Resin Supplied For Medicinal Purposes Too

As you know, resins secreted from trees or plants come of different types. Medical experts have discovered that this thick and sticky substance secreted from plants has no use for the plant itself. Thus the reason why this phenomenon takes place is still unknown to the world. But from the time this substance was known to man, it has been manipulated for many useful purposes. Apart from being used in paints, resins have its purpose in medicines too as a bulk chemical supplied to Africa by chemical traders in Dubai.

A variety of trees produce resin. And each variety has a slight difference in the resins they secrete. Resin in frankincense has been used since ages. The Egyptians in the olden times would grind it to a powder and use it as eyeliner for its healing properties. Frankincense in the form of a pill is popularly used today as medicine for various diseases. It has been known to have inflammatory properties. In Africa, it is also used in aroma therapy to release stress and anxiety.

After resin from the bark of the Boswellia tree was found in India, the following study was conducted by the Arthritis Foundation:-
In a 2004 study, Indian frankin­cense was tested as a treatment for knee OA. Researchers recruited 30 people with knee OA and gave half the group a daily supplement containing 333 mg of Indian frank­in­cense; others got placebo. People who took Indian frank­incense reported less knee pain, better mobility and an ability to walk longer distances than those taking placebo.(Source: www.arthritistoday.org)