Family name: Burseraceae
Plant species: trees
Extraction site: bark. In spring and summer, the bark of the trunk is cut from bottom to top in order to make the resin seep out of the wound, and after a few days, it is solidified into a hard block and collected. Take medicine and stir-fry more.
Extraction method: distillation
Characteristics: colorless or light yellow, with resin aroma.
Volatility: medium to slow
Attribute: masculine
Main producing areas: northern Ethiopia, Somalia and southern Arabia. Source: This product is the oleoresin of Boswellia carterii Birdw, an olive plant, and several plants belonging to it.
Efficacy: regulating qi, promoting blood circulation, relieving pain and chasing poison.
Governing:
Treat qi and blood stagnation, chest pain, carbuncle, sore, swelling, traumatic injury, dysmenorrhea, postpartum blood stasis and tingling. (1) "Bielu": "Treat the toxic swelling of feng shui and get rid of evil spirits." "Cure wind addiction? Itchy poison. " ② Addendum to Materia Medica: "Treating deafness, choking in the middle of the wind, women's blood gas, making wine, regulating wind and cooling, and stopping large intestine leakage?" , cure the sores and make them disappear. " 3 "Rihuazi Materia Medica": "Stop cholera, heart and abdominal pain. Decoct the ointment to relieve pain and gain meat. " ④ Herbal Medicine of Syndrome: "Treating insomnia." ⑤ "Pearl Capsule": "The pain of fixing the meridians." ⑥ "Compendium": "Eliminating carbuncle and carbuncle, Tori protecting the heart, promoting blood circulation to relieve pain, stretching tendons, and treating dystocia and fracture of women." ⑦ "Materia Medica from the New": "Treat madness and stop diarrhea." ⑧ "Essential Medicine Dispensing": "For those with red and white dysentery and abdominal pain, adding frankincense is ineffective."
Tropism of nature and taste
Hard work, warm. ① Bielu: "Slight temperature." ② "Rihuazi Materia Medica": "pungent, hot and slightly toxic." ③ Li Gao: "It tastes bitter and spicy, and it is hot."
Entering the heart, liver and spleen meridians. ① Zhu Zhenheng: "Start with Shaoyin Meridian." ② "Shu Shu of Materia Medica": "Entering the Foot Taiyin, the Hand Shaoyin and the Foot Jueyin Meridian."
dosage
Oral administration: decoction,1~ 3 yuan; Or into the pill, scattered. External use: grinding and dressing.
Avoid medication
Pregnant women should not take it. (1) The Classic of Materia Medica: "The carbuncle has been ulcerated and should not be taken, and the sores and pus have been used for a long time." 2 "Ben Jing Feng Yuan": "Don't use it if your stomach is weak."
Another name
Smoked Lu Xiang (Bielu), Mawei Xiang, Nipple Xiang (Haiyao Bencao), Collapse Xiang (Mengxi Bitan), Xixiang Xiang (Bencao Yanyi), Tianze Xiang, Mole Xiang, Dogalo Xiang and Bath Xiang (Compendium). This product is derived from frankincense resin, which is oval and milky, and has a fragrant smell, hence the name.
Characters are spherical or teardrop-shaped particles, or irregular small blocks, 0.5 ~ 2 cm long; Pale yellow, microstrip blue-green or brownish red, translucent. The quality is firm and brittle, and the section is waxy. The breath is fragrant and slightly bitter, and it softens into a rubber block when chewed. This product turns white when it meets water, and it is ground into emulsion with water. Partially soluble in ether, ethanol and chloroform.
Note: (1) Smoked Lu Xiang is also called frankincense, and the commodity is also used as medicine for frankincense. It is the resin that flows out after the trunk of Pistacia Lentiscus L., a viscose mastic tree of Uraceae, is cut. Location: Greece, Turkey and southern Mediterranean. Western medicine is used for filling teeth and as a raw material for making hard paste, while Chinese medicine is used for frankincense.
Excerpt from "National Compilation of Chinese Herbal Medicine"
A kind of precious perfume, which can be used for worshipping God or as a gift for relatives and friends.
Prescription name
Frankincense, bergamot, prepared frankincense, fried frankincense, fried frankincense with vinegar, roasted frankincense, raw frankincense, frankincense and frankincense.
In the prescription, frankincense and Erxiang refer to raw frankincense. Impurities are removed from the original medicine, and it is smashed into pieces and used as medicine.
After the frankincense is pounded into powder, it is fried in a pot until it melts, then poured out and cut into small pieces after being slightly cooled.
Stir-fried frankincense is the original medicine. Stir-fry with slow fire until the surface is slightly melted and slightly yellow. Take it out and let it cool.
Stir-fried frankincense with vinegar is also called roasted frankincense. Stir-fry the frankincense with slow fire until the surface melts, spray rice vinegar and stir-fry until the outer layer is bright, take it out and let it cool for medicine.
trade name
Frankincense: It is the resin oozing from the skin of the plant Frankincense Castanea and its genus.
Smoked Lu Xiang: resin flowing from the trunk incision of the lacquer tree Pistacia Lentiscus L. Location: Greece, Turkey and southern Mediterranean.
Frankincense: Frankincense is yellowish, impurity-free and translucent. The best quality.
Original frankincense: a block of frankincense up to 5 cm long.
Frankincense bead: an oval-shaped drop of emulsified frankincense with a length of 2 cm.
Worship frankincense: also known as Somali frankincense. For those born in Somalia. It is better to be light yellow and white in color, hard and brittle in quality, strong in aroma, translucent in section and free from impurities.
Medici frankincense: also known as Ethiopian frankincense. For those born in Ethiopia. It is better to be light yellow, translucent, chewy and sticky, with strong aroma and no impurities.
Distribution of animal and plant resources
Distributed in the Red Sea coast to Libya, Sudan, Turkey and other places. Medicinal materials are mainly produced in Somalia and Ethiopia along the Red Sea coast.
Collection and storage of medicinal materials
It can be harvested in both spring and summer, with spring as the abundant period. When harvesting, the bark of the trunk is cut from bottom to top in sequence, and a narrow ditch is opened, so that the resin oozes from the wound and flows into the ditch, and it can be taken after a few days to solidify into a hard solid. Those who fall to the ground often adhere to sand impurities, and the quality is inferior. This product is sticky and should be sealed and dustproof; When heated, it will soften and change color, so it should be stored in a cool place.
Latin name
Boswellia carterii Birdw, the original plant of Olibanum.
Processing method
Frankincense: remove sand impurities. Making frankincense: take the cleaned frankincense, stir-fry it in a pot with slow fire until the surface is slightly melted and yellow, take it out and let it cool; Or stir-fry until the surface melts, spray rice vinegar, continue to stir-fry until the outer layer is bright and transparent, take it out and let it cool. (Each frankincense 100 kg, 6 kg of rice vinegar) ① "Essence of Pinhui": "Everything (frankincense) is placed on the shelf, baked and melted with grey fire, cooled and ground for use." 2 "Compendium": "Frankincense is put into pills, ground into mud with less wine, flown by water and dried in the sun; It is easy to be fine if you study with a lampwick, or it is easy to be fine if you study with several pieces of glutinous rice, or if you study with two or three pieces of human nails, or if you sit in hot water with a mortar. "
Examination certificate
From "A Record of Famous Doctors"; (1) "Southern Vegetation": "Smoked Lu Xiang, out of Daqin, by the sea. There are big trees with branches and leaves like Gu Song, which are born in the sand. In midsummer, the gum flows out of the sand and is picked. "
Identification of raw medicinal materials
Dry gum resin, mostly in the form of small papillary, teardrop-shaped particles or irregular small pieces, 0.5 ~ 3 cm long, sometimes adhered to form a mass. Pale yellow, often with slight green, blue or brownish red. Translucent. There is a layer of white-like dust on the surface. After removing the dust, the surface is still dull. It is hard and brittle, waxy in section, dull, and a few are glassy. The breath is slightly fragrant and the taste is slightly bitter. Chew it, break it into small pieces at first, soften it into glue blocks immediately, adhere to teeth, make saliva milky and slightly spicy. When it is heated, it will become soft, and it will be slightly fragrant (but there should be no loose fragrance), emitting black smoke and leaving black residue. Grinding with a small amount of water can form a white emulsion. It is better to be light yellow, granular, translucent, without sand and bark impurities, sticky powder and fragrant air. In addition, there are several species of Boswellia bhaw-dajiana Birdw, Boswellia Bhaw and Boswellia M Moore, which belong to the same genus. The shape of frankincense produced is similar to that of the previous species. Materia Medica of Haiyao: "Guangzhi cloud, (nipple fragrance) is born in the South China Sea, which is the resin of Persian pine, purple is also like cherry, and the transparent one is the best." "Mengxi Bitan": "Smoked land, that is, frankincense. The real name is smoked land, and those who drip like nipples with it are called nipple incense; Those who melt and collapse on the ground are called collapsed incense. If there are drops of milk and white milk in wax tea, how can each be one thing? " "Compendium": "Frankincense, nowadays, is mostly mixed with maple fragrance, but it can be distinguished by burning. There are all countries in the south, and the History of Song Dynasty says that there are thirteen kinds of frankincense. According to Ye Tinggui's "Xiangpu" cloud: Frankincense is a smoked land incense, and it goes out of the big food country south. Its trees are loose, with a catty of trees, and the fat overflows, and it becomes fragrant and gathers into pieces. The top grade is fragrant, round and transparent as nipples, and it is vulgar to call for milk, and it is also called bright milk; The second is the bottle of incense, and the bottle is collected; Followed by breast collapse, mixed with sand and stones; The second is black collapse, and the color is black; The second is that the water is wet and collapsed, and the color of the water stain is degraded; The second time is cutting, and the chop suey is unbearable; The second is the entanglement, and the broadcast is the dust. Looking at this, there are those who have self-outflow of milk and those who have overflow of eucalyptus. All the stories are about a certain tree, Jisong, and Kou's words are about pears. I'm afraid it's also rumored. Let's say it before. "
Chemical constituents of traditional Chinese medicine
It contains 60-70% resin, 27-35% gum and 3-8% volatile oil. The main components of the resin are free A, B-boswellicacid (33%), combined boswellicacid 1.5% and Olibanore-sene) 33%%). Gum is 20% of calcium salt and magnesium salt of Arabic acid and 6% of bassolin; In addition, it also contains 0.5% bitterness. The volatile oil is light yellow and fragrant, containing Pinene, Dipentene and a, b-Phellandrene, and its main aromatic components are unknown. Its derivatives and m-cresol (o-cresol), derivatives containing α-and β-amyrin in neutral part, such as α-amyrone (α-amyrinone), viridiflorol, mastic terpene (insensole) and oxidized mastic terpene. Gum mainly contains polysaccharides. Polysaccharide I was separated and hydrolyzed to arabinose, galactose and uronic acid. Polysaccharide Ⅱ(polysaccharide Ⅱ) is hydrolyzed to give glycolaldehyde and galactose. Octyl acetate accounts for 92.46%, bornyl acetate is about 1.4%, elemene is 0.22%, and β-phellandrene is contained in the volatile oil.
Chemical identification of traditional Chinese medicine
This product turns white when it meets water, and it is ground into emulsion with water. Partially soluble in ether, ethanol and chloroform.
Clinical application:
1. Myrrh Powder (Criterion of Syndrome Treatment) is used to treat aphtha: frankincense, myrrh and realgar 3g each, Calomelas 1.5g, and croton cream a little. The upper part is the end, and the affected part is rubbed. Frankincense in the prescription is a minister medicine to reduce swelling and promote granulation.
2. Olibanum Pill (Puji Skill Prescription) is used to treat infantile abdominal pain, crying, black cyst of lips, fishing in the wind, and upturned horns and arches: frankincense, myrrh, Aquilaria Resinatum each 30g, scorpion tail 4, and areca nut 45g (one side has no areca nut). The top is the end, the honey is refined into pills, 3 pills are taken each time, and the calamus and the rattan are decocted and sent down. Frankincense in the prescription promotes blood circulation and relieves pain, which is the monarch medicine.
3. Frankincense ointment ("Surgical Essence") is used for treating malignant sores, beating and pain: frankincense (ground) turpentine, white wax each 15g, white gum incense 60g, almond oil 1 kg. First, melt turpentine on charcoal fire, add white gum and white wax to melt, add oil and stir well, filter to remove residue, and hold it in water until it is as white as silver, then draw it with frankincense and spread it on the affected area. Frankincense in the prescription promotes blood circulation to relieve pain, reduces swelling and promotes granulation, which is the monarch drug. Frankincense oil edited this paragraph.
The lingering aroma, with wood and spices, even a little lemon flavor.
Waiguan
This tree is native to the Middle East, including China, Ethiopia, Iran and Lebanon. People cut a knife in its trunk, and then yellow resin like tears will flow out, and its essential oil is distilled from the resin.
chemical constitution
Sesquiterpene-Juniperterpene
Terpene cigarettes-camphene, absinthe, terpineol and fennel
Alcohol-lactitol
Applied History and Related Myths
The prefix Frank of frankincense means "real incense burning" in French. Sometimes frankincense is also called Olibanum, which may mean "oil from Lebanon". In Egypt, frankincense was used to burn incense and presented to gods at altars. It can also be used to help meditation, and this tradition has been maintained in some religions. At one time, it was also used to smoke patients in order to eliminate evil spirits.
Egyptians often use frankincense and cinnamon together, which can relieve the pain of limbs. The Hebrews and Egyptians even spared no expense to import frankincense from Phoenicians. Its value in ancient times was almost as valuable as gold, so that the Magi specially selected it as a gift for the newborn Jesus. Egyptians also used it in beauty to make a rejuvenation mask; China people find it very effective in treating lymphoid tuberculosis and leprosy.
Work efficiency
Has antibacterial, astringent, flatulence relieving, wound scarring promoting, cell activity enhancing, digestion promoting, diuresis calming, body strengthening, uterus benefiting, and wound treating effects.
Psychotherapeutic effect
Let the shortness of breath stop, make people feel stable, and make their mood better and peaceful. It soothes but has some refreshing effects, which can help anxiety and obsession with the past mental state.
Physical efficacy
It has excellent effects on mucous membrane, especially on clearing lung, especially on breathing, relieving shortness of breath and benefiting asthma patients. It is a good medicine for mucosal inflammation (runny nose or phlegm in throat), generally speaking, it can also regulate the secretion of mucus, which has a soothing effect on head catching cold, and is also a soothing agent for cough, bronchitis and laryngitis.
Conducive to genitourinary tract, and can relieve cystitis, nephrosis and general vaginal infection. Its astringent characteristics can alleviate the symptoms of uterine bleeding and menorrhagia, and it is generally regarded as a tonic for uterus. Its soothing effect is very useful in childbirth, it can also relieve postpartum depression, and it can also deal with chest inflammation. At the same time, it can soothe the stomach, help digestion, and improve indigestion and burping.
Skin curative effect
Give new life to aging skin, smooth wrinkles with outstanding effect, and it is a real holy product for skin care. Its astringent properties can also balance oily skin. It is effective for wounds, sores, ulcers, paralysis and inflammation.
Essential oil suitable for blending with it
Basil, black pepper, white rosin, geranium, grapefruit, lavender, orange, vanilla, patchouli, pine and sandalwood.
matters need attention
Whether it is available during pregnancy is controversial.
Traditional Chinese medicine formula
1. frankincense mixed with lavender can promote cell activation.
2. Adding 4 drops of frankincense oil and 4 drops of sweet orange essential oil to 20ml basic massage oil can help you relax.
3. Air freshener for colds: add frankincense 1 drop of sandalwood 1 drop in 100ml of water.
4. Add 4 drops of frankincense to 5CC of evening primrose oil and massage the lower abdomen, which can solve the problems of excessive menstrual blood and long delay in dripping.
5. 4 drops of frankincense+5 drops of sandalwood are mixed with base oil to massage the face, which can smooth the fine lines on the face and the rough and dry skin.
6. Dropping Olibanum 10 into a perfume-spreading bottle can soothe the nerves by inhaling the diffused smell, which can be used for patients with autonomic nervous disorder or those who can't relieve stress.
7. For pregnant women and newborns
A. From the fourth month of pregnancy, mix 3 drops of frankincense oil in 3 ml of foundation, and stroke the abdomen clockwise to prevent postpartum belly lines, and give
B. Massage the abdomen with the above formula every day after delivery, which can restore the resilience of uterus and prevent postpartum inflammation.
C. When bathing a baby, add 2-3 drops of frankincense oil to the water, which can soothe the baby, fight against germs and make the baby healthier.