Religious leaders have contended for millennia that burning incense is good for the soul. Now, biologists have learned that it is good for our brains too. An international team of scientists, including researchers from Johns Hopkins University and the Hebrew University in Jerusalem, describe how burning frankincense (resin from the Boswellia plant) activates poorly understood […]
Frankincense: A Wise Man’s Treatment For Arthritis?
The answer to treating painful arthritis could lie in an age old herbal remedy — frankincense, according to Cardiff University scientists. Cardiff scientists have been examining the potential benefits of frankincense to help relieve and alleviate the symptoms of the condition. “The search for new ways of relieving the symptoms of inflammatory arthritis and osteoarthritis […]