A wonderful Frankincense Hydrosol with an extraordinary fragrance that is slightly sweeter than the oil.Frankincense Oil is extracted from gum or resin of Frankincense tree. Frankincense has been a popular ingredient of cosmetics and incense burners since ages. Its instances have been found in the remains of ancient Egyptian and Anglo-Saxon civilizations. It is also associated with religious activities. Apart from being used as a cosmetic and as a fragrance, it has numerous medicinal uses.
All hydrosols are temporarily out of stock due to freezing temperatures causing shipping breakage. This hydrosol is produced from resin imported from Somalia; it has with a wide range of therapeutic benefits. Used as a spray, frankincense hydrosol clears and clarifies, and can be used before meditation to support heightened states of awareness. It is an excellent hydrosol to use for respiratory health and specifically when there is excess mucous. It is one of the best hydrosols to use to support skin health and beauty, enhancing radiance and helping to reduce wrinkles and fine lines.
Slightly sweet & peppery with undertones of ancient, resinous woods, Frankincense Facial Tonic Hydrosol is an outstanding daily hydrating, anti-aging treatment for men's skin (and women's, too), A resinous fragrance of antiquity, it softens and refines skin texture and smooth the appearance of wrinkles, Frankincense Hydrosol comes to us from the hills of Northern Somalia (Somaliland). The resin is shipped to the US where it is hydro-distilled by going directly to the source.
Benefit & Uses:Frankincense essential oil is great for skin care and nearly everything related to skin; burns rashes, cuts, scrapes and oozing sores. It’s also fabulous for mature, prematurely aging and environmentally challenged skin.
Frankincense is not usually sensitizing for most people, but it depends on the amount and circumstances. Putting few drops of neat essential oil in a hot bath is not recommended.
Frankincense is a great mini-facial. Just take a pot or pan of boiling water, add a drop or two (no more) frankincense oil to it. Lean over it and cover your head with a towel, breathing deeply.
The best ways are by inhalation, see above, and massage of head and neck, breathing in deeply. This is great to do before or after yoga, particularly during pranayama.
Frankincense Hydrosol is an outstanding Facial Tonic for firming and toning wrinkles and fine lines, offering an instant "lift" to sagging facial muscles while also supplying the senses with a soothing and ethereal aroma: slightly sweet and peppery with undertones of ancient, resinous woods truly the fragrance of antiquity.
Misting over face and neck daily will add significant tone and firmness, yielding a refined texture to your skin instantly.
Frankincense is useful in inflammatory diseases, especially of the joints, lungs, skin and is a specific osteo- and rheumatoid arthritis, asthma, bronchitis colitis, Cohn’s disease and psoriasis. This action is a result of boswellic acid and reducing the activity of pain and inflammation causing leukotrienes by inhibiting the production of the 5-lipoxygenase enzyme Ayurvedic Medicine.
It can be applied on wounds without any harm or side effect to protect them from tetanus and being septic. It is equally good on internal wounds and protects them from infections.
The astringent property of Frankincense Oil has many benefits. It strengthens gums, hair roots, tones and lifts skin, contracts muscles, intestines and blood vessels, thereby giving protection from untimely fall of tooth and hair, wrinkles, loss of firmness of intestines and muscles of abdominal area and limbs associated with age and above all, helps stop flow of blood from wounds and cuts. This astringent property also helps cure diarrhea of certain types.
Frankincense oil drives away gas and also prevents its formation. This removal of gases from intestines also gives relief from associated problems such as stomach ache, pain in the abdominal region and chest, abnormal sweating, uneasiness, indigestion and many such.