Containing anti-inflammatory compounds, frankincense may slow tumour growth in some types of leukaemia and help treat other diseases.

It regenerates skin cells. It has anti-inflammatory properties. It promotes oral health. In a study, asthma symptoms in mice improved with boswellic acid, a component of frankincense resin.

The HALO Trust will remove the landmines to allow the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh to carry out vital environmental work on ...

Lauded for its benefits, the resin has been used for thousands of years to combat premature signs of ageing and help firm, tone and heal skin. Today, while you won’t find products with frankincense ...

Just like it's relative frankincense, myrrh also possesses strong anti-cancer properties. A Chinese test tube study published in 2013 found that “cycloartane-type triterpernoids” could destroy ...

Frankincense resin is tapped from the Boswellia tree, which grows in arid regions of Africa and the Middle East. “There are so many fun and fascinating uses for them both, although frankincense ...

Frankincense resin is shown. It has been used as chewing gum in Oman and Saudi Arabia for thousands of years, according to Ryan Bambrick of the Northwest Indiana Trading Co.

Two Scottish charities are teaming up to help precious frankincense trees in war-torn Somalia by clearing landmines which ...

Medicinal Hareth Hassan has been tending the trees for 15 years since inheriting the plantation from his father. "We treasure these trees because their resin has many medicinal uses," he says.