A few tears of resin are placed on burning charcoal in an incense burner. The resulting smoke is diffused throughout the room, never inhaled directly at close range. Dosage should be validated with a healthcare professional or recognized pharmacopoeia before use.
Finely ground resin is gently decocted in water, then filtered. This preparation, for internal use, requires the advice of a professionally trained herbalist before any regular intake. Dosage should be validated with a healthcare professional or recognized pharmacopoeia before use.
Crushed resin is gently infused in a carrier oil in a bain-marie, then filtered. The resulting oil is applied in light massage to the areas of concern. Dosage should be validated with a healthcare professional or recognized pharmacopoeia before use.
Dried frankincense resin is available in specialized herbalist shops, natural incense stores, or from certain Middle Eastern product importers; the tree itself, native to the arid regions of Arabia and the Horn of Africa, is rarely cultivated outside its region of origin.
The resin is traditionally harvested by incising the bark during the hot, dry months, when the sap flows most abundantly, then left to harden in the sun before being collected.