Re: Gold, insense and myrrh

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Hya, am doing a workshop at the Natural History museum on the medicinal uses of

Gold , incense and Myrrh, and looking for a bit of help, please.

Can wing it and gloss over on the gold - though obviously will do some research.

Myrrh I am quite good on, use it as a first aid and mouthulcer staple. But

Botswellia hasn't really been one of my herbs; am only just beginning to learn

how to use it. Does anyone have any anecdotes, case histories about their use of

it in practice? Would like to gather one or two personal experiences of

contemporary herbalists' use.

Thank you,

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Hello .

I use both Myrrh and incense kind of like lozenges. At the first

hint of a cold or flu, I suck the resin, both of them at once. I've

often managed to short-circuit a URTI by this method, so long as I

also get some sleep and eat right. They seem to work well together,

the myrrh as a local antiseptic / antiviral while the frankincense

seems to raise the energy level above where the URTI can take a hold.

People often get ill with an URTI when they're feeling tired, low,

energy-depleted, and incense seems to raise the energy above the

threshold where the URTI can take hold. It's so simple and effective

that I always have some around, carry it onto planes and so forth.

I also use myrrh resin to treat any problems in the mouth - ulcers,

bad teeth and so forth. The sucking stimulates saliva flow, and the

myrrh is then carried around the mouth and gums. I suspect that some

mouth problems arise from there not being enough slooshing about of

the saliva. Of course then the myrrh is ingested, which is not a bad

thing in most cases.

They're both bitter (Myrrh more than incense), and not everyone

can tolerate the bitter flavour.

I once advised a patient to burn incense because she was certain

that she was being haunted by her dead husband. It is said to clear

the air, ban spirits and raise energy, and so it seemed like a good

choice. She reported that her husband left her soon after, but other

problems came to plague her.

Some people actively dislike frankincense because it reminds them of

being in church or other place of worship and being frightened or

bored, or both.

I use myrrh in my anti-fungal treatments for athletes foot and

ringworm and so forth.

I a-wait other tales with interest

Cristina

>Hya, am doing a workshop at the Natural History museum on the

>medicinal uses of Gold , incense and Myrrh, and looking for a

>bit of help, please.

>Can wing it and gloss over on the gold - though obviously will do

>some research. Myrrh I am quite good on, use it as a first aid and

>mouthulcer staple. But Botswellia hasn't really been one of my

>herbs; am only just beginning to learn how to use it. Does anyone

>have any anecdotes, case histories about their use of it in

>practice? Would like to gather one or two personal experiences of

>contemporary herbalists' use.

>Thank you,

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[Guest guest]

Hi - the essential oil of incense is a great cough reliever and

good for chesty things in general in combination with other more

obvious things like eucalyptus (applied externally in a cream/oil

base). Great skin rejuvenator when used in a cream with other oils

ike geranium and rose. Also it has a reputation as a great spiritual

comforter which I have found to be true - a drop or two over water

in an essential oil burner with something like cinnamon or rose is

lovely. Hope the talk goes well good luck with it. Alison

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> Hya, am doing a workshop at the Natural History museum on the

medicinal uses of Gold , incense and Myrrh, and looking for a

bit of help, please.

> Can wing it and gloss over on the gold - though obviously will do

some research. Myrrh I am quite good on, use it as a first aid and

mouthulcer staple. But Botswellia hasn't really been one of my

herbs; am only just beginning to learn how to use it. Does anyone

have any anecdotes, case histories about their use of it in

practice? Would like to gather one or two personal experiences of

contemporary herbalists' use.

> Thank you,

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The resin of incense -Boswellia serrata is used traditionally for

a variety of inflammatory

diseases, such as rheumatoid arthritis, osteoarthritis and cervical

spondylitis (inflammation of the vertebrae).

The main constituents of the resin are Boswellic acids, which have

been found to inhibit the synthesis of leukotrienes (inflammatory

compounds produced when oxygen interacts with polyunsaturated fatty

acids). A number of chronic inflammatory conditions are associated

with leukotriene formation.

Unlike pharmaceutical corticosteroids that inhibit leukotriene

synthesis, boswellic acids exhibit

no significant side effects or toxicity. Boswellic acids have been

found specifically to inhibit 5-lipoxygenase, the key enzyme of

leukotriene biosynthesis.

I have used Boswellia for a few cases of osteoarthritis, spondylosis

and spondylitis, and their daily pain levels are now manageable which

means that they have been able to drastically reduce their meds. One

of them had high cholesterol and as there is also a lipid lowering

property to incense this may have been useful and a factor in her

cholesterol level reducing over some months.

Hope this helps, good luck with the talk.

Jacqui Fordham

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> Hya, am doing a workshop at the Natural History museum on the

medicinal uses of Gold , incense and Myrrh, and looking for a bit

of help, please.

> Can wing it and gloss over on the gold - though obviously will do

some research. Myrrh I am quite good on, use it as a first aid and

mouthulcer staple. But Botswellia hasn't really been one of my herbs;

am only just beginning to learn how to use it. Does anyone have any

anecdotes, case histories about their use of it in practice? Would

like to gather one or two personal experiences of contemporary

herbalists' use.

> Thank you,

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