What is Boswellia?
Boswellia is a family of trees containing many species. Boswellia is the best known for the production of aromatic resin, which can be used to make incense. Trees also have a number of medical uses and herbs are often prescribed as anti -inflammatory. The quality of the resin is largely determined when it is harvested, but there is also a large sorting and spending to ensure that the marks are correct. Occasionally western residents and Middle East sellers will differ in the actual quality evaluation of different levels. This can be due to local differences in taste, but it is probably more often the result of the different scents of incense at different temperatures and humidity. What could smell best in the dry and hot climate of the Middle East does not necessarily smell best in wet and cold England.
Boswellia resin is obtained by scratching the tree bark and leaving the resin emits and harden on the tree. The hard lumps that are formed are called tears and tears are gathering, withEarly tears produce lower quality incense and the latest tears produce high quality incense. Most of the trees will be tapped two or three times a year, and the third click on Boswellia tears are extremely high in different aromatic substances that make the incense so valued.
A special mark of incense comes from trees that tolerated the most extreme problems. Boswellia has durable and deep roots, so it can survive on cliffs, where most of the impurities were blown off by violent storms. These trees appear to protrude directly from the living rock and are assumed that their hard life brings healing forces through their tears.
One of the most widespread Boswellia species is an Arab incense, or Boswellia sacra . Most of the Arab incense come from Yemen and Oman, and the two highest grades are known as Silver and Hojari. It is generally assumed that Hojari gives the best fragrance in a colder climate,While silver is considered the best in hot climate.
Incense has been used in religious ceremonies for thousands of years. This is discussed in the Old Testament of the Bible and may be the most famous for the Western inhabitants as one of the gifts of Magia, which the magic of Mary and Joseph. The distinctive scent of Boswellia is still the basis of many religious ceremonies.
Historically, Boswellia has been used in Ayurvedic medicine in India for millennia. Indian doctors prescribed Boswellii for a wide range of diseases, including arthritis, dysen, worms, diarrhea and various lung diseases. Boswellia was also used in traditional Chinese medicine, consumed to help in digestion. Recent studies have also shown burned women, boswellia can help reduce stress and depression.