Aromatherapy is an ancient practice of burning herbs and other botanicals to achieve favorable results. Burning frankIncense in particular has been done for centuries in places of worship and meditation in an Incense burner. The popularity of burning frankIncense fueled the want of some people to add the essence of frankIncense in a lot of things that rely on scent to make people feel good such as shampoos, lotions, perfumes and other aromatherapy items.
Feelings Soothed And Meditative
The act of burning frankIncense for many meditative people signals a desire fro introspection. The fact that many people believe that burning frankincense can expand one’s meditative prowess as well as help to deepen and slow breathing. The scent of frankincense can induce a potent introspection that many believe to be beneficial for themselves due to its calming and soothing effect.
Burning frankincense may be the traditional way of experiencing the scent but as a massage therapy oil, frankincense essential oil works well also. Not only does frankincense essential oil help to soothe the muscles and the tissues but it also helps as an anti-inflammatory and anti-septic agent. Regular massages with frankincense essential oil also promote a better digestive system as well as an improved reproductive system for women.
The relaxing and calm atmosphere that burning frankincense promotes is most desirable for people under a great deal of stress. The deeper and slower breaths that occur to a person inhaling burning frankincense or the smell of frankincense help with some respiratory conditions. There are many other conditions that may improve with the aid of this scent.
Ways Of Burning Frankincense
There are several ways to burn frankincense. These are with the use of a candle burner, with a diffuser and through the burning of incense sticks. Burning frankincense with a candle burner and a diffuser is similar with some differences in the way that the essential oil is burnt. Candle burners usually have a small pool with some oil filled halfway with a tea light candle burning directly below it. Diffusers on the other hand do not use candles to generate heat, instead they use electricity. Burning frankincense through incense sticks is the usually done in places of worship and prayer.
The most traditional and still being used method of burning frankincense is to take hardened resin, called “tears”, and place them on live coals. This is the usual way that people in the Middle East do a long time ago and some even up to now.
