FRANKINCENSE [BOSWELLIA SERRATA]
FRANKINCENSE, the resin of the Boswellia Tree, has been used since antiquity as aromatic and medicinal. One of the gifts brought by the Magi to baby Jesus, frankincense oil has maintained symbolic significance in religious ritual throughout the Middle East, Africa, Europe and Asia. The healing properties of this resin has been used for thousands of years, a staple in traditional Indian Aryuvedic medicine given its well-established ANTI-INFLAMMATORY and STRESS-EASING action, we find in FRANKINCENSE a homeopathic remedy with a distinct picture.
The TENSION and AGITATION of the body may mirror a state of INTERNAL CHAOS in which we find an individual OVERBURDENED by NEGATIVITY, TURMOIL and STRESS. There may be a DEEP SENSE OF LOSS and SADNESS propelled by a LACK OF SELF-TRUST and FAITH, a LOSS OF COURAGE that in extreme and chronic cases may result in a DISCONNECTION from one’s HEART ENERGY and the very ability to experience JOY. The sequela - BITTERNESS, RESENTMENT, SUSPICION and IRRITABILITY as the capacity to connect is inhibited by DEFENCES that have formed as a protective barrier to prevent further hurt.
Although their internal world is one of DOUBT, FEAR and ANXIETY, what we are likely to observe is a person HIGHLY CRITICAL and outwardly even ANTAGONISTIC to others, NITPICKING to ZEALOTRY - RIGIDITY on all levels being a keynote of FRANKINCENSE.
Mentally and emotionally this is a person who is so WELL-DEFENDED that they do not have the capacity to MOVE FORWARD, a “congealing" force entangled in a complex of DISSATISFACTION and DISAPPOINTMENT that may literally calcify an individual to the point of INERTIA, ultimately THWARTING CREATIVE PURPOSE. It is understandable that amidst this turbulence a strategy in some is ALOOFNESS and ESTRANGEMENT given the intensity of OVERWHELM. A beautiful remedy for those at the END-OF-THEIR-LIVES it is one of our important homeopathics to help facilitate PEACE in the DYING PROCESS.
DISRUPTED SLEEP, particularly when MIND-CHUNTER, PREOCCUPATION with THOUGHTS and a general sense of UNEASE feature with FREQUENT WAKING during the night or the inability to achieve decent sleep due to being OVER-TIRED. This is a remedy in WEAKNESS of MEMORY, POOR CONCENTRATION and DIFFICULTY with FOCUS - the LACK OF COHERENCE in the mind reverberating throughout the being and DISRUPTING ONE’S RHYTHM hence the tendency towards HORMONAL IMBALANCE forming a part of its picture.
FRANKINCENSE is a formative medicinal for symptoms resulting from ACCUMULATED TOXINS held within the tissues including those ENVIRONMENTAL, MEDICAL and CHEMICAL - we can think on this remedy where there is TOXICITY IN THE BODY and TOXICITY OF THE MIND. This is evident in the HEART picture of FRANKINCENSE, a closing of the heart energy at the level of spirit manifesting as HEART ISSUES in the physical body - symptoms such as ANXIETY, TENSION, CONSTRAINT or even HEAVINESS felt in the heart region may provide preemptive indications for preventing the manifesting of deeper pathology.
The RESPIRATORY SYSTEM may present with a myriad of symptoms, COUGHS and LUNG-related issues marked by DRYNESS which may be in response to TOXICITY or deeper miasmatic (familial inherited) patterning. There may be DISTURBANCES of the SENSES, with LOSS OF SMELL being a keynote - a reminder that the structure of the body’s water is the basis for coherence of the NERVOUS SYSTEM hence this quality of DRYNESS has a systemic impact.
As homeopathic we can draw on the age-old indications for using FRANKINCENSE from the treatment of ARTHRITIS and MUSCULOSKELETAL PAINS, DIGESTIVE ISSUES to SKIN DISORDERS and more. This is a remedy that is not to be underestimated in its capacity to facilitate COHERENCE and subsequent FLOW from which HEALING relies.
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ABOUT HOMEOPATH PAILIN BRZESKI BSC(HONS) LCHE R.HOM.HINT.
Pailin has a Bachelor of Science Honours Degree through Middlesex University and Licentiate to practice from the College of Homeopathic Education in London United Kingdom. A professional homeopath and Human Chemistry Integrated Therapy [HC] Practitioner working from a New Biology foundation.
Working with all ages, Pailin runs her ONLINE CLINIC worldwide , specialising in COMPLEX CHRONIC CONDITIONS arising from TRAUMA, TOXICITY and DEFICIENCIES from the neurological to musculoskeletal, hormonal to developmental.
