Olibanum, Frankincense, Ru Xiang 乳香

Also called Thus, Libanos
Ru Xiang (TCM)
Shallaki (Ayurveda)
Kundur (Unani)
Spos dkar  སྤོས་དཀར  (Tibetan)
Left: Olibanum; Right: Thus
Ortus Sanitatis, Meydenbach, 1491
Boswellia Serrata
Medical Botany, Stephenson and Churchill, 1836

Frankincense tree (Parkinson, Theatrum Botanicum, 1640)
Herbarium, Matthioli (Polish), 1596

Frankincense (Adam, 2016)
Botanical name:
Boswellia thurifera, B. carterii, B. serrata (Indian Frankincense)
'Male' and 'Female' types were differentiated, the former being called Olibanum, the latter, Thus.

Parts used:
Gum

Temperature & Taste:
Warm, dry. Pungent, sweet, bitter.

Classifications:
2D ATTENUATERS OF CONGEALED BLOOD.    2G. CLEANSING.    2O. ASTRINGENT.    2P. HEMOSTATIC.    2Q. ANODYNE.    2T. GLUTINATE.   
2U. SUPPURATIVE.    2W. SARCOTIC.    2X. INCARNATIVE
3B. FEBRIFUGE & ANTIPYRETIC.    3D. CORDIALS & CARDIACS.    3G. EMMENAGOGUE.    3I. APHRODISIAC.    3L. ANTI-TUSSIVE.   
3M. ARTHRITICS
4c. CARDIAC.    4e. STOMACHIC

Uses:
1. Moves the Blood, Eases Pain (TCM, Ayurveda, West):
-bruising, pain from trauma;
-chest and abdominal pain from congealed and sluggish blood flow.

2. Clears the Circulation, Relaxes the Tendons and Ligaments (TCM, Ayurveda, West):
-chronic pain from wind/cold/damp, which is especially seen in the joints.

3. Benefits the Brain and Senses:
-‘Strengthens the Memory exceedingly, comforts the Heart, expels Sadness and Melancholy, strengthens the Heart.’ (Culpeper)

4. Externally (TCM, Ayurveda, West):
-Bruising, Trauma
-topically for swelling and pain, to promote healing and the generation of flesh in Wounds and Ulcers.

Main Combinations:
Myrrh & Frankincense

1. Frankincense is often used with Myrrh. Combined for all types of pain from Blood stagnation; Trauma, Angina Pectoris, chronic Joint disease, Gynecological disorders associated with Blood stagnation, and for masses and Tumors. Commonly used internally and externally.
2. Internal Trauma with fixed pain, Blood stagnation, Bruising:
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3. Cough, Frankincense  ... available in PRO version
4. Pleurisy, Lung Abscess, Frankincense with ... available in PRO version
5. To increase Memory:
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6. Strengthen Brain and Heart, benefit Memory, Frankincense  ... available in PRO version
7. Urinary Incontinence:
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8. Diabetes, Frankincense  ... available in PRO version
9. Joint Pain, Arthritis, Rheumatoid Arthritis, Frankincense with  ... available in PRO version
10. Topically for Wounds and Bleeding, apply powdered Frankincense with  ... available in PRO version
11. Topically for Cancer, Frankincense  ... available in PRO version
12. To heal old or new Wounds, Headache, stiffness of the Sinews, aches and pain ... available in PRO version
13. Vaginal suppositories in abscess, adnexitis, and salpingitis, Frankincense  ... available in PRO version
14. Topically for Toothache, Frankincense  ... available in PRO version

Major Formulas
Electuary of Frankincense (Zenon)
Electuary of Frankincense (Wirtzung)
Electuary of Frankincense (Unani)
Electuary for Amnesia (Unani)
Powder for Diabetes (Wirtzung)
Powder of Frankincense and Pepper (Wirtzung)
Powder for Incontinence (Alexander Benedictus)
Powder for Hollow Wounds (Wecker)
Die Da Wan
Frankincense 10 (Spos dkar 10) (Tibetan Medicine)


Cautions:
1. Not used during Pregnancy
2. Not used for Suppurating Boils

Main Preparations used: