placed in a container. Then they need to be melted in a water bath until smooth. The ointment is ready, it can be used only externally, as a wound healing agent. Boils, sore joints, abscesses, etc. are smeared with it.
3. If the child is cold, you can fumigate the cotton wool with incense smoke and put it on his chest at night. This will help the baby recover faster from a cold and make it easier to breathe.
Other oil applications
You can use oil for other purposes, namely:
1. Perhaps the use of frankincense oil in combination with your favorite skin and hair care products. The result becomes noticeable quite quickly: small wrinkles are smoothed, the skin is elastic and smooth, the complexion is healthy. Oil is added at the rate of 6 drops per 99 ml of the main substance, for example, bath gel.
2. With the help of oil, you can make an excellent massage composition, which will beneficially affect the skin and sore joints. Here they take 4 drops of frankincense oil and 1 tablespoon of some basic (for example, olive). To relieve stress, you can drip oil into the bath. This is done as follows: the bath is filled at ½, the water is not warmer than 38 degrees. 6 drops of butter are mixed with milk, sea salt and honey. After the mixture is added to the bath. These ingredients will enhance the beneficial effects of frankincense on the body. The duration of the procedure is 18-20 minutes.
3. Well, and, as mentioned above, frankincense is an oil that is used for inhalation, cold or hot. Dosage with the hot method - 2 drops per water capacity. With cold inhalation, you can inhale the smell directly from a bottle of oil. Duration - no more than 5 minutes. How else can you use frankincense (essential oil) for cold inhalation? Its application should be as follows: you need to put a drop of oil on a napkin and breathe from it.
Contraindications
Once the frankincense is applied to the skin, a slight burning and tingling sensation may occur during the first 2 minutes.
Contraindications:
- Psoriasis.
- Lupus erythematosus.
- Dermatitis.
- Cancer.
- Sclerosis.
- Parkinson's disease.
Dosage
Frankincense is an essential oil that is usually used in high dosage.
- For an aroma lamp, 4 drops are required, for baths - seven, for aromatic pendants - four.
- For diseases of the respiratory system, add 1 drop of oil to the water for inhalation. Cold inhalations with a runny nose suggest inhaling the aroma of incense directly from the vial. The duration of the procedure is 4 minutes.
- For massage, add 4 drops of essential oil to 14 drops of standard massage oil.
- For cosmetic purposes, the concentration is similar.
- It is recommended for colds along with tea to take 2 drops of aromatic oil.
- Incense is also often used in the manufacture of home cosmetics.
- Sometimes it is mixed with various cocktails to add flavor.
Conclusion
Now you know what incense (oil) is, we examined the properties and application of it in detail. This tool is used in various fields, not only in worship, but also for cosmetic purposes, and even for medicinal purposes.