Application:

Frankincense oil is a translucent or brownish-colored, liquid oil with a characteristically strong incense smell. Humanity has used it in medicine since ancient times due to its antiseptic and wound-healing properties, and it is also a popular ingredient in cosmetics and perfumes. In ancient China, it was mainly used to cure respiratory diseases and leprosy, nowadays it is only used externally.

It is suitable for aromatherapy purposes or in an incense burner to refresh the spirit and achieve a meditative state.

Due to its antiseptic, bactericidal and wound-healing effect, it is suitable for the treatment of minor skin injuries and for everyday skin care.

Ways of use:

In creams and cosmetics: in combination with any base oil, it can be used in face creams, body lotions, lip balms, hand creams, facial cleansing tonics, and soaps. Primarily, we recommend facial care for problematic, acne-prone, blackhead-prone skin. Used in a moisturizing cream, it tightens and makes the skin elastic, fades minor wrinkles and scars on the skin surface.

In anti-aging cosmetics: frankincense oil is especially suitable for caring for mature skin. It hydrates and replenishes fragile, mature or dry skin, fills in smaller wrinkles, soothes inflammation, softens and makes it elastic.

To improve the general well-being: suitable against dejection, depression, malaise. It exerts its best soothing effect when dropped into a vaporizer or bath water.

For the care of problematic, oily facial skin: it effectively regulates sebum production, so it is recommended for the care of oily, acne-prone skin.

For the preparation of massage oils and massage creams: it can be added to any base oil (coconut oil, olive oil, etc.) and used for therapeutic massage, sports massage, and relaxing massage. With its pleasant aroma, it helps to relax, refreshes the body and spirit.

To make a relaxation bath: put 5-10 drops of frankincense oil in your bath water and enjoy its mood-improving and invigorating effect! Hey

For sauna use: on its own or mixed with other essential oils, it is suitable for vaporization during sauna use. Refreshes the spirit and helps detoxify the skin.

To relieve the symptoms of a cold: it can be used for inhalation, in a vaporizer, or dropped into a cream to relieve respiratory diseases and colds that occur in the winter.

Treatment of injuries: frankincense oil has an antiseptic and antibacterial effect, so it can be used to disinfect minor surface injuries and speed up wound healing.

For hair care: to eliminate itchy scalp and dandruff, add 5-6 drops of frankincense oil to a 1:1 mixture of almond oil and castor oil, leave the mixture on your hair for half an hour, then wash your hair as usual.

Production: steam distillation

Composition, active ingredients:

alpha-pinene, alpha-thujene, limonene, sabinene, mono- and sesquiterpenes

All about frankincense oil:

Like myrrh, frankincense is a plant belonging to the balsam family, which is primarily native to Somalia, but is also widespread in Nubia, Egypt and Arabia. The extraction of the valuable frankincense oil is similar to that of myrrh: the resinous sap of the plant is collected by incising the bark of the tree, and then the oil is extracted from it by steam distillation.

Frankincense has been used by mankind for thousands of years, it was considered one of the important goods of Phoenician trade, in Egypt and Phoenicia the smoking of incense was an important part of the presentation of sacrifices, which was later adopted by several religions. Frankincense is one of the gifts of the Three Kings, along with gold and myrrh, it symbolizes purity. In reality, it also has an antiseptic effect, but by smoking it, spiritual purification can also be achieved, which is why it was burned in churches and in various ceremonies.

Interesting fact: draining an incense tree can take up to 4 months, during which time approximately 10 kilograms of resin can be extracted. In the Hungarian world of belief, incense can be used to ward off corruption, as our saying "Avoid incense smoke like the devil" refers to this.